214 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Yield of Hay in 1890 — Concluded. 



Total yield of hay, 15,585 pounds. 



Yield per acre, 8,117 pounds, or -4.06 tons. 



Total yield of hay, 17,995 pounds. 



Yield per acre, 7,466 pounds, or 3.73 tons. 



Plat IV. 

 (IV. and V., 1889.) 



3 acres, 



13,380 pounds, July 1. 



4,080 pounds, Sept 3. 



Total yield of hay, 17,460 pounds. 



Yield per acre, 5,820 pounds, or 2.91 tons. 



The total yield of hay on plats I., II. and III. averages 

 4.1!) tons per acre. The total yield on Plat IV. averages 

 2 A) I tons per acre. 



The weight of the second cut of hay (rowen) averages 

 about one-fourth of that of the first cut. The dryness of 

 the season during the latter part of July affected seriously 

 the yield of the second cut. The wet season of 1889, as 

 compared with the dry season of 181)0, as well as the differ- 

 ence in the age of the two meadows, renders further com- 

 parison not advisable at this early stage of our investigation. 



1891. — The same system of manuring the different plats 

 was adopted as in the preceding years ; some reduction, 



