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strains in plots of 50 square meters was as follows : Pom- 

 erania, 116.6 kg.; Saxony, 112.6 kg.; America, 111.8 

 kg. ; and Mahren (Moravia), 107.4 kg. The differences 

 are not significant. 



The trials of the Landwirtschaftsgesellschaft in Ger- 

 many gave the following yields a hectare in kilograms : 

 Finland I, 4528; Canada, 4500; United States, 4395; 

 Saxony, 4022; Finland II, 3974; 'Galicia, 3878; East 

 Prussia, 3767 ; Moravia, 3700. 



Definite conclusions can scarcely be drawn from the 

 above limited data. 



132. Feeding value. There are comparatively few 

 feeding experiments reported by which the feeding value 

 of timothy can be compared with other hays. 



Experiments at the Mississippi Experiment Station in- 

 dicate that its feeding value for working mules and for 

 dairy cows is practically identical with that of Bermuda- 

 grass hay. 



At the Utah Experiment Station the conclusion was 

 reached that wild hay was more valuable pound for pound 

 in feeding both sheep and cattle than was timothy hay. 



Haecker in two series of experiments at the Minnesota 

 Experiment Station finds that prairie hay and timothy 

 have equal feeding value for dairy cows. 



At the Illinois Experiment Station alfalfa was compared 

 to timothy in a ration fed to dairy cows. Each of the 16 

 cows produced considerably more milk when on the alfalfa 

 ration than when on the timothy ration, the increase on 

 the average being 17.7 per cent. 



At the same experiment station, timothy and alfalfa 

 were compared for work horses, and the conclusion was 

 reached that with alfalfa less grain is required to prevent 

 them from losing weight than where timothy is fed. In 



