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In some other experiments at the same station the increases in 
yields of Huron as compared with those of ordinary timothy have been 
less than the increases indicated in the preceding paragraphs, and in 
some tests there Huron has even produced smaller yields than ordinary 
timothy. In 1930, in particular, when there was a very severe drought 
during the summer, in a set of plots in which the two varieties were 
compared, Huron produced about 580 pounds less hay per acre than 
ordinary timothy. In that season two other observers in different parts 
of Ohio reported that Huron produced relatively large numbers of the 
short leafy stems without heads and a smaller number of stems with 
heads than ordinary timothy. 
Huron Timothy in the Pacific Northwest 
Huron timothy has been grown on farms and at agricultural 
experiment stations in northeastern California, western and eastern 
Oregon, and western Washington. According to nearly all the reports 
received from these tests, Huron has been found superior to ordinary 
timothy. 
In 1932, records of hay yields from ordinary timothy, Huron, and 
several other varieties of timothy at Union, Oreg., showed that the 
largest yields obtained from any of the plots were produced by Huron. 
At the Western Washington Experiment Station at Puyallup, 
Huron and ordinary timothy were harvested for hay in 1928 and 1929 
from duplicate plots of each variety located on a muck soil. In 
both seasons Huron produced the larger yield. In 1929 records of the 
pasturage produced by each variety were determined by cutting the 
grass In an immature condition at five different times during the 
season. From the plots of ordinary timothy an average yield of 
approximately 6,800 pounds of dry matter per acre was harvested; 
from the plots of Huron timothy an average of nearly 7,800 pounds, or 
about 1,000 pounds per acre more dry matter than from the plots of 
ordinary timothy, was harvested. 
At the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station at Corvallis a 
plot of Huron timothy and also plots of ordinary timothy, ryegrass, 
tall oatgrass, and mixtures of various other grasses and legumes have 
been used as a hog pasture for 6 years. Under this rather severe 
treatment the Huron timothy has maintained a turf and continued 
its growth better than ordinary timothy or any of the other grasses 
grown 1n these plots. 
Production of Seed 
The seed of timothy may be produced practically wherever this 
grass is grown for hay. Any farmer may provide his own supply of 
Huron seed, either by sowing a separate meadow for this purpose or 
by reserving a part of the crop in any meadow until the seed is mature. 
Most farmers, however, purchase their seed. 
In some parts of western Oregon and western Washington where 
Huron timothy has been successfully grown, it is utilized almost 
exclusively for pasture and hay. Up to this time most of the limited 
quantity of Huron timothy seed produced on the Pacific coast has 
been grown in northeastern California. 
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