HURON TIMOTHY 3 
there is ample space for development. Under such conditions the 
plants of Huron timothy have a larger number of stems than the 
plants of ordinary timothy grown under the same conditions, as 
shown in figure 2. 
Observations and records that have been made show that the 
greater number of stems in meadows of Huron than in meadows of 
ordinary timothy is usually though not always due to the larger 
number of the short, leafy type of stems without heads. The number 
of stems with heads per unit of area is not infrequently less in mead- 
ows of Huron than in meadows of ordinary timothy. 
In respect to length of stem, the records indicate that, when the 
plants are grown under the same conditions, there is no important 
difference in the length of stems of ordinary and of Huron timothy. 
FIGURE 2.—The 6 plants at the left were grown from seed of ordinary timothy and the 6 at the right from 
seed produced by the original plant of Huron timothy. The latter group has a larger number of stems. 
In each variety the stems of both types are longer in fertilized than 
in unfertilized meadows; they are also much longer in seasons when 
weather conditions are favorable for growth and large yields of hay 
are produced than in seasons when conditions are less favorable and 
the hay yields are relatively low. 
Yields of Hay 
In one experiment at North Ridgeville, Huron timothy and ordi- 
nary timothy were grown in a series of plots, and records of hay yields 
were obtained from them in nine consecutive seasons. Half the plots 
received no fertilizer treatment. On the other plots, fertilizers were 
used each spring, nitrate of soda was applied at the rate of 120 pounds 
per acre, and 16-percent superphosphate at the rate of 200 pounds per 
acre. The soil where these plots were located is a comparatively 
fertile clay loam. 
In 8 of the 9 vears, on the unfertilized plots, Huron produced larger 
yields than ordinary timothy, the average increase for the 9 years 
being 307 pounds per acre. Every year the fertilized plots of Huron 
produced the larger yield, the average excess over ordinary timothy 
being 364 pounds per acre. The unfertilized plots of ordinary tum- 
othy produced an average yield of 2,475 pounds per acre and the 
fertilized plots an average yield of 3,375 pounds per acre, an increase 
of 900 pounds. In the unfertilized and the fertilized plots of Huron 
timothy the average yield was respectively 2,782 and 3,739 pounds 
per acre, an increase of 957 pounds. 
