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Economy of alfalfa 151 



Of alfalfa in dairying. . .149 



Of balanced ration 134 



Of labor 21, 25 



Of root growth G 



Eight cuttings in Louis- 

 iana 14 



Eighty feet to water 44 



Elements specially needed. (J5 



Eleven cuttings a year 10 



Elgin dairyman praises al- 

 falfa 153 



Enemies 20(5 



Ensiling 270 



Kansas 151 



England, growing in 2GI 



Alfalfa introduced 2 



Examination of soil G4 



Example of success 17 



Exhibition stalk, large.... G 

 Experiment stations dis- 

 favor nurse 59 



Favor inoculation 60 



Export alfalfa hay 104 



Exports, seeds 31 



Erf, Prof. Oscar, alfalfa for 



cows 149 



Erodium citcutarium 227 



Essentials of growing 44 



Of preparing soil 4G 



Evaporation in curing 83 



In mow 97 



Failures, because not cut.. G9 



Causes of 220 



Due to weeds 48 



Of seed 30 



Overcome by disking. ... 71 



Redeeming G5 



To be expected 201 



Fairchild, D. G., Arabian 



seed 8 



Fall sowing 49, 52, 53 



Fanning mill 91 



Fanning removes dodder. . 42 

 Farr, Aaron F. Jr., re- 

 port 304 



Fat and car-bohydrates in- 

 terchangeable 13.") 



In corn 21 



In hay 7G 



Not replaceable by pro- 

 tein 13G 



Fats in excess 130 



Lacking in alfalfa 125 



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Fattening with corn un- 

 profitable 12fi 



Farming, character altered. 17 

 Farmers' Assistant men- 

 tions alfalfa 3 



Farms, fruit, alfalfa on... 17 



Feed, quality 145 



Value, fodder crops 12G 



Values, various 145 



Feeding alfalfa alone 148 



Before pasturing 110 



Colorado 141 



Cows economically 152 



Economical western ....142 

 Experiments for milk... 184 



Hogs, Nebraska 159 



Tests 138 



Tests, hog 156 



Tests, Kansas 138, 142 



Tests, Nebraska 139 



Tests, various cuttings.. 81 



Tests, Utah 138 



Waste in 144 



Value, Arizona 236 



Value, California 241 



Value, 'Colorado 247 



Value, Idaho 253 



Value, Kansas 259 



Value, Utah 305, 306 



Value, various cuttings . 88 

 Value, various crops ....132 



Feedstuffs, analysis 126 



Fertility, best means of im- 

 proving 147 



Increased by cowpeas . . 48 

 Robbed by nurse crops.. 58 



Fertilization by bees 177 



Fertilizers, Alabama. .231, 232 



Specially needed 65 



Fertilizing, Georgia 250 



Virginia 312 



Long Island 288 



Fescue, meadow yields. ... 21 

 Festuca elatior with al- 

 falfa Ill 



Fiber in corn 22 



Fields disked after cut- 

 ting 24 



Of alfalfa 200 years old. . 5 

 Old, in South Carohna. . 9 



Old in West 9 



Fire for weeds 69 



Preventing 96 



Fires caused by wet hay. . 97 

 Occur, when 98 



