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kept in the heap overnight in the field, and buuicd to ce kee at : 
9 a. m., was stored in one of the large bays in the station barn. The 
hay had been very dry when raked. On February 18, 1899, the © 
hay weighed 5,117 pounds, showing a shrinkage of 646 pounds, 3 
equivalent to 11.2 per cent in 7 months. 
(12) Investigations made at the Kansas station ® led to the con- 
clusion that, as stacked, well-cured alfalfa will contain from 16 to 24 
per cent of moisture, fully air-dried hay from the stack or mow 
should contain 10 to 12 per cent of moisture, and the average shrink- 
age of well-cured alfalfa hay put into the stack or mow, by loss of 
moisture, should not be greater than 10 per cent. 
(13) At the Missouri station 1° 5,678 pounds of timothy was stacked | 
as drawn from the field. ie weighed the following spring, it 
had shrunk to 4,972 pounds, a loss of about 12.7 per cent. 
(14) At the Kansas station (see footnote 7, p. 5) orchard grass 
hay lost 9.01 per cent and bluegrass hay lost 10.05 per cent in the 
mow in 6 months. 
(15) At the same station (see footnote 7, p. 5) a bag coral 
prairie hay buried in the mow for 6 months lost 7 .33 per cent. 
(16) At the Michigan station (see footnote 8, p. 5) on June 27, 
1896, 5 tons of very dry timothy was drawn from the field and, 
after weighing, was placed in the barn in a mow, separated from the 
rest of the hay in the barn. It was, later, temporarily covered with 
erain in the straw. Six months later, on January 26, it was removed 
and found to have lost 684 pounds, or nearly 7 per cent. 
(17) At the Kansas station (see footnote 7, p. 5) a mixture of 
orchard grass, clover, and a little timothy, buried in a bag in the mow 
for 6 months, lost 5.71 per cent. 
(18) At the Michigan station (see footnote 8, p. 5) in July, 1897, 
1,100 pounds of clover hay, containing a little timothy, was put in 
the barn directly from the windrow, being unusually dry for hauling | 
from the field. It was reweighed November 12 following, when it — 
showed a loss of but 398 pounds, or 3.6 per cent. 
(19) At the Utah station (see footnote 6, p. 5) a ton of clover — 
hay put in the barn July 15, 1892, and removed April 20 following, 
lost 75 pounds, or 3.75 per cent. 
(20) At the Kansas station (see footnote 7 p. 5) three tests with 
prairie hay buried in the mow for 6 months showed that the loss 
amounted to about 3.50 per cent. 
(21) At the same station (see footnote 7, p. 5) one bag of prairie er 
hay, buried in the mow for 6 months, lost only 0.58 per cent. Jn 
another case the loss amounted to but 0.29 per cent. 
9 Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Bul. 155, 1908, p. 258-259. 
10 Michigan State Board Agriculture and Experiment Station. Annualreport, 1901, p. 286-287. 
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