COMPOStttON Of ALfALFA 



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Composition op the Crops op the Dippeeent Cuttings 

 OP Alfalfa 



-Pounds per hundred of— 



First cut . 

 Second cut 

 Third cut 

 Fourth cut 

 Fifth cut > 

 Hay, when stored . 

 Hay, after storage, 



83.00 

 .76.63 

 74.10 

 69.71 

 81.77 

 18.66 

 9.56 



0.67 

 1.02 

 1.07 

 1.10 

 1.13 

 3.19 

 3.36 



a<H 

 4.56 

 7.83 

 6.58 

 7.07 

 3.20 

 ii4.ll 

 31.07 



as 



3.65 

 4.07 

 4.52 

 5.43 

 4.50 

 13.87 

 13.24 



WATEK-FtlEB BASIS 



First cut 3.94 



Second cut 4.36 



Third cut . 

 Fourth out 

 Fifth cut . 

 Hay . . . 

 Hay . . . 



4.13 

 3.63 

 6.19 

 3.92 

 3.71 



26.81 

 33.51 

 25.40 

 23.33 

 17.54 

 29.63 

 34.33 



21.46 

 17.42 

 17.45 

 17.92 

 24.66 

 17.05 

 14.63 



h% 

 1.92 

 2.25 

 2.17 

 2.67 

 2.07 

 7.44 

 8.64 



11.29 

 9.63 

 8.38 

 8 81 



11.34 

 9.14 

 9.55 



6.20 

 8. 20' 

 11.56 

 14.02 

 7.33 

 32.73 

 34.13 



36.35 

 35.10 

 44.62 

 46.27 

 40.17 

 40.23 

 37.71 



|j3 

 <!§ 

 2.62 

 2.85 

 3.60 

 4.06 

 3.27 

 11.45 

 10.78 



15.14. 



12 20 



13.90 



13.40 



17.92 



14.07 



11.91 



The chief point of difference between the com- 

 position of the samples of the green forage is in 

 percentage of moisture, the samples representing 

 the first and last cuttings showing a much higher 

 content of water than those of the cuttings made 

 in midsummer. The composition of the dry- 

 matter, however, shows the true differences. The 

 first and fifth cuttings show a much higher per- 

 centage of protein and ash, indicating a higher 

 feeding value and that they were not so fully ma- 

 tured as the others, although the different cuttings 



