890 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
The Utah station found that adding cornstalks to 
a corn and alfalfa ration gave larger returns per 
unit of dry matter than alfalfa without stalks. 
Alfalfa Meal for Dawy Cows.—Alfalfa meal un- 
doubtedly has advantage in some ways. It is a 
saving of labor for the cow to have her alfalfa 
ground for her. If it could be ground very cheaply 
no doubt it would pay. However, the Pennsylvania 
experiment station reports adversely on alfalfa 
meal, or at least that it is no better than wheat bran, 
if it is quite as good. It is interesting to note, how- 
ever, that when wheat bran and alfalfa meal were 
rated at the same price per ton the cost of milk pro- 
duction was nearly identical. With alfalfa meal at 
$23 per ton and wheat bran at $20, corn-and-cob- 
meal at $20, and cottonseed-meal at $28 per ton, the 
grain cost of 100 pounds of milk when the cows were 
fed alfalfa was 47.1 cents; when fed wheat bran it 
was 45.3 cents. 
Assuming alfalfa meal to cost no more than bran 
the former seemed to produce milk at the lower 
grain cost per hundred pounds—44 cents, as com- 
pared with 45.3 cents on bran. On this basis of 
comparison if wheat bran was worth $20 per ton, 
alfalfa meal was worth $21.28 per ton. 
I am not sure that it would pay to make alfalfa 
meal for home use and to feed to cows. I incline to 
believe that to dampen the hay over night, restoring 
it thus somewhat to its natural green condition, 
would be cheaper and nearly as effective. Certainly 
