MOISTURE CONTENT AND SHRINKAGE OF FORAGE. 



Table I. — Corrfparison of different-sized samples of forage — Continued. 

 Section B.— Field-Cured Alfalfa Collected at Arlington Faem— Continued. 





Weight. 



Moisture. 



Sample. 



Orig- 

 inal. 



Inter- 

 mediate. 



Air dry. 



Oven 

 dry. 



Original 

 material. 



Air-dry 

 material. 



Lost in air 

 drying. 



No. 26 



Ounces. 

 64 

 64 

 64 



Ounces. 



Ounces. 

 64.0 

 64.5 

 63.5 



Ounces. 

 57.5 

 57.5 

 57.0 



Per cent. 

 10.1 

 10.1 

 10.8 



Per cent. 

 10.1 

 10.7 

 10.2 



Per cent. 



No. 27 







No. 28 













MeanofS '.. 



10.3± .130 







64 

 64 





63.5 

 63.0 



57.0 

 57.5 





No. 29 



10.8 

 10.2 



10.2 



8.7 





No. 30 













Mean of 3 



10.6± .110 



10.4± .099 



± .221 







Mean of 5 











lO.Oi .203 





Error of 1 















96 

 96 

 96 





92.5 

 94.5 

 92.5 



84.0 

 85.0 

 83.5 







No. 31 



12.4 

 11.4 

 13.0 



9.1 



10.0 

 9.7 





No.32 







No.33 













Mean of 3 



12. 3 ± .258 









96 

 96 





93.0 

 92.0 



85.0 

 83.0 







No.34 



11.4 

 13.5 



8.6 

 9.8 





No. 35 















12.6± .349 



12 .3 ± .257 



± .576 







Mean of 5 











9.4± .156 





Error of 1 















128 

 128 

 128 





126.5 

 128.0 

 127.0 



113.0 

 113.0 

 112.5 







No. 36 



11.5 

 11.5 

 12.1 



10.6 

 11.5 

 11.3 





No.37 







No. 38 













Mean of 3 



11.7± .110 









128 

 128 





126.0 

 124.5 



112.0 

 111.5 







No.39 



12.3 

 12.8 



11.1 

 10.3 





No. 40 













Mean of 3 



12.4± .115 



12.0± .181 



± .406 

















11 .0± .135 





Error of 1 



























Section C— Green Alfalfa Collected at Cmco, Cal. 

 [Dates of weighing: Original material, June 11; intermediate, June 30; air-dry material, July 23.] 



No. 501 



60.5 

 60.5 

 60.5 



17.50 

 17.00 

 16.00 



17.25 

 16.75 

 15.75 



16.0 

 15.5 

 14.5 



73.6 



74.4 

 76.0 



7.2 

 7.5 



7.8 



71.5 



No.502 



72.3 



No. 503 



74.0 







Mean of 3 



74.7±0.389 



1 





60.5 

 60.5 

 60.5 



16.25 

 16.50 

 16.00 



16.25 

 16.00 

 16.00 



15.0 

 14.5 

 15.0 



I 



No. 504 



75.2 

 76.0 



75.2 



7.5 



9.3 , 

 6.2 



73.2 



No. 505 



73.5 



No. 506 



73.2 







Mean of 3 



75.5± 

 75.1± 



.148 

 .258 

 .576 







Mean of 6 











7. 6± 0.253 



73.0 ±0.249 

















123.2 

 123.2 

 124.5 



33.95 

 31.95 

 36.25 



32.70 

 30.45 

 32.75 



29.0 

 27.0 

 30.0 







No. 507 



76.5 

 78.1 

 75.8 



11.2 

 11.4 

 8.4 



72.5 



No. 508 



75.3 



No.509 



73.7 







Mean of 3 



76.8± 



.375 









123.2 

 124.5 

 124.5 



34.20 

 35.00 

 33.75 



32.45 

 33.25 

 30.25 



29.0 

 30.0 

 28.0 







No. 510 



7,6.4 

 75.8 



77.5 



10.7 

 9.6 



7.4 



73.7 



No. 511 



73.3 



No. 512 



75.7 







Mean of 3 



76.6± 

 76.7± 



± 



.275 

 .234 

 .574 







Mean of 6 











9.8± .407 



74 ,2 ± .258 





























