Yields And Composition Of Grasses
Categories:
SODS FOR PASTURES
The Ohio station has compared the
yields of various grasses and their composition. The following table is
arranged from its data, as given in Bulletin 225:
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------+
Name Average Pounds Pounds
Tons Hay Protein Protein
per Acre per per Acre
Hundred
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------+
Timothy 3.49 6.38 223
Blue-grass 2.18 10.12 221
Red-top 2.81 8.53 240
Orchard grass 2.19 7.81 171
Meadow fescue 2.10 8.97 188
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------+