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 Fig. 13.-Cutting Crotalaria intermedia for hay and silage with a sickle bar
mower.
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mower.


TABLE 5.-YIELDS OF MACHINE DRIED CROTALARIA HAYS WHEN
 ING THE SEASON.


 Species July, 1931 September
 (Ibs.) (lbs.)

 C. grantiana 1,055 1,014
 C. incana 985 1,815
 C. intermedia 1,108 1,473
 C. lanceolata 1,326 2,649
 C. spectabilis 1,155 2,200
 C. usaramoensis 1,244 1,592

*Yields of C. intermedia for 1932 were combined from
 26 and September 7, 1932, respectively.


two fields.


MOWED ONCE DUR-

 August, 1932
 (lbs.)
 4,062

 2,398*
 3,316

 1,885


Cut on August


 Crotalaria retusa did not produce sufficient growth to be har-
vested for hay. The field of C. striata was so irregular, due to
stand, that the area was not calculated. On this account, hay
yields of this species were not computed.
 Naturally Dried Hay.-If a crop is to be satisfactory for hay
in Florida, it should be curable under natural weather conditions.
Inasmuch as Crotalaria intermedia gave indications of being the
most palatable and otherwise the most promising species for feed,
a portion of the area growing C. intermedia was used for hay
studies.


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