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ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 



In order to illustrate this relative production of 

 digestible matter more graphically we present two 

 charts showing clearly the proportions of total di- 

 gestible nutrients and digestible protein in each 

 crop: 



TOTAL DIGESTIBLE MATTER PER ACRE. POUNDS. 



ALFALFA 



CORN 



RED CLOVER 



TIMOTHY 



RUTABAGA 



MANGEL 



SUGAR BEETSlieOO 



LBS. 



?8OO 



3000 



LBS 



DIGESTIBLE PROTEIN PER ACRE. 



ALFALFA 



875 



OATS 8. PEAS 



RUTABAGA 



279 



SUGAR BEETS 



213 



Kansas Experiments. J. T. Willard, of the Kan- 

 sas experiment station, has done most interesting 

 work in investigation of the nutritive qualities of al- 



