Grass Growing for Profit: A Short Compilation of Experimental Work on the Effects of Nitrate of Soda on Hay Crops; Including Some Directions for the ... at Highland Experimental Farms, New York - Hardcover

William Shields Myers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0332165345 ISBN 13: 9780332165349

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Grass Growing for Profit: A Short Compilation of Experimental Work on the Effects of Nitrate of Soda on Hay Crops; Including Some Directions for the Preparation of Land and Harvesting the Crop and Results at Highland Experimental Farms, New York

Hay which had been stored during the summer was removed from the mow the following February, and found to' contain per cent. Of water. A careful comparison of other moisture determinations of hay leads to the conclusion that is a fair general average of the percentage of water in the best quality of barn-cured hay. When hay is first stored it usually contains from 20 to 28 per cent. Of moisture. The loss in storage may be said to be about 12 to 16 per cent.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0332165345
• ISBN 13: 9780332165349
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 45