DIVISION OF FORAGE PLANTS 629 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Test of Varieties of Alfalfa. — Yield per Acre. 



The accompanying photo was taken when the one-fifth acre of mixed alfalfa was 

 being cut the first time. 



In 1911 two varieties of Swedish red clover and one of Swedish alsike were 

 sown in triplicate plots. The clover was cut June 29, 1912. The average yield was 

 as follows : — 



TEST OF SWEDISH CLOVERS. 



Common Swedish red clover .... 3 tons 1,080 pounds per acre. 



Late Swedish red clover 3 tons 1,200 pounds per acre. 



Swedish alsike 3 tons 420 pounds per acre. 



On June 19, 1912, eleven lots of clover, six lots of alfalfa, and thirteen lots of 

 grasses were sown in duplicate plots and in rows near the front entrance to the 

 Station. These, with the exception of Kentucky blue grass, which missed and had 

 to be re-sown, made a splendid growth and, at the present time, seem to have 

 wintered well. 



