Results and Discussion 



Results for bromegrass test # 1 are given in Table 1. This test was beset 

 b) several unfavorable production factors. Three harvests were made as 

 scheduled in 1955, on June o. August 2. and September L5. However, after 

 the first harvest several plots in two Localized areas developed large, bare 

 spots where establishment had apparently been good. Weeds immediately 

 filled in these spots, which comprised up to three-fourths of the area of 

 some plots and contributed to variability of the test. No explanation is 

 available for the disappearance of the bromearass since no detailed studies 

 were made at the time; it is possible that root rots may have been involved. 



Table 1. 



Forage Yields for 17 Bromegras* Strains, Dover. New Hampshire, 1955-1937. 



(tons per acre at 12 percent moisture) 



\n August droughl reduced growth to the extent that onlj two harvests 

 could be made in 1956. The 1957 season was one of the driest on record 

 at this location. As a result, practical!) no growth was made on the plots 

 alter the first harvest, and \ ield data were obtained on onlv one harvest. 

 The droughl began in early spring, and yields obtained June t. 1957, were 

 verj low. When the test was terminated in 19.57. stand- were comparatively 

 2 1, excepl tor plots lost in 1 *>.5.5. 



Two of the experimental strains. USDA No. 3 and New ^ oik. Synthetic 

 H. appealed promising for total and aftermath \ ields. The latter has re- 

 centh been named Saratoga and released b\ the New York Station. Seed 

 of this variety should be available in 1961. Saratoga also produced earlv 

 spring growth, and had good seedling vigor. One of tin- cheek varieties. 

 Manehar. also performed well in this test, and has repeated this perform- 

 ance in subsequent tests. 



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