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ground alfalfa meal and how it is all brought into New England. 

 I hope to see the day when we shall have alfalfa enough of our own 

 and mills here in New England to grind it. 



For hogs alfalfa is one of the best of feeds. In summer it is 

 ideal to see the hogs feeding in the growing field and making gains 

 at the lowest possible cost and then in the winter they are fed the 

 dry hay in racks much the same as cattle. 



For sheep as well as the other stock it is so much better than 

 timothy that there is no comparison. 



Our good old standard, timothy, that New England farmers 

 have grown for generations is "hard hit" as a dairy feed or for 

 growing stock when compared with alfalfa. I urge upon you the 

 benefit to be derived from growing and feeding more of this legume. 



Feeding Value. 



If a field of alfalfa yields three cuttings per season for four years 

 it has more than paid for its founding and then when it is plowed 

 and taken into a cultivated crop we begin to realize as never before 

 the full value of this wonderful plant. Records show that large 

 yields have been obtained of corn and potatoes on an alfalfa sod. 

 How can it be otherwise, with the ground filled with alfalfa roots 

 to decay and form humus that is rich in nitrogen? 



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