The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1915-08-20
ALFALFA EXPERT
GIVES US ADVICE
Methods That Are Good In the Untah Basin
Country Are Equally Applicable In
This Section OF State.
Correspondence The Sun.

Correspondence The Sun
VERNAI Aug 14-Prof NJ L. Harris farm demonstration
agent the United States department of agriculture for
Untah and Duchene countless has Just issued letter alfalfa
conditions generally Since alfalfa is such important crop in
Utah says Demonstration Harris any loss through msmanage
would amount to great deal of money for the entire coun
Men do upon the best time TO cut alfalfa although
they have had years Of experience IN feeding In our every day
One for this the lack of accurate comparisons and meas
uremens
at Logan during experiment to determine the best time to cut
alfalfa are both interesting and instructive Inc early CUTTINGS
made when the alfalfa il full bloom while the late cut
Of the great cries made in favor Of late cutting of alfalfa by our
local people that the yield greater From the experiment
Quoted find that for the 1897 from the early cutting
had 1885 pounds greater yield during the than from the
dunn and Alb pounds more than from the late
The results from the two favorable 10 the
early cuttings showing for them product greater by eight hun
greater cuttings If average results
hundred the annual yield from the piece of medium
and twelve while the late cutting would be represented by eighty
the stands seyenynne the third forysx Taking
the results Of the five and letting hundred
pieces the second ninety two and the late eishty-fiye
The Yields Of the medium and early cuttings stand in the pro-
ninety pounds favor of the early cutting method This shows
tngthat hay is obtaned-s entirely groundess As
shall there nothing favor of late cutting but is highly
good feed is that be paatab and second requisite that it
as Ss % %R ARE ed S%' arc e
readily eaten Let how the composition of the feed affect
feed 1426 per the early cutting per
in the medium and 1892 for the late If the
the early cutting equal 1907 then the medium would equal S9
the late 906 This makes difference of almost 10 cent
favor of the early cutting between the early the late cuttings
There difference Of 1913 cent in favor of the early cutting
in comparison with the medium
The fat important of the feed shall
that is the greatest In the early cuttings The early cutting
263 cent fat and the medium 3 cent while the late
tanned 23 cent fat If the content of this valuable food ee
ment be represented by hundred the late cutting the medium
would be represented by 0s and the early would 1854 Again
IN take the carbohydrate content nitrogen free extract
find the highest values the early and medium cuttings being
represented by Ais cent while the medium 1882 and the
late cutting 1868 the late cutting by
then 1919 would the medium cutting and 1862
would represent the early.
The fiber which nondigesbe steadily with the
age of the alfalfa The early had 81 per fiber
dum 327S while the late had 366S per fiber
third cutting similar in composition TO the cutting
protein 1888 the fat $50 and the nitrogen
was 4263 cent The amount eaten however greatest
the third II represented by hundred then
the first crop and s represents the early
ting This bears out the almost universal impression
third relshed III the chemical analysis the
early cutting 10 be the best ought to be borne feeding
experiments The early cut alfalfa made daily gain
to steers of LIS pounds at food cost of 2S6 pounds
dunn produced gain of LOO pounds
pounds and the late produced of pounds per day at cost
of 20.lS pounds alfalfa.
The early cutting required pounds alfalfa per pound of
gain and the medium required 2207 pounds while
1892 pounds alfalfa pound gain Then would
dred pounds Of the early cutting product SO pounds
would take 1912 pound Of the medium produce the
cutting produce tho gain The WELD the early was $3.50
pounds greater than the eum pos pounds than the
late and requires than oneha of cutting
make the gains therefore driven conclude
serious mistake TO let alfalfa long before cutting
Why not have three good of alfalfa crops
of mr. lasgV line and al hird9