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with a yield of 200 pounds less than the third. The fifth or last 

 cutting, when the plants were fully ripe, stood next in order of 

 yield, being 280 pounds per acre behind the third cutting, and the 

 smallest yield was from the first cutting, when the plants were 

 just headed, the difference in the yield between this and the third 

 cutting being 870 pounds per acre. 



In the second year of the experiment the largest yield of dry 

 matter per acre came from the second cutting, when the plants 

 were in full bloom. Following this was the fifth cutting, when the 

 plants were mature, the difference between the two cuttings being 

 only about 80 pounds per acre. Closely following was the third 

 catting, when the seed were just formed, with a difference of 106 

 pounds per acre, and following this, the fourth cutting, with a 

 difference of 120 pounds per acre, while the smallest yield was 

 again the first cutting, with a return of 360 pounds less than the 

 second cutting. 



As stated before, only two cuttings, viz., the third and fourth, 

 were obtained in the third year of the experiment. In this case, 

 the fourth cutting, when the seed were in the dough, showed the 

 largest yield of dry matter, the third cutting being practically 100 

 pounds or some 4 per cent less. 



In the fourth year of the experiment the third cutting, or when 

 the seed were just formed, gave the highest yield of dry matter, 

 with the fourth cutting, when seed were in the dough, a very close 

 second, the difference being so small as to be easily within the 

 limit of error, and the second cutting, when the plants were in full 

 bloom, taking third place, with a yield of 175 pounds or some 4 

 per cent less. The fourth place fell to the fifth cutting, when the 

 plants were ripe, the yield in this case being some 675 pounds or 

 15 per cent less than the maximum yield for that year. The first 

 cutting again gave the smallest yield of dry matter, showing a 

 difference of nearly 925 pounds, or 21 per cent less than the third 

 cutting. 



The fifth year of the experiment gave essentially the same 

 results as the previous years. The third cutting again showed the 

 highest yield of dry matter. The second cutting followed, with a 

 difference of 265 pounds, or 11 per cent. This was followed by the 

 fourth cutting, which showed a decline of 400 pounds per acre, or 

 17 per cent, and the smallest yield came from the fifth cutting, 

 the decline from the third cutting being 555 pounds of dry matter 

 per acre, or 23 per cent. 



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