GENERAL INDEX 



A.lf alf a as a honey plant . . . . 63, 84 

 A-lfalfa in: 



Arizona 102 



Arkansas 103 



California 104 



Canada 159 



Colorodo 107 



Delaware 108 



Georgia 109 



Idaho 110 



Illinois 112 



Iowa 113 



Indiana 114 



Kansas 115 



lyouisiana 121 



Maine 122 



Maryland 123 



Massachusetts 125 



Minnesota 126 



Mississippi 128 



Missouri 130 



Montana 131 



Nebraska 136 



New Jersey 138 



New Mexico 139 



NewYork 140 



North Carolina I44 



North Dakota I44 



Ohio 145 



Oklahoma 146 



Oregon 148 



Pennsylvania I49 



Rode Island 150 



South Carolina 150 



South Dakota 151 



Tennessee 151 



Utah 153 



Vermont '55 



Washington 155 



Wisconsin I57 



Wyoming ^57 



Alfalfa for: 



Dairy cows 49 



Horses ^' 



Pasture 32 



Poultry 62 



Sheep 62 



Soiling 33 



Swine 54 



Alfalfa hay, Feeding value of . . 44 



Alfalfa hay for fattening steers . 52 

 Alfalfa-root rot, a fungus disease 99 



Alfalfa vs. corn 46 



Bacteria, alfalfa's most important 



parasitic friend 98 



Balanced ratiorf* Making a . ... 64 



Botanical position 4 



Climate and soil 16 



Comparative value of alfalfa hay 

 and other feedstuffs for pro- 

 tein 43 



Description 2 



Disking and harrowing: Often 



essential to success 88 



Beneficial to plant Si 



Destroys 'hoppers eggs 79 



Kffect on roots and stems .... 83 



Further experiments in . . . 82 



Killscutworms 84 



Dodder — alfalfa's worst parasitic 



enemy 95 



Feeding alfalfa hay 41 



Feeding scientifically 40 



Feeding standards for farm ani- 

 mals 69 



Feedstuffs — digestible nutrients 68 



Food requirements for alfalfa . . 19 



Gophers, and how to exterminate 92 

 Grasshoppers injurious; how to 



destroy 78, 94 



Growth, habits of 6 



Harvesting 34 



History i 



Introductory vii 



I<ength of life 6 



Nurse-crop undesirable 30 



Place in rotation 70 



Prairie-dogs, and how to exter- 

 minate 92 



Roots, Penetrating power of . . . 10 



Seed-bed, and its preparation . . 20 



Seed, Germinability of 26 



Seeding, Method of 28 



Seeding, Time of 22 



Seed, Quantity and quality of, for 



sowing 24 



Sheds for alfalfa economical . . . 99 



Soil and climate i* 



Treatment of young alfalfa ... 31 

 Turkestan alfalfa— a hardy new 



variety 73 



Varieties 4 



Yields, Comparison of, with other 



tame grasses 3^ 



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