198 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Yield of Hay in 1890 — Concluded. 



Total yield of hay, 17,400 pounds. 



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



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

 4.19 tons per acre. The total yield on Plat IV. averages 

 2.91 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 1890, as well as the dif- 

 ference in the age of the two meadows^ renders further com- 

 parison not advisable at this early stage of our investigation. 



