MOISTURE CONTENT AND SHRINKAGE OF FORAGE. 



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



Section C— Sorghum Samples Collected at Hays, Kans. 



[Dates of weiglimg: Original material, Aug. 18; intermediate, Sept. 21; air-dry material, Sept. 27.] 





Weight. 



Moisture. 



Sample and stage of 

 growth. 



Green. 



Inter- 

 medi- 

 ate. 



Air 

 dry. 



Oven 

 dry. 



Original 

 material. 



Air-dry 

 material. 



Lost in air 

 drying. 



Very young: 



No. 301 



OuTwes. 

 154. 00 

 159. 50 

 141.25 

 150. 00 

 147.50 



Ounces. 

 23.00 

 27.50 

 24.25 

 23.00 

 23.50 



Ounces. 

 18.50 

 20.50 

 20.75 

 19.00 

 19.00 



Ounces. 

 15.25 

 17.25 

 17.75 

 16.25 

 16.25 



Per cent. 

 91.0 



89.2 

 87.4 

 89.3 

 S9.0 



Per cent. 

 17.5 

 15.8 

 14.4 

 15.0 

 14.4 



Per cent. 

 88.0 



No. 302 



87.1 



No. 303 



85.3 



No. 304 



87.3 



No.305 



87.1 







Average 



89.2 ±0.344 



15.4 ±0.349 



87.0 ±0.270 





146.75 

 134.25 

 143. 75 

 150.25 

 157.50 



31.75 

 29.25 

 30.75 

 34.25 

 33.50 



25.75 

 24.75 

 26.25 

 27.75 

 30.50 



21.50 

 20.75 

 23.25 

 23.25 

 25.50 





Bloom: 



No. 306 



85.3 



84.5 

 83.8 

 85.0 

 83.8 



16.5 

 16.0 

 11.5 

 16.1 

 16.3 



82.6 



No. 307 



81.6 



No. 308 



81.7 



No. 309 



81.6 



No. 310 



80.6 







Average 



84.5 ± .185 



15.8 ± .572 



81.6 ± .192 





150.25 

 140 50 

 157.50 

 151. 75 

 160.75 



38.25 

 37.00 

 37.50 

 39.75 

 45.75 



28.75 

 31.50 

 34.50 

 35.75 

 40.25 



24.75 

 26.50 

 29.25 

 30.00 

 33.50 





Soft dough: 



No. 311 



83.5 

 81.4 

 81.4 

 80.2 

 79.2 



13.8 

 16.0 

 15.1 

 16.0 

 16.7 



80.9 



No. 312 



77.6 



No. 313 



78.1 



No. 314 



76.4 



No. 315 



75.0 







Average 



81.1 ± .434 



15.5 ± .302 



77.6 ± .593 





159.75 

 166.75 

 131.75 

 149.75 

 160.50 



46.75 

 57.75 

 42.75 

 46.75 

 49.50 



41.25 

 38.25 

 40.25 

 43.75 

 45.50 



34.00 

 32.75 

 33.50 

 36.50 

 38.50 





Hard dough: 



No. 316 



78.7 

 81.4 

 74.6 

 75.6 

 76.0 



17.5 

 14.4 

 16.7 

 16.5 

 15.4 



74.2 



No. 317 



77.1 



No. 318 



69.4 



No. 319 



70.8 



No. 320 



71.6 







Avera,ge 



77.3 ± .746 



16.1 ± .326 



72.6 ± .823 





151.00 

 149.25 

 139.25 

 157.00 

 141.50 



54.00 

 53.25 

 50.25 

 61.00 

 49.50 



42.2 



41.75 



48.75 



56.5 



46.5 



36.75 

 34.75 

 39.75 

 47.75 

 38.75 





Seed ripe: 



No.321 



75.7 

 76.7 

 71.5 

 69.6 

 72 6 



13.0 

 16.8 

 18.6 

 15.5 

 16.7 



72.1 



No. 322 



72,0 



No. 323 



65.0 



No. 324 



64.0 



No. 325 



67.1 







Average 



73.2 ± .795 



16.1 ± .549 



68.0 ±1.033 















Section D.— Timotht Samples Collected at New London, Ohio. 

 [Dates of weighing: Original material, May 20 to July 20; intermediate, Sept. 2; air-dry material, Sept. 28.] 



Very young. May 20, 10-12 

 inches high: 

 No. 449 



124 



138 

 158 



37 



42 



31 



35 

 41 



28.0 



32.5 

 37.0 



77.5 



9.6 



75.0 







Just heading: 



No. 450 



76.5 

 76.6 



7.1 

 9.7 



74.6 



No. 451 



74.0 







Average 



76.6 ±0.034 



8.4 ±0.620 



74.3 ±0.143 





137 

 135 



44 

 43 



43 



42 



39.0 

 39.0 





Early bloom, Jime 20* 



No. 452 



71.6 

 71.2 



9.3 

 7.1 



68.6 



No. 453 



68.9 









71.4 ± 



.095 



8.2 ± 



.525 



68.8 ± .076 





131 

 132 



47 

 61 



46 

 49 



42.0 

 44.5 





Full bloom, June 26: 



No. 454 



68.0 

 66.3 



8.7 

 9.1 



64.9 



No.455.. 



62.9 







Average 



67.2 ± 



.406 



8.9 ± 



.095 



63.9 ± .337 





119 

 127 



56 



62 



54 

 60 



48.5 

 53.5 





Leaves drying, July 7: 



No. 456......... 



59.3 

 67.9 



10.1 

 10.8 



54.5 



No. 457 



52.8 







Average 



58.6 ± 



.334 



10.5 ± 



.169 



53.7 ± .406 





131 

 131 



75 

 74 



70 

 71 



64.0 

 64.0 





Seed mature, July 20: 



No. 458... 



51.2 

 51.2 



8.5 

 9.8 



46.6 



No. 459 



45.8 







Average 



51.2 ± 



.000 



9.2 ± 



.311 



46.2 ± .191 





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