| Popis: |
These experiments, as originally planed, had for their object the determination of the best time to cut alfalfa in order to secure the most profitable annual yield, its chemical composition, digestibility and the results of feeding trials being considered. A comparison of the yield and feeding value of the first, second and third crops was also made a part of the investigation, and as with the different cuttings, the composition and digestibility formed a part of the work. In conducting this experiment to determine the comparative feeding value of the various cuttings and of the different crops of alfalfa, some other roughage of well-known feeding qualities was regularly used with a set or two of steers for comparison. Timothy hay, one of the most widely known coarse fodders in the United States, was so employed through four of the five trials. Common red clover was also used in three of the experiments, and shredded corn fodder in three. |
