JUNIOR NATURALIST MONTHLY. 



And here, in Autumn's dusky reign, 

 A birth of blossoms seems again 

 To flush the woodland's fading train 

 With dreams of May. 



— John B. Tabb 



LESSON I.— THE ALFALFA 

 PLANT 



By L. H. Bailey. 

 LL the things that the farmer sells are 

 produced by plants and animals. The 

 animals live on the plants. It is im- 

 portant that we know what some of these 

 plants are. 



Some plants 

 are gro^\Ti for 

 human food. 

 Such are po- 

 tato, wheat, apple, lettuce. 

 Some are grown only to feed 

 to animals. Such are grasses 

 and clover, — plants that are 

 made into hay. 



Hay is the most important 

 crop in New York State. In 

 fact, New York leads all the 

 states in the value of the hay 

 and forage. This value is 

 more than 66 millions of 

 dollars. 



Hay is important in New 

 York also because there are 

 so many dairy cattle in the 

 state. There are more than 

 one and one-half millions of 

 dairy cattle in New York. In 

 the value of the milk and 

 butter and cheese. New York 

 also leads all other states. 

 There are also great numbers 

 of beef cattle, horses, mules 



and sheep. All these millions ^ ■- <, e^^. , ,, ,, ,, , ^ 

 . 1. = lJ -• ^P^^9 of the alfalfa plant. 



