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THE BOOK OF ALFALFA 



COMPARATIVE CHOP AND FEEDING VALUES 



The following is another table showing the average yiehl 

 of alfalfa as compared with some of the more common 

 fodder crops and hays, as found in New Jersey station 

 Bulletin No. 148. 



Total Yield 



Green Forage 



per acre 



Alfalfa 



Corn (entire plant) 



Red Clover 



F amy ard millet.... 

 Crimson clover.... •• 



("owpeas 



Oats and peas 



Pounds 



36,540 

 24,000 

 14,000 

 16,000 

 14,000 

 16,000 

 14,000 



Dry Matter 

 per acre 



5,040 

 4,088 

 4,000 

 2,674 

 2,624 

 2,107 



:\ ali;ilf.i hay contains 



■ red clover hay contains... 



' oats and peas contains — 



' timothy contains 



' wheat bran contains 



' wheat middliiifts contains 



' rye bran contains 



' oats contains 



' rice meal contains 



' buckweat bran contains .. 



Dry Matter 



1,809 

 1,694 

 1,375 

 1,736 

 1,762 

 1,758 

 1,768 

 1,780 

 1,796 

 1,790 



Total Frott'l 

 per acre 



Total Protein 



At the Colorado station (Bui. No. 26) Prof. W. W. 

 Cooke compared an acre of dent (Golden Beauty) corn, 

 planted May 16 and harvested September 21, with returns 

 from an acre of alfalfa on an adjoining plat, three years 

 seeded. The corn crop was a fair one, and including 

 ears and stalks weighed 15,500 pounds, containing 35.62 

 per cent or 5539 pounds of dry matter. The alfalfa 

 yielded three cuttings of hay weighing respectively 4600, 

 3350 and 3250 pounds, or 5.6 tons, containing 10,304 

 pounds of dry matter. But, as Professor Cooke says, this 



