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Straw for cattle or horse feeding, and those who have 

 given it trial say that the combination of two parts of 

 alfalfa to one of straw in alternating layers makes as 

 valuable fodder, pound for pound, as does alfalfa 

 alone. By this method the worthless straw stack may 

 be converted into valuable feed and manure, and re- 

 turned to the soil that produced it. The variety of 

 straw used is of little consequence, as wheat, oats, or 

 barley are one and the same apparently after having 

 absorbed the juices and substance of the alfalfa. Cat- 

 tle will devour every particle of the sandwich, allowing 

 none to go to waste, and some farmers contend that 

 the feed is improved by the addition of straw. One 

 advantage in this system lies in the fadl that the alfalfa 

 can be put into stack while almost green and the straw 

 will serve to cure it by absorbing its juices and color. 

 This plan might be called the dry silo, and when prop- 

 erly put up forms a most valuable forage. 



