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Table X. — Yield of Hay of Varieties in 1917 and IDlcS 



Yield per acre 



1917 

 1918 



Lbs Lbs 

 3()G0!2460 

 23921 



Lbs] Lbs I Lbs | Lbs; Lbs I Lbs Lbsl Lbs 

 25801 21001350013300! 2700i55()0| 414012220 

 33801291213276135361 157561 494012444 



Average yield 



■3026, 



129801250613388134181 |5658| 454012332: 



In tlic above laljlc the average yield of hay ranges 

 from 2332 ponnds per acre to 5658 ponnds. At -^25.00 

 l)er ton the money value from the lowest jaelding varie- 

 ty, Wilson, is $29.15 i)er acre; for the highest yielding 

 variety, Otootan, it is $70.73 per acre. 



Named in order in which tliey reached haymaking 

 stage arc Wilson, Virginia, Ebony, Hollybrook, Black- 

 beauty, Arlington, Barchet, Mammoth Yellow, Biloxi 

 and Otootan. They required from 85 to 112 days from 

 date of planting to date of mowing for hay. 



Mammoth Yellow and Biloxi grow erect and are 

 coarse; Ebony, Blackbeauty, and Hollybrook have 

 slender stems and many branches; the other varieties 

 grow three or four feet in height with an abundance 

 of leaves and branches, and, although they are erect in 

 manner of growth, the ends of the branches have a 

 considerable tendency to twine or form long, slender, 

 weak vine-like stems. 



In 1918 wheat stubble land was plowed and planted 

 June 20th in Manunolh Yellow soy beans. The rows 

 were 30 inches wide and seed dropped in drilL At time 

 of planting a mixture of 160 pounds of acid phosphate 

 and ()0 !)ounds of cotton seed meal was ap|)Iied in the 

 drill. The beans were given two cultivations. Tliey 

 were cut Septend)er 17th and cured on racks. . 



Table XL — Rate of Seeding and Yield of Hay Per Aere 



Seed pel 

 acre . 



Lbs. I Lbs. I Lbs. | Lbs, | Lbs. ) Lbs. ] Lbs. 1 Lbs. 



..I 45:1 GO I ' 80 I 100 | 120 ! 140 

 Yield of hay ;| 3680 | 3200 | 2752 | 2848 I 2400 1 2096 



160 1 LSO 

 1888 I 1936 



