CONTENTS 



Chapter 9. ALFALFA 121 



Distribution of alfalfa — Soil and climatic adaptation — Essentials for success — 

 Varieties of alfalfa — Sources of seed — Need for fertilizers and lime — Preparation 

 of seed-bed — Time, rate, depth and manner of seeding — Inoculation — After treat- 

 ment — Making alfalfa hay — Number of cuttings and yield — Other uses of alfalfa — 

 Composition and feeding value — Irrigation of alfalfa — Seed production. 



Chapter 10. MEADOWS AND PASTURES 132 



Extent, value and importance — Essential qualities of meadows and pastures — 

 Advantages of meadows and pastures — Soil and climatic requirements — Forma- 

 tion of meadows and pastures — Preparation of soil — Meadow and pasture seed 

 mixtures — Seeding grasses and clovers — Treatment of meadows and pastures — 

 Care of meadows and pastures — Improvement of meadows and pastures — Manur- 

 ing, fertilizing and liming — Utilizing aftermath — Capacity of pastures — Compo- 

 sition and palatability of pasture grass and hay — Temporary pastures. 



Chapter 11. MISCELLANEOUS ANNUAL HAY AND FORAGE CROPS.... 144 



Cowpeas. 



Varieties — Time, manner, rate and depth of seeding — Seeding with other crops 

 — Fertilizers, tillage and rotations — Time and method of harvesting — Feeding 

 value and utilization. 



Soy Beans. 

 Varieties — Time, method, rate and depth of seeding — Inoculation, tillage and 

 fertilizers — Time and method of harvesting — Composition, feeding value and 

 utilization. 



Vetches — Canada field peas — Harvesting — Other annual legumes — Sorghums — 

 Millet — Rape — Catch crops for pasture and hay. 



Chapter 12. ANNUAL LEGUMES, GROWN PRINCIPALLY FOR SEEDS.. 156 

 Field bean — Time, rate, manner and depth of seeding — Harvesting — Threshing 

 and cleaning — Yield — Field peas — Cowpeas — Soy beans — Castor bean — Vetch 

 — Crimson clover. 



Peanuts. 

 Soil and climatic conditions — Fertilizers and lime required — Time, rate ; depth 

 and manner of planting — Seed selection and preparation — Varieties — Cultivation, 

 harvesting and curing — Preparing for market — Yields. 



Chapter 13. ROOTS AND TUBERS FOR FORAGE 167 



Relation to other crops — Utilization and feeding value — Sugar beets — Mangels — 

 Turnips and rutabagas— Carrots — Parsnip — Cabbage — Kale — Artichokes — Cas- 

 sava — Chufa — Taro — Youtia. 



Chapter 14. THE POTATO 173 



The soil — Crop rotation — Soil preparation — The seed — Fertilization — The plant- 

 ing — Cultivation — Diseases — Insect pests — Harvesting the crop. 



Chapter IS. SUGAR CROPS (CANE, BEET AND MAPLE SUGAR, AND 



SORGHUM) 180 



Sugar Beets. 

 Adaptation — Preparation of land — Fertilization — Seeding and cultivation — 

 Harvesting — Seed production — Manufacture of beet sugar — By-products of beet 

 farming. 



Cane Sugar. 

 Description and mode of reproduction — Soils — Varieties of cane — Rotation and 

 preparation of the land — Fertilizers — Cultivation — Harvesting — Cane sugar 

 manufacture. 

 Maple Sugar — Sugar making — Sorghum. 



