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Table VI. — Moisture in growing forage at different stages of development, etc. — Cont'd. 

 Section A.— Alfalfa Samples Collected at Cmco, Cal.— Continued. 



Sample and stage of 

 growth. 



Weight. 



Moisture. 



Green. 



Inter- 

 medi- 

 ate. 



Air 

 di-y. 



Oven 

 dry. 



Original 



material. 



Air-dry 

 material. 



Lost in air 

 drying. 



One-tenth bloom: 



No. 581 



OuTices. 

 123.2 

 123.2 

 123.2 

 123.2 

 123.2 



Ounces. 

 30.95 

 32.20 

 30.95 

 34.70 

 31.95 



Ounces. 

 30.95 

 31.95 

 30.95 

 34.20 

 31.70 



Ounces. 

 26.0 

 28.5 

 27.5 

 31.0 

 28.0 



Per cent. 



78.9 

 76.9 

 77.7 

 74.8 

 77.3 



Per cent. 

 16.0 

 10.7 

 11.1 



9.2 

 11.6 



Per cent. 

 74.9 



No. 582 



74.2 



No. 583 



74.9 



No. 584 



72.3 



No. 585 



74.3 







Average 



77.1 ± .393 



11.7± .689 



74.1 ± .289 





123.2 

 123. 2 

 123.2 

 123.2 

 123.2 



35.45 

 35. 45 

 35.20 

 34.70 

 35.45 



35.20 

 35.^5 

 34.95 

 34.95 

 35.20 



31.5 

 31.5 

 31.0 

 31.0 

 31.0 





Full bloom: 



No. 576 



74.4 

 74.4 

 74.8 

 74.8 

 74.8 



10.5 

 11.2 

 11.2 

 11.2 

 11.8 



71.5 



No. 577 



71.2 



No. 578 



71.6 



No. 579 



71.6 



No. 580 



71.5 









74.6± .000 



11. 2± .124 



71. 5± .045 





123.2 

 123.2 

 123.2 

 123.2 

 123.2 



38.20 

 37.45 

 35.95 

 36.70 

 37.95 



37.95 

 30.95 

 35.70 

 36.70 

 37.70 



33.5 

 33.0 

 31.5 

 32.5 

 33.5 





Past full bloom: 



No. 571. 



72.8 

 73.2 

 74.5 

 73.7 

 72.9 



11.7 

 10.6 

 11.8 

 11.5 

 11.2 



69 2 



No. 572 



70.0 



No. 573 



71.0 



No. 574 



70.2 



No. 575 



69.5 









73.4± .188 



11.4± .131 



70.0 ± .188 





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Section B.— Sorghum Samples Collected at Amaeillo, Tex. 

 [Dates of weighing: Original material, Aug. 17; intermediate, Nov. 2; air-dry material, Deo. 17.] 



Very yoimg: 

 No. 241. 



135 

 136 

 134 

 138 

 135 



25 

 30 

 25 

 23 

 24 



15.5 

 15.0 

 15.0 

 15.0 

 15.0 



13.0 

 11.5 

 13.0 

 13.0 

 13.0 



90.4 

 91.5 

 90.3 

 90.6 

 90.4 



16.1 

 23.3 

 13.3 

 13.3 

 13.3 



88 5 



No. 242 



89.0 



No. 243 



88.8 



No. 244 



89.1 



No. 245 



88.9 







Average 



90.6±0. 134 



15.9±1.169 



88.9±0.063 





139 

 138 

 138 

 140 

 140 



40 

 39 

 36 

 39 

 38 



27.0 

 24.0 

 22.0 

 25.0 

 24.0 



19.0 

 18.0 

 17.0 

 18.0 

 17.5 





Heads in boot: 



No. 241) 



86.3 

 87.0 

 87.7 

 87.1 

 87.5 



29.6 

 25.0 

 22.7 

 28.0 

 27.1 



80.6 



No. 247 



82.6 



No. 248 



84.1' 



No. 249 



82.1 



No. 250 



82.9 









87.1 ± .146 



26.5 ± .725 



82. 5 ± .347 





135 

 113 

 134 

 389 

 140 



40 

 42 

 39 

 41 



40 



28.0 

 29.0 

 27.0 

 29.0 

 28.0 



20.0 

 21.5 

 21.0 

 21.0 

 21.0 





Beginning to head: 



No. 251 



85.2 

 84.0 

 84.9 

 84.8 

 85.0 



28.6 

 25.9 

 22.2 

 27.6 

 25.0 



79.3 



No. 252 



78.4 



No. 253 



80.6 



No. 254 



No. 255 



79.0 

 80.0 







Average 



84.8± .124 



25.9± .670 



79.5± .232 





138 

 138 

 138 

 139 



138 



48 

 48 

 49 



47 

 47 



34.5 

 35.0 

 35.5 

 34.5 

 35.5 



26.0 

 26.0 

 28.0 

 27.5 

 28.0 





Heads in bloom: 



No. 256 



81.2 

 81.2 

 79.7 

 80.2 

 79.7 



24.6 

 25.7 

 21.1 

 20.3 

 21.1 



75.0 



No. 257 



74.6 



No. 258 



74.3 



No. 259 



No. 260 



75.2 

 74.3 







Average 



80.4± .204 



22 .6 ± .652 



74. 7± .111 





132 

 136 

 135 

 135 

 141 



58 

 59 

 69 

 58 

 62 



43.5 

 45.5 

 44.0 

 42.5 

 46.0 



34.0 

 33.0 

 33.0 

 33.0 

 35.0 





Ripe: 



No. 261 



74.3 

 75.7 

 75.6 

 75.6 

 75.2 



21.8 

 27.5 

 25.0 

 22.4 

 23.9 



67.0 



No. 262 



66.5 



No. 263 



67.4 



No. 264 



68.5 



No. 265.. 



67.4 







Average 



75.S± .157 



24,1 ± .612 



67 .4± .199 















