CONTENTS 



Paet I. 



PAGB 



Summary and suggestions, ......... 105 



Introduction, ........... 107 



The chemical composition of alfalfa and red clover, ..... 107 



The digestibility of alfalfa hay, 109 



Feeding experiments with alfalfa, . . .111 



Experiments I, II and III: Alfalfa, beet pulp and corn meal v. hay, beet 



pulp and corn gluten products, . . . .111 



Experiments IV and V: Alfalfa v. rowen, . .125 



Experiment VI : Alfalfa, English hay and grain v. English hay and grain, . 132 



Experiment VII: Alfalfa, corn stover, corn-and-cob meal and bran v. 



English hay, corn-and-cob meal, gluten feed and bran, . . . 137 



Part II. 

 Summary and suggestions, . . . . . . . . . 142 



The experiments in detail, ......... 142 



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