. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 24 CIRCULAR NO. 121, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. The experiment was repeated in 1912 on field A-III. The results are shown in Table V. Table V.— Yields of alfalfa and vhrat on field A-III at Huntley in 1912 in alfalfa- planting experiment. Method and date of planting. 3 plats planted Mav 11, 1912 3 plats planted .Tmie 14,1912 do 3 plats planted June 14, 1912, in i8-inch rows do 4 plats planted May 11, 1912: With wheat as nurse crop, cut for wheat Yield per acre in 1912. First cutting. .53 .24 Second cutting. Total.
. Circular. Agriculture; Agriculture -- United States. 24 CIRCULAR NO. 121, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. The experiment was repeated in 1912 on field A-III. The results are shown in Table V. Table V.— Yields of alfalfa and vhrat on field A-III at Huntley in 1912 in alfalfa- planting experiment. Method and date of planting. 3 plats planted Mav 11, 1912 3 plats planted .Tmie 14,1912 do 3 plats planted June 14, 1912, in i8-inch rows do 4 plats planted May 11, 1912: With wheat as nurse crop, cut for wheat Yield per acre in 1912. First cutting. .53 .24 Second cutting. Total. ..53 .24 Fig. 3.—Red clover on plat A-II-S, photographed June 13,1912. This was planted in 1911, and yielded at the rate of tons per acre in 1912. Table V shows that early planting resulted in higher yields than those from late planting, as was the case on field A-IV in both 1911 and 1912. The row planting yielded even less favorably on field A-III than it did on field A-IV. All the results so far obtained favor early planting. They oppose planting in rows where irrigation is practiced and where the crop is cut for hay. Further time is required to determine the fuial influence of the nurse crop. GRASS MIXTURES. While it is recognized that alfalfa is likely to remain the leading forage crop of the })roject, information is often desired as to the value of other forage plants, especially grasses, clovers, and grass mixtures. Such information will be ])articularly useful to farmers who expect to engage in dairying and wh<^ will therefore have need for cow pastures during a part of the j'car. In 1911 and 1912 an experiment in which grasses and clovers (fig. 3) were tested singly and in difl'erent combinations was conducted in cooperation with the {Cir, 121]. 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
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