MANUFACTURING FOOD FOR 

 LIVE STOCK 



SOME SUGGESTIONS ON CLOVER, TIMOTHY, 

 AND ALFALFA 



FORTY million acres devoted to it; an annual 

 crop of seventy million tons, valued at 

 something like three-quarters of a billion 

 dollars. 



Such is the record of hay in the United States. 



And of course this takes no account of the other 

 millions of acres that are devoted to pasturage, 

 the crop of which would be hay if it were not 

 harvested directly by browsing live stock. Just 

 how much this would add to the value of the crop 

 it is difficult to say. But without attempting an 

 exact computation, it will be clear that the value 

 of forage crops in America reaches a colossal 

 figure. 



There are many kinds of grass that may be 

 found first and last in pasture and hay-field, but 

 the one grass that over-shadows all others because 

 of its universal popularity is that known as tim- 



[VOLUME VTII CHAPTER III] 



