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Effect of seasonal temperature on the yield and chemical composition of a lucerne-timothy mixture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Herman A. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kapuskasing, Ontario
P. P. Dermine
Affiliation:
Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kapuskasing, Ontario
M. Hidiroglou
Affiliation:
Research Branch, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kapuskasing, Ontario

Extract

1. The yield and mineral composition of a timothylucerne mixture at different stages of maturity were determined in selected growing periods under the climatic conditions of Northern Ontario.

2. An alteration in temperature from cool to warm or from warm to cool conditions appeared to favour increased forage production, but the rate of increase in dry-matter yields declined more under cooler conditions.

3. Forage yields obtained on a second cutting increased with delayed harvesting of the first cut, and yield reductions from an early harvest were not economically compensated for by increased yields of dry matter of the second cutting.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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