THE RELATIVE EFFECT OF FREQUENCY AND TIME OF CUTTING LUCERNE

Eight varieties of lucerne were compared under three cutting schedules for two years. Yield comparisons of early and late types subjected to different cutting treatments gave significant interactions and indicated that their behaviour was not identical in each treatment. With one exception the late types compared unfavourably with the early, so that the latter appear more flexible in their management requirements.
The percentage of leaf and of crude protein showed significant positive correlations; these were most pronounced in the individual cuts.