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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 



Alfalfa — Sown in 1909. 



Variety. 



Remarks. 



Strong. 



12p.c. killed. 

 Strong 



8 p, c. dead. . 

 Winter killed . 

 Strong 



Killed bv spring frosts. 



Canadian 



Vilmorin's Sand Lucerne 



Lecoq's n n 



Mongolian 



Nephi, Utah (dry land) 



Sextorp, Neb 



Alt-Deutsche Frankische 



Provence-Aubignan.. . 



Wessel, Duval Peruvian 



Baltic 



Werney or Tschilik (Turkestan) 



Sand Lucerne, (Darmstadt) 



Chinook, Montana 



Lief man's Sand Lucerne 



Arabian 



Medicago ruthenica J10 p. c. killed 



Medicago falcata jStrong, 



Sand Lucerne, Bromberg 



Thuringian, Erfurt (Germany) 



Sand Lucerne, (Wissinger) 



Hungarian, Boschan (Vienna) 



Pfalzer (Bavarian) 



Frasinet (Roumania) 



Vasluiu, (Roumania) 



Belfontaine (Ohio) 



Mixed Seed 



Old Frankish Lucerne 



W. A. Wheeler, No. 162 



No. 240 



No. 1G4 



No. 1G7 



Grimm (A. B. Lyman Co.) 



Montana (23454) 



Grimm (25102) 



Sand Lucerne (23391) 



Canadian, variegated (24837) 



Canadian, purple flowered (24837) 



Turkestan 



Sainfoin (Spanish) 



Grimm 



Turkestan 



Mixed varieties 



4 p. c. 



5 p. c. 



Strong 



killed., 

 killed . 



o p. c. 



Strong 



dead. 



Entirely winter killed . 

 Strong 



Date 



Cut. 



luly 11. 

 ,- 11. 

 „ 11. 



M 11. 



„ 11. 



,. 11. 



II 11. 



„ 11. 



„ 11 



9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 



9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 

 9. 



9. 

 9. 

 9. 



Yield per 

 Acre. 



Tona. Lbs. 



2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 



1 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 



1 

 2 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 



2 

 1 

 2 



1,790 

 825 

 825 



1,740 



1,805 

 837 



1,872 

 903 



1,870 

 1,740 

 1,740 

 1,740 

 1,805 



1,870 

 1,805 



577 



642 

 1,610 

 1,610 

 l,t>10 

 1,740 

 1,805 



755 



042 

 1,740 

 1,500 

 1,500 



450 

 1,625 



375 



1,600 



80 



1,360 



1,800 



125 

 1,750 



1,720 

 40 



TEST OF SOWING ALFALFA ON DIFFERENT DATES 



Three two-acre lots of alfalfa were sown in the spring of 1909, the first lot in the 

 last of May, the second lot on July 10, and the third lot on August 18. The variety 

 was Montana, and each lot was sown without a nurse crop. 



The first plot, sown the last week in May, was mown twice by August 1, and the 

 last growth left for winter protection. 



The second plot was mown once early in August and the last growth left. The 

 (third plot was mown, but as the alfalfa growth was short, the mowing was more for the 

 purpose of killing weeds. 



In the spring of 1910, the third plot was entirely dead, the second plot was also 

 dead in low places. Both plots were ploughed up and resown early in May. The 

 first plot came through in good condition, giving 2 tons 400 lbs. per acre. 



