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OREGON FARMER 



TIMOTHY. 



The Blue Mountain region under irrigation produces the largest 

 amounts and finest quality of timothy alone and considerable amounts 

 of timothy and clover mixed. The Willamette Valley leads in the 

 production of the latter, however. This is another hay crop 

 which yields exceptionally well, especially under irrigation. Timothy 

 seed is also a profitable Oregon crop. 



GRAIN HAY. 



In the dry farming sections of Eastern Oregon, grain cut green for 

 hay is the most common hay used and probably the best under 

 those conditions for several reasons. In Western Oregon where 

 most of this crop is cut, there is little excuse for the practice and it 

 is diminishing in favor of the superior vetch or clover. Grain hay is 

 used largely at home, on the farm, not marketed. A common mis- 

 take in Oregon is to cut grain hay too ripe to get the best quality. 



WILD HAY. 



