COMPARISONS WITH SEVERAL GRASSES

Plat No.		Variety Grown	Hay, lbs.	Yield per acre, lbs.
1		June Clover	473	2,365
2		Mammoth Clover	475	2,375
3		Alsike Clover	413	2,065
4	[1]	Alfalfa (first cutting) 26 inches high, June 29th	816	4,080
5		Blue-grass	575	2,875
6		Orchard grass	478	2,390
7		Timothy	560	2,800
8		Red-top	470	2,350
9		Meadow fescue	375	1,875
10		Tall meadow oat grass	600	3,000
11		Italian rye grass	....	....
12	[2]	Timothy, blue-grass and orchard grass mixed	203	1,015

[1] The alfalfa plat yielded a second cutting 26 inches high on August 2nd, and a third 24 inches high September 1st; there was also a six-inch after-growth estimated at 180 pounds. The total alfalfa yield was equivalent, “approximately to 6¹⁄₂ tons of good dry forage.” None of the other clovers or grasses gave more than one cutting.

[2] Robbed somewhat of both plant food and moisture by an adjacent row of grown cottonwood trees.

The Nebraska experiment station has made very careful tests of the comparative yields of various grasses, clovers and mixtures. These were on plats of one-fifth of an acre. The foregoing table shows the yields the second year from planting, which owing to the very dry spring was a quite unfavorable season.