INDEX. 



GROUND Preparation of, 2, 21, 

 -Natal, 31. [67, 



Transvaal, 38 

 Levelling, Importance of, 



31, 67. 



Double Watering Seed Bed, 

 -Drainage, 38. [67. 



H 



HARDY LUCERNE, 40. 



HAY (LUCERNE) Difficulties 

 of making, 44. 



-When to cut, 9, 63, 66. 



-How to make, 64, 66, 68. 



How to stack, 64, 68. 



Heating, 65, 69. 



Judging condition, 64, 68. 



-Baling, 65. 



Unfermented, 66. 



Yield per acre, 14. 



Hay and Dry Lucerne, 63. 



Keeping qualities, 17, 63. 



Feeding value, 44, 17, 69. 



Cost of making, 14, 26. 



Market value, 14, 43, 66. 



Making in Natal, 34. 



For the Military, 71, 75. 



Value in Protein, 77. 

 HISTORY OF LUCERNE, 1. 



and Distribution, 36. 

 HONEY, 76, 77. 

 HOVEN, 8. 



I 



IMPORTS Decline of, 71. 



from Oversea, 72. 



-Value of, 72, 73. 

 INCREASED PRODUCTION, 70 

 INNOCULATING SOIL, 46. 

 IRRIGATION 6, 7. 



Silt, 6. 



Winter Watering, 7. 



Furrow Construction, 



-Flood Water, 7. 



Misapplied, 11. 



Cost of, 13. 



to counteract Frost, 37. 



in Transvaal, 42. 



Double Watering, 68. 



K 



KARROO SOIL, 1. 

 Climate, 1. 

 L 



LEAVES Most nutritious, 77. 

 LEVELLING Ground Imple- 

 ments for, 31. 39, 67. 

 LIME Necessary in Soil, 2. 

 LONGEVITY of Luce r 

 LUCERNE 



History and Distribution of, 

 1-36. 



Most suitable Climate for, 1. 

 - Soil, 1. 



Saving of, 3, 40, 41. 



-Irrigation of, 6, 7, 37, 68. 



-Yield of, 6, 43. 



Frost, Effect on, 6. 



How to Graze, 8. 



Hay, to make, 9. 



Cost of Growing, 13. 



Lucrative use of, 13, 23. 



Disadvantages of, 16. 



Land, Value of, 15. 



Carrying capacity of, 

 15,23,25. 



In Australia, 15, 16 



Advantages of, 16. 



Locusts dislike it, 16, 69. 



Vleis and Dry Lands, 17, 18. 



Selling of, discouraged, 18. 



Stacking, 19, 6-1 



Danger from Fire, 19. 



Versus Cereals, 9-13. 



-Versus Veld, 24. 



Profits of, 25. 



-Effect on Feather, 27. 



-In Natal, 28, 



In the Transvaal, 36. 



Varieties of, 40. 



as Nitrogen Storer, 45. 



and Milk production, 55. 



and Gallsick, 61. 



Where most grown, 71. 



Honey, 76. 



Imports of, 71-75. 



Exports of, 73-75. 



Housing of, 88. 



