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The Michigan Experiment Station reports that timothy 

 hay stored in a barn lost in one case 7 per cent in 6 months ; 

 in three other cases the losses were respectively 13.8, 

 15.0 and 21.7 per cent. Red clover hay lost 9 per cent 

 by November in one case and 3.6 per cent in another; 

 the loss from July to February was 11.2 per cent. 



At the Utah Experiment Station one ton of timothy 

 placed in the center of a mow July 15 contained 1790.8 

 pounds dry matter, the moisture content being 10.46 

 per cent. The following May it contained 1557.4 pounds 

 of dry matter and 14.61 per cent moisture. The loss in 

 dry matter was 14.9 per cent. 



Twenty-nine pounds of timothy hay suspended in a 

 gunny bag for the same length of time increased in mois- 

 ture content from 12.3 to 14.52 per cent. There was no loss 

 in dry matter. 



At the Kansas Experiment Station moisture determina- 

 tions were made for several kinds of hay when stored in 

 summer and again December 15. The results indicate 

 that when curing is complete the moisture content of all 

 hays is much the same under the same conditions : 



MOISTURE CONTENT OF HAYS AT KANSAS EXPERIMENT STATION 



