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FORAGE PLANTS AND THEIR CULTURE 



"The total amount of digestible matter is largest when the 

 grass has passed out of blossom, or gone to seed." 



TABLE SHOWING RELATION BETWEEN TIME OF CUTTING AND 

 YIELD IN POUNDS OF TIMOTHY 



123. Yields. The average yield of timothy hay per 

 acre, according to the Thirteenth United States Census, 

 was in tons per acre for the various divisions as follows : 

 New England, 1.12; Middle Atlantic, 1.09; East North 

 Central, 1.26; West North Central, 0.97; Mountain, 

 1.48; Pacific, 1.62; and for the whole United States, 1.22 

 tons. In the Canadian Census special data for timothy 

 are not reported. 



Different experiment stations have reported yields 

 of timothy in pounds to the acre, as follows : Ohio, 3497 ; 



1 Illinois Exp. Sta. Bui. 5. 



2 Proc. Soc. Prom. Agr. Sci. 1910, p. 75. 



3 Conn. State Board Agr., 12th An. Rep. 1878-9. 



4 Penn. State College, An. Rep. 1886, p. 273. 



5 Maine Exp. Sta., An. Rep. 1890, p. 65. 



