REPORT OF TH1{ DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL 



HUSBANDRY. 



PART 11. 



I. ALFALFA.* 



W. p. WHEELER. 



SUMMARY 



Alfalfa is not suited to all kinds of soils, and is probably not 

 hardy much north of the central portion of this State. It is, how- 

 ever, a plant of such decided value that it is well worth a trial in 

 any locality where there is a fair prospect of its growing. 



ALFALFA. 



Since the publication of a bulletin in November, 1894, in 

 which were stated results accompanying the feeding of alfalfa 

 at this Station, this fodder has constituted during two more 

 summers a larger or smaller part of the rations for milch cows. 

 The favorable opinion then expressed concerning alfalfa has been 

 strengthened by the further experience. Many rations contain- 

 ing this fodder have been as efficient and economical as those 

 used in the fourteen feeding trials reported in the bulletin, and 

 the good crops obtained each year warrant a recommendation of 

 its more general trial. 



The chief value of alfalfa for this State lies in its excellence 

 as a soiling crop.. In palatability it ranks high, and is not in- 

 ferior in this respect to corn. It is readily eaten by all farm 



* Reprint of Bulletin No. 118. 



