Note 1 — Chapter III · Yields, and Comparisons With Other Crops
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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.