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Show i'iu:hh iiuixirri.v. Ainilfii-Tiio CuttliiH Time-lie IVcilIng Viiltio. (Continued from fmlirrex.) chop couramaoN. 10. The first crop gave the largeat yield In each ol tho flvo tests and In fourteen out ol the flltren cuttings, while the third crop gavo the loweat for every trrt and In overy cutting but ono. The average acre-ylelda for the five yrara, Including all cuttlnge, eland In the following relation 1 Flrat crop, 100; Becoid,78;an.l third, 89; for the early culllnga aljne, flrat crop, 100eecond, 83 third, CO. 11. In tlie avrrago composition ot all cutting for thrco yrara, tho nutrlcnta ol tho thrre crope vary hut little. The eecund haa allghlly tho hlgheat per cent ot protein and lltwr, and tho third the inoet fat and nltronen-frre extract, 12. The third cron haa the larceat propositi ol leavca to Blame; but the per rent ol protein In the leavei la hlgheat hlgh-eat in the second crop, and next highest lu the flrat. The leavea of the flrat crop contain the most lat and eitbeaecond U) l'tgyrw,as.aii . 1 laaa reftawBi 13. The third crop produced a higher average rate ol gain In Die feeding teata than the flrat or eecond and alao higher than any of the erperaU culllnga. The amount eaten dally waa alao hlgbeatof all, but the dry matter and digestible matter for a pouud of gain were the low-eat. low-eat. In a pound per pound comparlion the galna Btaud as folio we I Flrat crop, 100! eecond, 81; third, 120; dry matter for a pound ot gain, flrat crop, 100; second, sec-ond, 80; third, C9. U. The berl product per acre, taking the average reault ol all cuttlnga (or the flvo years, waa Very much th highest (or the flrat crop and decidedly the low-eat low-eat for the third, atandlng aa follows: First crop, 100; second, 01; third, 5, hut taking the early cuttlnga alone they stand, fliai crop, lOOi second, 80; third, 00, 15. l'ouud per pound, laken as a whole, the reaulla ahow the highest ' (ceding value tor the third crop and the loweat for th" eecond, III, Tho avt rage annual beef product from early cnt alfalfa waa 705 01 pounda , prratruj It required 0,675 pounda ol , timothy to produce an tqual wolghll ! 11,907 pounds ot ml clover, and 10,043 pounds ol ihredded rnrn (odder. |