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sprouts start from the crown, for then there is no delay in 

 the production of the next crop. 



492. Alfalfa Meal. During recent years the manu- 

 facture of meal from alfalfa hay has attained some promi- 

 nence. This is simply the hay ground fine, so that stock eat 

 the coarser stems as well as the leaves. In this form it can 

 be fed without loss to all kinds of stock, including poultry. 



LABORATORY EXERCISES 



A study of the growth of alfalfa, its root system, and the tubercles 

 on its roots, may be made in the field if the crop is grown in the neigh- 

 borhood. At least a small plot of this plant should be grown on the 

 school farm. Some time may well be spent in the study of alfalfa 

 seed, to become familiar with the seed and to aid in detecting 

 adulterants and other impurities. 



SUPPLEMENTARY READING 



Farmers' Bulletins: 



194. Alfalfa Seed. 



276. Alfalfa in the East (pp. 9-14)^ 



315. Legume Inoculation. 



339. Alfalfa. 



353. Dodder in Alfalfa Seed (pp. 7-9). 



373. The Irrigation of Alfalfa. 



382. Adulteration of Forage-Plant Seeds. 



384. Alfalfa Meal (pp. 12-14). 



Bailey's Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Vol. II, pp. 192-197. 

 Burkett's Farm Crops, pp. 95-102. 

 Coburn's Alfalfa. 

 Coburn's The Book of Alfalfa. 



Hunt's Forage and Fiber Crops in America, pp. 174-199. 

 Shaw's Clovers and How to Grow Them, pp. 118-193. 

 Voorhees' Forage Crops, pp. 209-230. 

 Wing's Alfalfa in America. 

 Wing's Meadows and Pastures, pp. 212-250. 



