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teenth ; Iowa, twentieth ; Kentucky, twenty-first ; Illinois, 

 twenty-second ; Wisconsin, twenty-third; Indiana, twenty- 

 fourth, and Michigan, twenty-ninth. 



CORN 



ALFALFA 



Comparison of corn and alfalfa roots, showing why alfalfa is a 

 drought resister. 



3. Alfalfa as Forage for Stock 



Alfalfa is one of the most valuable forage crops known 

 for the feeding of farm animals. Like clover, it contains a 

 high degree of that most important element of food, protein, 

 which goes to make both bone and muscle. With such 

 forage as timothy, corn, stover, or straw fed to stock, protein 



