376 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
falfa was fed in moderation, less than the animal 
desired, it is not likely that it would ever so affect 
him. It is only nature’s way of throwing off pro- 
tein which has been consumed in excess of what the 
animal could use. 
On Woodland Farm are horses that have grown 
up on alfalfa and have never eaten any other hay 
in their lives. Their kidneys are sound. They do 
not urinate more frequently than is normal, nor 
void an excess of urine. Further, their urine is 
clear, not cloudy nor muddy. The fact is the trou- 
bles arising from alfalfa feeding are usually ex- 
perienced by men having little or no alfalfa to feed. 
Ask a man who really grows it and feeds it and he 
will almost always reply that there is no better 
feed for horses and no bad results arise from reg- 
ular and continued feeding of it. 
Alfalfa for Young Horses.—There is certainly 
nothing else so good for the draft colt and its moth- 
er. Here one seeks size and development. Alfalfa 
will surely give it. Let the mare have the run of an 
alfalfa field in summer with a grass lot adjoining, 
or have grass mixed through the alfalfa. Feed her 
and her colt alfalfa hay in winter and as much 
development can be had at two years old as will be 
had at three by the usual feeding of timothy hay. 
And there is nothing yet discovered to show that 
this early growth is not as good as though it came 
later. In truth it is certain that the later develop- 
ing colt will never reach the size and conformation 
