REPORT OF THK DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL 

 HUSBANDRY. 



PART IL 



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 concernin.ti 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 BuUetln No. 118. 



