Show alfalfa cut early will give the largest yield prof C J willard of the ohio experiment peri ment station la Is opposed to the full 1100 bloom stage of cutting alfalfa on oil the lie ground that a considerable num tier her of the lower leaves begin to drop off soon after the tenth bloom stage lias has been reached ron clied find and since the he leaves lire are much richer in protein than the lie tenis items lie he holds that late cutting brings about too great a loss of the mot most valuable part of tile plant to justify the practice tilt the safe way pvn says professor willard to get tile the largest yield beld of alfalfa with the great erent est to fc ding aw value per pound Is to cut in early bloom light sears of experimenting peri have shown that hat alfalfa cut just before bloom will average 49 per cent leaves adlle that cut when it lins ling reacted tile llie seed stage will average 3 IS 13 per cent leaves the remaining 62 2 per cent of tile lie plant at the seed stage Is steins low in protein |