Show w. K MRY e eMRY RY RYA A 7 t O- O RIA TION IN UE OF ALF ALFALFA ALF A lutting Cutting atting and and Count l I e buy alfalfa It Is well mind that there Is a very 1 e variation In the feed the be he different grades on about principally by f cutting and the condition ther ther ther at the harvesting han Petie pe pe- tie he I Kansas experiment s sta- sta a- a trample It has been found alfalfa Is cut in the bud budy fey my y may contain as high as nt t of protein as ns compared per per r rent cent when cut In the theto to tand and up to full bloom and andant k nt ant t when cut at the seed ceding eding tests accompanying j 1 t cuttings indicated that I Ii i s pounds of hay to pro- pro I I dred pounds of gain on onI with bud stage hay 2080 tenth bloom stage ha hay t of full fuH bloom sta stage e had of seed stage hay to poun pounds s of gain l experiment station ad nd Td that when alfalfa was wason tenth one on tenth bloom the hay f per cent of leaves lea and I n full bloom 33 per cent In hi the tile earlier cuttings higher percentage of pro- pro plater slater cuttings t of ot climatic conditions at nt curing the hay was shown I umber number of ot tests made at atto to station Hay that was jer der r favorable weather coni con- con i t rain contained 18 per Mein n. n while the same kind raged by rain during the rin contained only 11 protein t lets gets emphasize the e buyer of alfalfa paying jl lon ion n to the grade of ot hay Leafiness In alfalfa Is an factor tor to consider The alfalfa Is the greater the theof of of ot protein It carries and therefore Its feed value |