VUl 



INTRODUCTORY 



for profitably supplementing, if not superceding, in the 

 near future otlier established forage crops, heretofore 

 regarded as staple if not indispensable in many por- 

 tions of North America, may be demonstrated by intel- 

 ligent experiment and by cuhivating variations in its 

 habit to suit given localities and conditions is entirely 

 probable. 



Those who have known it longest and best are the 

 ones everywhere who esteem it most highly; in fadt, 

 very few who have once raised or used it as a feed are 

 satisfied to be without it, and as a rule they contem- 

 plate an enlarged acreage and increased use. The 

 marvelous fadt connedled with this plant so old in 

 agriculture is that it comes, as it does, to so many at 

 the beginning of the twentieth century as an agricul- 

 tural revelation. To concisely give a wider knowledge 

 of its worth and ways, to encourage its more extended 

 propagation, and be helpful as to the best methods for 

 its growth, care, and use, are the objedls of this 

 volume. 



F. D. COBURN 



Toi>eka, Kansas 



