CONTENTS. 



INTRODUCTION 3- 45 



HISTORY 46- 77 



VARIETIES OF ALFALFA 78- 83 



HABIT OF GROWTH 84- 96 



SEED BEARING HABIT, THE 97-100 



GETTING A STAND OF ALFALFA 101-106 



CARBONATE OF LIME 107-149 



MANURES AND HUMUS IN SOIL 150-175 



PHOSPHORUS FOR SOILS 176-188 



POTASH AS A FERTILIZER 189-190 



PLOWING THE SOIL 191-198 



SEEDING AND CUTTING 199-222 



INOCULATION AND NITROGEN 223-236 



ALFALFA IN CROP ROTATION 237-248 



YIELD OF ALFALFA 249-253 



DISKING AND CULTIVATING 254-257 



WEEDS AND GRASSES 258-265 



ALFALFA DISEASES 266-267 



SEEDING GRASSES 268-276 



GROWING BY IRRIGATION 277-292 



TIME OF CUTTING 293-298 



HARVESTING HAY IN THE WEST 299-301 



HAYING TOOLS 302-308 



HAY-MAKING IN RAINY COUNTRIES 309-322 



SOILING AND PASTURE 323-335 



As A PASTURE PLANT 336-347 



ALFALFA IN SOUTH AMERICA 348-353 



ALFALFA FOR THE SILO 354-355 



BALING ALFALFA HAY 356-357 



SEEDING VALUE OF HAY 358-362 



CHEMICAL COMPOSITION 363-372 



ALFALFA FOR HORSES 373-379 



ALFALFA FOR CATTLE FEEDING 380-385 



ALFALFA FOR DAIRY Cows 386-391 



ALFALFA FOR SHEEP 392-395 



HAY FOR SHEEP FEEDING 396-401 



ALFALFA FOR SWINE 402-414 



ALFALFA FOR POULTRY 415-416 



MAKING ALFALFA MEAL 417-418 



PLOWING ALFALFA SOD 419-423 



ANIMAL PESTS AND DISEASES .424-429 



GROWING ALFALFA SEED .430-465 



BARNS AND SHEDS FOR STORING HAY 466-469 



ALFALFA IN TEXAS 470-472 



ALFALFA IN HAWAII 473 



ALFALFA IN ALGERIA 474 



VITALITY OF SEED 475 



SUMMARY OF ALFALFA SOWING 476-522 



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