132 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA 



COMPARATIVE CROP AJfD PEEBING VALUES. 



The following is another table showing the average yield 

 of alfalfa as compared with some of the more common 

 fodder crops and hays, as found in New Jersey station 

 Bulletin No. 148 : 



Alfalfa 



Corn (entire plant) 



Red clover 



Barnyard millet . . . 

 Crimson clover. . . . 



Cowpeas 



Oats and peas 



Total Yield 



Green Forage 



per acre. 



Pounds* 



36,540 

 24,000 



14,000 

 16,000 

 14,000 

 16,000 

 14,000 



Dry Matter 

 per acre. 



Pounds* 

 3,258 

 5,040 

 4,088 

 4,000 

 2,674 

 2,624 

 2,107 



Total Procein 

 per acre. 



Pounds. 



2,214 



408 



616 



384 



384 



363 



Dry Matter 



ton alfalfa hay contains 



" red clover hay contains.. . 



" oats and peas contains... 



" timothy contains 



" wheat bran contains 



" "wheat middlings contains, 



" rye bran contains 



" oats contains 



" rice meal contains 



" buckwheat bran contains.. 



Pounds* 

 1,809 

 1,694 



1,375 

 1,736 

 1,762 



1,768 

 1,780 



1,796 

 1,790 



Total Protein 



Poufids* 

 265 

 246 



I7S 

 ii8 

 308 

 312 

 294 

 236 

 240 

 248 



At the Colorado station (Bui. No. 26) Prof. W. W. 

 Cooke compared an acre of dent (Golden Beauty) corn, 

 planted May 16 and harvested September 21, with returns 

 from an acre of alfalfa on an adjoining plat, three years 

 seeded- The corn crop was a' fair one, and including 

 ears and stalks weighed 15,500 pounds, containing 35.62 

 per cent or 5539 pounds of dry matter. The alfalfa 

 yielded three cuttings of hay weighing respectively 4600, 

 3350 and 3250 pounds, or 5.6 tons, containing 10,304 

 pounds of dry matter. But, as Professor Cooke says, this 



