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third cutting of 1913 was lost because of a heavy wind which mixed 

 the plot yields at harvest time, so that it was implossible to secure 



FIG. 4. Diagram showing yield of alfalfa in first cutting, 1914, on the Huntley experimental tract. 

 The yield is expressed in pounds per quarter plot. 



accurate weights on any of the plots. The third cutting for 1914 was 

 harvested in subplots one-third the size of the original plots. 



The actual yield of these subdivisions is indicated in figure 2 1 for the 

 first cutting and figure 3 for the second cutting in 1913 and in figure 4 



1 Diagrams are set in type instead of being drawn to scale. 



