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Evaluating the Effects of Cutting Date on Yield and Nutritive Value of Alfalfa with Rabbit Feeding Trials and Chemical Analysis 1
Author(s) -
Moline W. J.,
Wedin W. F.
Publication year - 1963
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/agronj1963.00021962005500040004x
Subject(s) - forage , dry matter , maturity (psychological) , yield (engineering) , agronomy , biology , zoology , mathematics , materials science , psychology , developmental psychology , metallurgy
Synopsis Yield reductions from early harvest of first‐cutting alfalfa generally were compensated for by increased yields of dry matter of the second cutting. The decrease in percent crude protein and increase in percent crude fiber with advanced maturity of alfalfa were more pronounced in first cutting forage than in the second cutting. Feeding trials with rabbits effectively demonstrated a decrease in the nutritive value of alfalfa with increase in maturity of the first cutting.