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Jackson, Ohio, Sown 9-7-1995
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| VARIETY |
Hay Harvestsa
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Stockpile Harvestsb
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1999
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1998
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1997
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1996
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96-99
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1996
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1997
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1997
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1998
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1998
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1999
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Maturity
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14-May
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10-Aug
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Total
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Total
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Total
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Total
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Total
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Dec
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Feb
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Dec
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Feb
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Dec
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Feb
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*
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Tons Dry Matter/Acre
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| AU Triumph |
1.62
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0.21
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1.91
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3.44
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2.79
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1.17
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9.53
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0.68
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0.44
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0.69
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0.26
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0.34
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0.21
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4.8
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| Star Grazer |
1.50
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0.23
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1.87
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3.44
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2.59
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1.37
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9.28
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0.50
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0.31
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0.45
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0.24
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0.20
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0.10
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3.0
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| Ky 31 EF d |
1.56
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0.24
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1.85
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3.45
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2.55
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1.52
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9.18
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0.49
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0.36
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0.56
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0.30
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0.26
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0.14
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3.6
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| Fawn |
1.53
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0.21
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1.74
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3.31
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2.61
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1.32
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9.12
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0.42
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0.35
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0.41
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0.22
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0.25
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0.18
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3.9
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| Phyter |
1.45
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0.18
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1.69
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3.06
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2.48
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1.51
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8.97
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0.28
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0.41
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0.37
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0.31
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0.23
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0.11
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3.5
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| Ky 31 EI e |
1.53
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0.21
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1.80
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3.11
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2.49
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1.15
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8.67
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0.29
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0.29
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0.46
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0.30
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0.28
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0.15
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4.0
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| Jessup EFd |
1.56
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0.17
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1.70
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3.46
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2.37
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1.30
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8.63
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0.27
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0.29
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0.48
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0.24
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0.22
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0.12
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3.8
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| Jessup EI e |
1.55
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0.29
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1.77
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3.14
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2.47
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1.24
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8.43
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0.35
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0.26
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0.45
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0.32
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0.25
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0.16
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4.0
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| Benchmarkc |
1.60
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0.20
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1.70
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3.09
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2.48
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1.20
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8.37
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0.52
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0.38
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0.38
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0.34
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0.16
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0.10
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4.7
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| Martin |
1.62
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0.13
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1.72
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2.87
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2.52
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1.09
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8.32
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0.46
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0.44
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0.45
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0.33
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0.27
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0.19
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3.9
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| Festornia |
1.32
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0.18
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1.44
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3.07
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2.37
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1.43
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8.29
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0.45
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0.49
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0.43
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0.38
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0.24
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0.18
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3.1
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| Warrior c |
1.40
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0.18
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1.46
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3.16
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2.35
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1.36
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8.27
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0.45
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0.40
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0.34
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0.30
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0.15
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0.08
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4.1
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| Barcel |
1.30
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0.19
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1.52
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2.60
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2.12
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1.11
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7.27
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0.36
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0.26
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0.34
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0.24
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0.16
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0.13
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2.2
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| Mean |
1.50
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0.20
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1.71
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3.17
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2.48
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1.29
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8.64
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0.42
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0.36
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0.45
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0.29
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0.23
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0.14
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3.8
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| LSD 0.05 |
0.35
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ns
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ns
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ns
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0.31
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ns
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0.97
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ns
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ns
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0.17
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ns
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0.10
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0.08
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0.6
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| CV % |
13.78
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24.66
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11.86
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9.91
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7.47
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14.8
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6.69
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28.6
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42.0
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22.6
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33.76
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25.15
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34.23
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8.99
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| no. of harvests |
2
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3
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3
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2
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10
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| a Hay harvests are taken during the summer harvest season. | |||||||||||||||
| b Stockpile harvests are taken in December and February. Half of the plot was harvested in December, the remaining half in February. | |||||||||||||||
| * Maturity rated on 5-12-1999 -- 1 = vegitative, 2 = early boot, 3 = initial emergence of inflorescense, 4 = complete emergence of inflorescense from boot. | |||||||||||||||
| c Orchard grass variety. | |||||||||||||||
| d EF - Seed source is 100% free of endophyte fungus. | |||||||||||||||
| e EI - Seed source is infected with the endophyte fungus. | |||||||||||||||
| Endophyte = A fungus that lives within the fescue plants but does not affect the appearance of the grass. A laboratory analysis is required to detect its presence because it is only transmitted by seed, thus if an endophyte free stand is established, it will remain non infected unless infected seed germinates and becomes established. | |||||||||||||||
| Seeded with a no-till Truax drill (in killed sod) at 10 lb/a, 100 lb/a of 0-45-0 at planting, and 55 lb/a of 34-0-0 on 10/11/95. Sod was killed with 2qt/a of Roundup ultra and 17lb/100 gal of ammonia sulfate. | |||||||||||||||
| Rilden silt loam, pH = 6.1, P = 40, K = 118 (4/95). | |||||||||||||||
| 60 lb/a of 34-0-0 (amonia nitrate) on 31 March 1999; 60 lb/a of 34-0-0 on 30 Sept. 1999. | |||||||||||||||