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• Representative photographs of the irrigated hayland type may be found in Peabody Appendix 10-4 <br />(Figures 4-3 and 4-4 -Figure 4-3 and the foreground of Figure 4-4 show grass and clover <br />dominated hayland; Figure 4-4 (middleground) shows an alfalfa dominated stand.) <br />Harvest period, number of harvests during the growing season, fertilization programs, and <br />management of the stands after harvest were all different for the various operators. Number of <br />harvests varied from one to three per growing season, with the first cut harvest date varying from <br />June 17 to September 16. This variability reflects different management levels and objectives. <br />Seasonal hay production values for the five operators cutting hay in the study area are presented <br />in Table 2.04.10-8. The average production for all first cut hay was 1,932 pounds/acre and <br />ranged from a low of 1,168 pounds/acre to a high of 3,021 pounds/acre for the five operators. <br />Cutting dates ranged from June 17, 1987 to as late as September 16, 1987. Only two operators <br />(Garvey and Goforth) took a second cutting of hay, with production values of 1,050 pounds/acre <br />and 3,325 pounds/acre, respectively, for the two operators. Second cut harvest dates were <br />approximately one month apart at August 12, 1987 and September 16, 1987. Only one operator <br />(Goforth) took a third cutting of hay. The hay fields were harvested on October 28, 1987 and <br />• averaged 1,557 pounds/acre production (Table 2.04.10-8). All values represent adjusted dried <br />weights. <br />Composition of the irrigation hayland type is highly variable depending on the individual operator. <br />Garvey and Goforth have both recently renovated all or parts of their hay fields. These renovated <br />fields are dominated by alfalfa and contain various companion grasses such as orchardgrass and <br />smooth brome. Staats' fields also have a fair alfalfa composition. Morgan's hay fields contain <br />some alfalfa, but the alfalfa is being replaced by the pasture clovers. fn addition, desirable <br />pasture grasses are being supplanted by Kentucky bluegrass, quackgrass, meadow rescue <br />(Festuca oratensis), tall rescue LFestuca arundinacea), buckhorn plantain, and dandelion. <br />Burbridge does not manage for alfalfa in his hay fields and does not regularly renovate these <br />fields because of shallow soils and rock ledges. Consequently these haylands are dominated by a <br />variety of desirable and increaser grasses, red and white Dutch clover, weedy forb species and <br />occasional alfalfa plants. <br />(REVISED 8/15/00) 2.04.10 - 31 <br />