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spike-like head, somewhat like that of timothy, but reaching
. a length of 1 foot and a diameter of 1 inch. Two cuttings
— can be obtained from it during a season.
A half plot cut ]uly 17, 1901, produced at the rate of 20.8
tons of fresh fodder per acre, which dried to 7.2 tons. The
second cutting from the same plants, Sep. 26, 1901, gave a .
yield of 19.36 tons of fresh fodder per acre and 9.2 tons of
. dry fodder. This half plot thus produced at the rate of 40.16
_ tons of fresh fodder and 16.4 tons of dry fodder per acre. It
was planted in drills, 3 feet apart.
Pha/aris aatzuzrlzbzacca (REED CANARY-Gkass).—Planted
April 14, 1900. Cut june 19, 1901: \Veight, fresh, 8.08 to11s
per acre; weight, dry, 4.16 tons per acre.
. Ph!c2¢z1z;>ralwzse (T11x1oT11Y).—Planted April 12, 1900. Cut
]uly 2, 1901: VR/eight, fresh, 7.12 tons per acre; weight, dry,
3.68 tons per acre. I »
Pm covzjnessa (CANADA BLUE—GRAsS).—Planted April 12,
n 1900. Cut ]u¤e 19, 1901: VVeight, fresh, 2.64 tons per acre;
weight, dry, 1.6 ton per acre. V
Poa pmztwszk (KEN’l`LlCI{\' B1.U1a—0RAss).——Planted April 14,
1900. Cut june 11, 1901: \Veight, fresh, 4.08 tons per acre;
weight, dry, 1.68 ton per acre.
7`be,/>z·0,1>4·z· iime fa _g·ezz‘hcr é/em-grasssccds. Mr. Edgar Brown,
of the Seed Laboratory, U- S. Department of Agriculture,
spent some time at this Station last june, and in conjunction
with the Station had gathered on the Farm blue—grass seeds
at fourteen different dates, covering the period when tl1e seed
is at its best and also at its worst. It l1as seemed to some
of us who have been watching t11e work of harvesting blue-
grass seed that it is often gathered before it is sufiiciently ripe,
and that this, together with the excessive heat to whicl1 it is
at times subjected during the curing process, explains the poor
quality of some seed shipped out of Blue—grass Kentucky.
The seed gathered under Mr. Brown’s direction has recently
been tested in the Vivarium of my Division, `and the results
presented below indicate that seeds gathered either very early
or very late in june are likely to show a low per cent. of
germination, and that from about june l2 to June 2O is the
best time to gather seeds.