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the third, standing as follows : first crop, 100; second, 61 ; 

 and third, 45. But taking the early cuttings alone they 

 stand, first crop, 100; second, 80; and third, 69. 



15. Pound for pound, taken as a whole, the results 

 show the highest feeding value for the third crop and the 

 lowest for the second. 



16. The average annual beef product from early cut 

 alfalfa was 705.61 pounds per acre; it required 9575 

 pounds of timothy to produce an equal weight; 11,967 

 pounds of red clover, and 10,083 pounds of shredded 

 corn fodder. 



Prof. John A. Widtsoe at the Utah station (Bui. No. 

 48) made a study of the nutrients of the alfalfa crop, and 

 some of the facts gathered are given in the following 

 table : 



First Cutting 



Second Cutting 



July 7. Budding 



July 20. Medium bloom. 



Aug. 3. Full flower 



Aug. 24. Leaves dry 



Thied Cutting 



Aug. 17 , 

 Aug. 31 

 Sept. 14 . 



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