CHAPTER XIX. 

 Alfalfa Clover. 

 Alfalfa is one of the most profitable crops that Alfalfa— its 



t •* . Desirable 



a farmer can grow. It is destined to revolutionize Quality, 

 farming in this country, being the great flesh-forming 

 and milk-producing plant. It is indispensable for 

 arriving at the best results in feeding animals, es- 

 pecially dairy cows and hogs. It gives the earliest 



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and best quality of feed in the spring. It will keep 

 green and continue to grow during the driest 

 weather until autumn, supplying an abundance of 

 the most nutritious and succulent food during the 

 whole summer. As a fertilizer it is the most valuable 

 crop known to science. Being a leguminous plant, 

 it is a collector of nitrogen, and on account of its 

 luxuriant growth all summer it collects a very large 



