INDEX. 



ALFALFA History of, 1-36. 

 ACRE Seed per. 



Yield per. 



Ostriches per. 



B 



BALING HAY, 65. 

 BEES AND LUCERNE Effect 



on Seed, 76. 



BREAKING New Ground, 38. 

 BROADCASTING, 40. 



C 



CEREALS vs. LUCERNE, 9-13. 

 CHICKS Change from Lucerne 

 to Veld, 24. 



Diseases of. at Oudtshoorn, 27. 

 CLIMATE- thrives in, 1-36. 

 -COST of growing Lucerne, 13. 

 -COWS Stall feeding, f>6. 



Mixed Rations, 55. 



-Testing Milk Value, 57. 



Starvation ruins Milk Glands. 



Shelter for, 58. [58. 



CUSCUTA See Dodder. 

 CUSTOMS on Lucerne, 75. 

 CUTWORM, 2. 

 CULTIVATING in Transvaal, 42. 



Natal, 28. 



Cape Colony, 



DAIRY COWS on Lucerne. 13. 

 Rationing, 61. 

 St'ill-feeding of, 56. 



Milk-production, 54, 50. 



Unsweated preferable for, 65. 



New Zealand results. 54. 



Op bias, 8 

 DISADVANTAGES of Lucerne 



Growing, 16. 

 DODDER Life history, 4, 5, 49. 



Varieties of, 50. 



How to eradicate. 5, 51. 



Illustrations of, between 50 



and 51. 



Compulsory eradication, 79. 

 Where proclaimed, 79, 80. 



DONT'S AND MUSTS 



for Lucerne growers, 46, 47. 

 Don't damp Hay before feed- 

 ing it, 65. 

 DOUBLE WATERING Seed 



Bed, 67. 



DISTRIBUTION of Lucerne. 36. 

 DRY CULTIVATION, 39. 

 DROUGHT Provision agnst., 19. 

 Lucerne, 40. 



E 



ENEMIES OF LUCERNE 



-Caterpillars, 45, 52. 



Leaf-spot, 45. 



Dodder Jsee Dodder). 



Locusts, 52. 



-Mites, 53. 

 EXPORT OF LUCERNE, 73, 74. 



F 

 FATTENING Sheep, 8, 13, 61, 



-Pigs, 44. 77. [66. 



FEATHER Effect of Lucerne 



on, 27. 

 FEEDING to Cows, 56. 



to Horses, Sheep, Cattle, &c., 

 6-62. 



-Pigs, 61. 



Poultry, 61. 



Horses and Sweated Hay, 65. 



Hay not to. be damped, 65. 



Rations and Grazing, 66. 

 Hay, 77. 



Effect on Lucerne, 6. 



GALL SICKNESS & Lucerne, 61. 

 GOOD TIPS, 67. 

 GRASSES Troublesome, 2, 8. 

 GRAZING How to manage, 8. 



Sheep, 8. 



Ostriches, 9-14. 



Slo3k generally, 60, 62, 69. 



Preparation of Stock for, 69. 



Enriches Soil v 59, 78. 



