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Show tys to cut alfalfa early," says or Goorgo Stowart ot tho grlcultural Experiment Station, jn ce uos tho following statemont: he Is sful oxporlmnnUng yit tho mon Itatlon hns shown that more T1 Is SOI obtained whon alfalfa is cut state r bloom. A number of years Las Ufa was cut at threo dlfferont 'tho ai (1) early bloom, that Is humai tbout ono-tontti of tho bloom pe d; (2) whon tho crop was In neora sm; (3) about two wooks later In lh 10 bloom had begun to fall off. J'9 1 it tho throo crops harvested noyor tho season was cut at the convli adlcated, dlfforent aroas bolng to sU r early, medium and Into cut- donco build I r flvo yoars It wag found that wJshh Id of tho hay cut just whoa it hotter ginning to bloom waB some Sun ) flftoen por cont hlghor than l0" . .u .i . tnl sti at tho othor stagos. Inslgb hay from theso cuttings was by wt ind fod to boot cattle, and and c dnta kopt as to tho value of Su nd ot hay for cattle feeding. Wj"u found that tho early-cut hay whore d greater gains on beef both tcrcst j and por ono hundred pounds ,n8 This Indicated that tho qual- J$B 10 hay as well as tho quantity woro reasod by cutting early. and following tablo shows tho traw valuo of cutting hay at this f bloom: visltoi Relative |