EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 



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May 29.— Kows 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 15 and 18 in full flower and distinctly 

 earlier than any of the others. 



June 29. — The entire series appears at a little distance like a uniform 

 field of mammoth clover. This variety now averages twenty-seven inches 

 high, being four to six inches taller than the June or medium clover in the 

 same or adjoining rows. The only rows in which medium clover is now 

 readily visible are Nos. 1, 4, 12 and 18. The heads of the medium clover 

 are now nearly all dead ripe; those of the mammoth clover have about 

 half of the flowers faded. The blossom-heads and upper leaves of the 

 mammoth clover are much smaller than in the red clover. 



COMPARATIVE YIELD FROM PASTURE AND MEADOW. 



In 1894 two plots of orchard grass, as near alike as possible, were laid 

 off side by side, each plot being two rods wide and four rods long. One 

 plot was allowed to grow in the ordinary way and was cut for hay. The 

 other plot was cut frequently with a lawn mower in imitation of pasture, 

 the product being carefully saved and weighed. Below are the dates of 

 the several cuttings, with the yields of dried hay from each: — 



April 26.. 

 April 31.. 

 May 8... 

 May 11... 

 May 27... 

 June 4... 

 June 8... 



Total 



5 pounds, 8 ounces. 



4 

 12 



29 pounds. 



On June 8, the last day of the above cutting, the plot reserved for 

 meadow was cut and yielded just 100 pounds of cured hay. 



In the following year an attempt was made to repeat the experiment 

 but the extreme drouth prevented. In 1896 the experiment was repeated 

 in two localities. One of these was on the same plots used in 1894, except 

 that this year the plots were reversed, the plot formerly cut in imitation 

 of pasture being left for meadow and vice versa. This season only four 

 cuttings were made, the yields of which, both green and dry, were as 

 follows: 



Date. 



May 4 



May 12.... 

 May 21.... 

 May 26.... 



• Totals 



Green. 

 Pounds. 



181.75 



Dry. 

 Pounds. 



60.9 



On May 26 the plot reserved for meadow was cut, yielding 300 pounds 

 of green hay which made 112.5 pounds when cured. 



