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Feeds and Feeding. 



Yield of alfalfa during three years — New York (Geneva) Station. 



Here are returns of fourteen tons of green forage per acre, with 

 dry matter exceeding three tons. The date of first cutting is a 

 point of much interest to stockmen, especially daii-ynien who 

 practice soUtng. "We learn that in 1894 the first plants -were 

 ready for soiling May 11, thus furnishing very early forage. 



300. Iowa experience with alfalfa. — At the Iowa Station, i Our- 

 tiss reports alfalfa under trial. The same season after seediag in 

 the spring, two tons of hay were secured in three cuttings; the 

 second season the total of three cuttings, made June 1, July 7, 

 and September 3, was as foUows for plats seeded by different 



methods: 



Upland, Bottom, 



tons. tons. 



Plat L Broadcast 5.3 5.52 



Plat II. Drilled one way 5.18 5.52 



Platlll. Cross drilled 5.25 5.12 



Plat IV. Press drilled 5.08 4.22 



The third cutting was from five to ten per cent, lighter than the 

 first two, which were practically equal. The hay was fonnd to 

 be of excellent quality, apparently no more difficult to cure than 

 that from clover. Further experience is necessary to determine 

 whether this plant wiU stand winter conditions in Iowa, but at the 

 date of reporting all was favorable. 



301. Alfalfa compared with corn.— At the Colorado Station,' 

 Cooke compared a crop of dent corn from one acre of land with 

 returns from a like area of alfalfa three years seeded on an adjoin- 

 ing plat. The corn crop was a fair one, equaling fourteen tons of 



' Bui. 34. 

 'Bui. 26. 



