ALFALFA CLOVER. 



167 



cattle up to fine condition, especially show animals. 

 It is also being used with good results for the same 

 purpose in swine and poultn.'. This meal is made 

 from alfalfa and sugar-beet molasses, in the propor- 

 tion of seventy-five per cent, alfalfa and twenty-five 

 per cent, molasses. There are a number of factories 

 engaged in the manufacture of alfalfa meal. The 

 hay must be kiln-dried before it can be ground. 

 There is certainly nothing added to the alfalfa by 

 kiln-dr}dng and grinding, nor to the sugar-beets by 

 being manufactured into molasses, except that the 

 food is more concentrated. Equal results may be 

 obtained by cutting the alfalfa hay and mixing with 

 pulped sugar-beets, and at a fraction of the cost. 



Portion of Root op Alfalfa Plant. 



Showing the tubercles or nodules 

 formed by the nitrogen-gathering 

 legume bacteria. 



