680 



IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



TABLE XVII. 

 Yield of Field Cured Alfalfa Hay on Plots at Ames. 1906-11. 



PLOT NO. 



A6 



B7 



C8 



D9 



1906 

 Yield per A. 



-Tons 



1st Cutting June 8...^ 



2nd Cutting July 20 



Srd Cutting August 28_ 



1907 

 Yield per A.— Tons 



1st Cutting June 25 



2nd Cutting August 1- 

 3rd Cutting October 5. 



1909 

 Yield per A.— Tons 



1st Cutting June 18 



2nd Cutting August 4-- 

 3rd Cutting October i. 



1910 

 Yield per A,— Tons 



1st Cutting June 22 



Znd Cutting July 26 



Srd Cutting September 10. 



1911 

 Yield per A. 



-Tons. 



1st Cutting June 5 



2nd Cutting July 10 



3rd Cutting August 29 



Average Yield per A. from the plot- 



Tons. 



4.86 



2.23 



1.2 



1.43 



4.42 



1.74 

 1.65 

 1.03 



5.0 



2.37 

 1.63 

 1.0 



4.54 



2.23 

 1,28 

 1.03 



5.11 



2.14 

 1.60 

 1.37 

 4.78 



TABLE XVIII. 

 Yield of Field Cured Alfalfa Hay at the Ir.wa Agricultural Experiment Station 1909-1911. 



PLOT NO. 



1909 

 Yield per A.— Tons 



1st Cutting June 18 



2nd Cutting August 4 



3rd Cutting October 4 



1910 

 Yield per A.— Tons 



1st Cutting June 22 



2nd Cutting July 26 



3rd Cutting August 10 



1911 

 Yield per A.— Tons. 



1st Cutting June 5 



2nd Cutting July 26 



3rd Cutting Aug. 29 



Average Yield per A.— from the 

 plot - 



lost 

 1.30 



4.75 



1.34 

 1.02 



4.13 



2.64 



l.Ol 



.45 



4.44 



