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Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



Ness county: "It has 50 per cent feeding value unless broken in fine 

 particles." 



Russell county: "Very good if not allowed to lie in the field." 



Marshall county: "Pretty good, but not as good as hay; coarse and 

 dry." 



Meade county: "It may be entirely worthless or very valuable." 

 Sumner county: "Poor, as too woody." 



FEEDING VALUE OF ALFALFA MEAL. 



Only 15 per cent of the growers reporting on the question have fed 

 alfalfa meal to their stock, and of that 15 per cent only 32 per cent regard 

 meal of greater value than its equivalent in hay. Among those who are 



FIG. 121. Sheep eating alfalfa meal. [Courtesy National Alfalfa Journal.] 



Fio. 122. A Kansas alfalfa mill. [Courtesy The Earth.] 



