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Effect of Climate on Nitrogen Content of Maize, Barley, and Red Clover 1
Author(s) -
Delwiche E. J.,
Tottingham W. E.
Publication year - 1930
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1930.00021962002200080002x
Subject(s) - citation , red clover , agronomy , agricultural experiment station , agriculture , mathematics , library science , political science , geography , computer science , biology , archaeology
1. The contention frequently made by practical men that crops growing in northerly latitudes have a greater value as feed because of a higher protein content finds little support in these experiments. On the contrary, in the case of clover, the content of protein in the northern Wisconsin grown crop is less than in that grown in southern Wisconsin. 2. In the case of barley and of corn, the protein content is greater in the northern grown crops. Yet, from the standpoint of feed value, the difference is hardly sufficient to have practical value. 3. Judging from these tests, hays and grains of the same varieties when cut at the same period of maturity, in both northern and southern Wisconsin have little difference in feeding value. Longer trials may confirm an apparently greater content of protein, as a rule, in southern grown clover.