THE HLVCK MEDICK 



This common weed {Medicago lupulina) is a rather distant relative of tlie alfalfa or lucerne 

 (Medicago saliva). It is jjrolifie bearer of seed, and also possesses gooil grazing properties. 

 As ordinary comniereial strains of alfalfa are weak in just these two jjoints, there seems 

 reason io believe that a cross with the black medick might lead to the jmxluction of a 

 much imi)rf.yed strain oi alfalfa. The breeding of such a strain has been taken up bv 

 Ontario Agricultural College, with api)arently good chances of success. (Fig. 4.) 



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