rnents in defense of this much-abused crop. We say it is easy to 

 get a catch of timothy; that it seldom winter-kills; that it lasts for 

 several years; that the hay is easy to cut and cure; that the harvest 

 of timothy for hay or seed comes at a time when it does not compete 

 seriously with other farm work. 



| But in the final analysis it still remains that timothy produces 

 the least amount of feed and the poorest quality of feed for cattle 

 when compared with clover or alfalfa. Can we afford at this crit- 

 ical period to expend our valuable time our high-priced labor on a 

 crop that produces so little that gives such minor returns as does 



Fig. 6. Alfalfa vs. Timothy. 



This illustration shows (i) the deeper and far superior root feeding system 

 of alfalfa (2) the nitrogen supplying nodule growths on alfalfa roots (3) the 

 length of the new stem sprouts growing at the base of the plant, when alfalfa 

 is in full bloom and past the proper cutting stage. 



timothy? Of course there are conditions where timothy is more 

 advantageous than alfalfa but on the $200 lands of our livestock 

 farmers it will continue and must continue to give way in importance 



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