Bui. 196, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate I. 



Fig. 1.— Alfalfa Plants in the Breeding Nursery, Showing the First Season's 



Growth. 



Fig. 2.— Selected Strains of Alfalfa in Double-Cultivated Rows. 



ALFALFA BREEDING AT THE BELLEFOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM, 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



