International review of the science and practice of agriculture . ral Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 163,pp. 282-243. Brookings, South Dakota, January 1916. Various kinds of alfalfa were tested at the Stations at Brookings,Highmore, Eureka and Cottonwood from 1913 to 1915. The following results were obtained from strains of Medicago sativa,tested on plots of one tenth acre in extent. strain South Dakotanumber Serial plant introduction number Average yield per acre lbs. 2565 2532 2527 Vale . .Grimm . .Turkestan. 22162240 29 988981 1772 FORAGE CROPS, MEADOWS AND PASTURES The jaelds given above
International review of the science and practice of agriculture . ral Experiment Station, Bulletin No. 163,pp. 282-243. Brookings, South Dakota, January 1916. Various kinds of alfalfa were tested at the Stations at Brookings,Highmore, Eureka and Cottonwood from 1913 to 1915. The following results were obtained from strains of Medicago sativa,tested on plots of one tenth acre in extent. strain South Dakotanumber Serial plant introduction number Average yield per acre lbs. 2565 2532 2527 Vale . .Grimm . .Turkestan. 22162240 29 988981 1772 FORAGE CROPS, MEADOWS AND PASTURES The jaelds given above are those of the first cutting only, as the secondcutting was made after the alfalfa had seeded. The differences are toosmall to allow definite conclusions to be drawn as to the relative value ofthe three strains. Sometimes, however, Turkestan seed is imfavourablyregarded on some of the Eastern markets, while the others meet withapproval. Strains of Medicago falcata were tested at Brooking from 1910-1915,with the results shown in the following table : strain. These ^delds of hay were obtained from one cutting ; usually Medicagofalcata can only be cut once in a season, and consequently it does not givesuch good crops as strains of Medicago sativa, which alwa5^s produce a secondand even a third cutting. The paper under discussion gives a ver} detailed history of the intro-duction of different kinds of alfalfa into South Dakota, with a full descrip-tion of the various strains of M. sativa and M. falcata. Numerous strainsof alfalfa seem to be natural hybrids between the two species, and on thisassumption they have been named Medicago media. The strains of , M. nithenica and M. plaiycarfm which have been introduced intoSouth Dakota are described. 1279 - Silage from Green Forage in Java. — Shimmel e., in rcysmannia, Year xxvi, No. II. Batavia, 1915. In many parts of Java there is a dearth of green forage during the dryseason (east monsoon) and consequently the feeding of th
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