\_v Bui. 196, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate I. 



Fig. 1 .—Alfalfa Plants in the Breeding Nursery, Showing the First Season's 



Growth. 



Fig. 2.— Selected Strains of Alfalfa in Double-Cultivated Rows. 



ALFALFA BREEDING AT THE BELLEFOURCHE EXPERIMENT FARM, 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



