herbicide treatments. Herbicide treatments consisted of glyphosate applied 

 May 2 or May 16 at two quarts/acre for both establishment methods, EPTC 

 (Eptam ) at four lbs/acre for conventional and paraquat at 0.50 lbs/acre 

 for sod seeding. EPTC was sprayed on- the soil surface one day before seeding 

 and immediately incorporated by discing. Paraquat was applied to the sod 

 between two and five days after seeding. There were also untreated controls 

 with each establishment method. 



Evaluation and harvesting methods 



Seedlings were counted within one month following seeding on randomly 

 chosen areas of all plots. Initial harvest of spring seedings was 9-10 weeks 

 following seeding for alfalfa, alfalfa mixtures, and red clover and 11-12 

 weeks for birdsfoot trefoil mixtures. Plots at Site 1 were harvested 

 initially on June 14 and August 3, 1977, for fall and spring seedings, 

 respectively. 



Just prior to harvesting, plots were visually judged by three independent 

 observers for botanical composition of harvested forage. In addition, samples 

 were taken for hand separation of forage from Site 2. A flail-type 

 harvester was used to determine forage yields. Approximately 1-lb sub- 

 samples were taken for determining dry matter content of harvested forage 

 and for determining quality factors. 



Rainfall and temperature data for the period of the experiments, com- 

 pared to 15-year means, are shown in Table 2. 



