COMPOSITION OF ALFALFA 223 
COMPOSITION OF THE CROPS OF THE DIFFERENT CUTTINGS 
oF ALFALFA 
———— Pounds per hundred Oars — 
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y 35 FI s oy 
EF 288 Sa sa Of BSS <8 
First cut... .. 83.00 0.67 4.56 3.65 1.92 6.20 2.62 
Second cut. . . . 76.63 1.02 7.83 4.07 2.25 820 2.85 
Third eut ... -74.10 1.07 6.58 4.52 2.17 11.56 3.60 
Fourth eut . . . . 69.71 1.10 7.07 5.43 2.67 14.02 4.06 
Fifth eut. . . .. 81.77 1.13 38.20 4.50 2.07 7.33 3.27 
Hay, when stored . 18.66 3.19 24.11 13.87 7.44 32.73 11.45 
Hay, after storage. 956 3.36 31.07 13.24 8.64 34.13 10.78 
WATER-FREE Basis 
First cot... 2... 3.94 26.81 21.46 11.29 36.35 15.14 
Second eut ...... 4.36 33.51 17.42 963 35.10 12 20 
Thirdeut. ..... 4.13 25.40 17.45 8.38 44.62 13.90 
Fourtheut ...... 3.63 23.33 17.92 881 46.27 13.40 
Fiftheut ......., 6.19 17.54 24.66 11.34 40.17 17.92 
Hay ......... 3.92 29.63 17.05 9.14 40.23 14.07 
Hay ......... 938.71 34.33 14.63 9.55 37.71 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 
