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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Varieties. 



Turkestan alfalfa 



u 



French alfalfa 



M 

 « 



German alfalfa 



m 



American alfalfa 



M 

 M 



San form or Esparcette. 

 June clover 



Alsike clover 



Silesian clover 



M 



Sand lucerne (0 



Giant Incarnate clover. 

 Timothy 



M 



Orchard grass 



Red top 



Tall Meadow Oat Grass 



u 



Slender Wheat grass . . 



44 



Hungarian millet 



Bromus Inermis 



Time of 

 planting. 



Size of 



plots, 



in rods. 



May, 1901 .. I 1x6 

 " 1901..' 1x6 

 " 1901.. 1x6 



1901.. 1x6 

 1901.. 1x6 

 1901.. 1x0 



1901. 

 1901. 

 1901. 



1901.. 

 1901.. 

 1901.. 



1902. 

 1902. 

 1902. 



1902.. 

 1902.. 



1902.. 

 1902.. 



1902 



15,1903 

 15,1903 



" 15,1903 

 " 15,1903 



Jun.4, 1903 

 May. 1901 . . 



1x6 

 1x6 

 1x6 



1x6 

 1x6 

 1x6 



1x6 

 1x0 

 1x6 



1x6 

 1x6 



1902.. 1x6 

 1902.. 1x6 



" 11,1903 1x6 

 " 15,1903 1x6 



1902.. 1x6 

 1902.. I 1x6 



1x6 

 1x6 



1902.. 1x6 



1x6 



1x6 

 1x6 



1x6 

 1x6 



ix6 

 "I 4989 / 

 Isqftl 



Time of 

 cutting. 



July 6. 

 Aug. 25. 

 Sept. 17. 



July 6. 

 Aug. 25. 

 Sept. 17. 



July 6. 

 Aug. 25. 

 Sept. 17. 



July 6. 

 Aug 25. 

 Sept. 17. 



July 6... 

 July 7... 

 Aug. 17... 



July 7... 

 Sept. 9... 



July 7... 

 Aug. 17... 



Aug. 14. . . 



Aug. 13. . . 



July 15 



Sept. 18... 



July 0... 

 Sept. 18... 



July 15... 

 Sept. 18... 



Aug. 25. . . 

 Sept. 18. . . 



Aug. 31 . . . 

 Sept. IS... 



Sept. 3. 

 July 15. 



Yield 



per 



cutting, 



in lbs. 



90 

 68 

 40 



106 

 71 

 48 



1.54 

 87 

 53 



116 

 74 

 47 



148 

 98 



198 

 114 



164 

 106 



69 



165 



160 

 32 



92 

 25 



121 

 29 



68 

 25 



111 

 33 



Total 



yield 



of plot, 



in lbs 



198 

 225 

 294 



237 



69 

 246 



312 



270 



69 



105 



192 



117 



150 



93 



144 



165 



472i 



Yield 

 per 

 acre, 

 in lbs. 



5,280 

 6,000 

 7.840 



6.320 



1.840 

 6,560 



8,320 



7,200 

 1.840 

 4,400 



5,120 



3,120 



4,000 



2.480 



3,840 



8,800 

 4. 125i 



One plot was planted with the con\mon Sand Vetch in August, 1902. with the 

 expectation of ripening the seed. A good stand was secured and the plants 

 covered the ground at the beginning -of winter. At the beginning of spring the 

 plants on the west half of the plot started a new growth as soon as the snow 

 had left the plot, soon covering the ground and blossoming June 12, neither 

 blossoms nor vines showing any si.gns of damage from previous frosts. The 

 highway on the east side of the station grounds used to run across the other 

 half of the plot and here the ground was soon covered with quack grass and 

 Shepherd's Purse. Before the end of June there were few weeds to be seen, 

 however, and the entire plot was soon a mass of purple Vetch blossoms. With 

 the wet weather which followed, the vetches made a riotous growth, and of a 



