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per pound in the market. The straw is worth about as 

 much as the hay for feed. I am well satisfied with the 

 general results of growing alfalfa here, and am now pre- 

 paring 200 acres for seeding. Where it will grow well, 

 it is the best forage plant ever discovered, being good 

 feed for cattle, hogs, sheep, fowls, and, in fact, all ani- 

 mals on the farm, while as a fertilizer it cannot be sur- 

 passed. But one cannot do anything with it if there is 

 not sufficient moisture to raise wheat or oats. 



