. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). 716 Grasses and Leguminous Crops in New York means loss of leaves, palatability, and weight. Essentials of good haymaking are: cut early; handle no more than necessary; and cure chiefly in the windrow, cock, and haymow or stack. The importance of proper protection from the weather and of prompt barn storage is indicated by lindings of the Colorado station, which were: Alfalfa hay exposed for 15 days after cutting and rained on twice, lost per cent of its feeding value; left out for seven davs and havin
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). 716 Grasses and Leguminous Crops in New York means loss of leaves, palatability, and weight. Essentials of good haymaking are: cut early; handle no more than necessary; and cure chiefly in the windrow, cock, and haymow or stack. The importance of proper protection from the weather and of prompt barn storage is indicated by lindings of the Colorado station, which were: Alfalfa hay exposed for 15 days after cutting and rained on twice, lost per cent of its feeding value; left out for seven davs and having only one lioht rain, it. Fig. 669.— A Thirty-ton Stack of Alfalfa Grown in New York State. lost 10 per cent; left out three days without rain, the loss was 5 per cent; also, that, even in Colorado's dry climate, the loss in feeding value from the hour of cocking to the hour of taking from the stack was upwards of 12 per cent, while the loss in hay taken from the barn was but 2^/2 per cent. pasturing As pasturage for all kinds of live stock, except such as chew the cud (cattle and sheep), alfalfa is unexcelled. In many. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agriculture
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