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Table No. 9. — Seeding Alfalfa 

 With and JPlthout a Foster Crop (one-half square yard) 



Alfalfa 

 Alfalfa with oats and 



Data obtained July 12. alone. barley. 



No. of alfalfa plants 215 269 



No. of weeds 362 266 



No. of oat and barley plants 33 



Weight of fresh alfalfa plants, gms 178.84 100.08 



Average weight of alfalfa plants, gms .83 .37 



Weight of fresh weeds, gms 445.80 156.00 



Weight of oats and barley plants, gms 614.05 



Average height of alfalfa plants, inches 7.4 6.2 



Data obtained Nov. 3. 



No. of alfalfa plants 288 282 



No. of weeds 216 87 



No. of dead oat plants 27 



Weight of dried alfalfa plants, gms ISI-S 84.0 



Average weight of dried alfalfa plants, gms .74 .30 



Weight of dried weeds, gms 132.0 102 



Weight of dead oat stubbles, gms 66 



Average height of alfalfa plants in inches 6.1 4. i 



It would appear from this data that the alfalfa grown without a 

 nurse crop certainly possessed double the vigor, at the time of going into 

 the first winter, of that grown with a nurse crop. The following season, 

 however, no difference in the appearance of the different sections was 

 observable, and the plats were therefore not harvested separately. 



4. The Loss of JJ\'ight of Alfalfa Hay in the Barn 



Opportunity was embraced in 1904 to secure some data relating to 

 the loss of weight of well cured alfalfa hay after storing in the barn. 



On June 20, two bags of alfalfa hay were taken from the loads as 

 brought in. The hay was well cured in the field having been cut 9 days 

 and lying in cocks, without rain for most of this period. 



The two bags weighed 2 lbs., 5 ozs. when empty and 



29 lbs., 6 ozs. gross, when filled 

 leaving 27 lbs., i oz. of alfalfa. 



Assuming that the bags weighed practically the same at later weigh- 

 ings the loss of weight of the 2y lbs., i oz. of alfalfa on the various dates 

 is shown below. 



June 20 Gross weight 



July I Gross weight 



July 22 Gross weight 



Aug. 2 Gross weight 



Sept. 26 Gross weight 



