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FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



At the Rhode Island Experiment Station, hay removed 

 from the barn in February, 1902, contained 12.21 per 

 cent of moisture. The shrinkage of hay from three plots 

 differently fertilized was determined as follows on this 

 basis of water content: 



From these results it would appear that hay from land 

 fertilized with nitrogen shrinks more than that from 

 unfertilized. 



The Maine Experiment Station reports that two lots of 

 timothy cut respectively July 9 and July 24 and put in 

 a barn when dry, showed a shrinkage on November 24 

 of 12.2 per cent for the early and 13.3 per cent for the 

 later cutting. In another test the loss in storing field- 

 cured hay for 10 months was 16.6 per cent in early-cut 

 hay and 18.1 per cent in late-cut hay. 



The Pennsylvania Experiment Station reports that 

 timothy hay cut in bloom showed an average shrinkage 

 in weight in the barn after 5 or 6 months of 25.7 per cent, 

 while hay cut two .weeks later shrunk in weight on the 

 average 18.8 per cent. Three mowings of red clover cut 

 respectively when in bloom, " some heads dead/' and 

 " heads all dead/' showed a shrinkage after several months' 

 storage in the barn of 42.4 per cent, 44.2 per cent and 

 25.7 per cent in the order named. 



