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THE BOOK OF ALFALFA 



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Economy of alfalfa 151 



Of alfalfa in dairying ..149 



Of balanced ration 134 



Of labor 21, 25 



Of root growth 6 



Eight cuttings in Louis- 

 iana •• »..*••••••• 14 



Eighty feet to water 44 



Elements specially needed 65 

 Eleven cuttings a year .... 10 

 Elgin dairjonan praises al- 

 falfa 153 



Enemies 206 



Ensiling 269 



Kansas 151 



England, growing in 261 



Alfalfa introduced 2 



Examination of soil 64 



Example of success 17 



Exhibition stalk, large .... 6 

 Experiment stations dis- 

 favor nurse 59 



Favor inoculation 60 



Export alfalfa hay 104 



Exports, seeds 31 



Erf, Prof. Oscar, alfalfa for 



cows 149 



Erodium cUeutarium 227 



Essentials of growing 44 



Cf preparing soil 46 



Evaporation in curing .... 83 



In Mow 97 



Failures, because not cut. . 69 



Causes of 220 



Due to weeds 48 



Of seed 30 



Overcome by disking ... 71 



Redeeming 65 



To be expected 201 



Fairchild, D. G., Arabian 



seed 8 



Fall sowing .49, 52, 53 



Fanning mill 91 



Fanning removes dodder . . 42 

 Farr, Aaron F. Jr., re- 

 port 298 



Fat and carbohydrates in- 

 terchangeable 135 



In corn 21 



In hay 76 



Not replaceable by pro- 

 tein 136 



Fats in excess 136 



Lacking in alfalfa 125 



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Fattening with corn un- 

 profitable 126 



Farming, character altered . 17 

 Fcurmers' Assistant men- 

 tions alfalfa 3 



Farms, fruit, alfalfa on ... 17 



Feed, quality 145 



Value, fodder crops ....126 



Values, various 145 



Feeding alfalfa alone ....148 



Before pasturing 110 



Colorado 141 



Cows economically 152 



Economical western ....142 

 Experiments for milk . . 184 



Hogs, Nebraska 159 



Tests ....138 



Tests, Hog 156 



Tests, Kansas 138, 142 



Tests, Nebraska 139 



Tests, various cuttings . . 81 



Tests, Utah 138 



Waste in 144 



Value, Arizona 236 



Value, California 241 



Value, Colorado 247 



Value, Idaho 253 



Value, Kansas ..259 



Value, Utah 300, 302 



Value, Various cuttings. 88 

 Value, various crops ...132 



FeedstufCs, analysis 126 



Fertility,^ best means of im- 



px u V mg ..«..«..•....• JL^ I 



Increased by cowpeas... 48 

 Robbed by nurse crops.. 58 



Fertilization by bees . 177 



Fertilizers, Alabama ..231, 232 



Specially needed 65 



Fertilizing, O-eorgia 250 



Virginia 305 



Long Island 285 



Fescue, meadow yields ... 21 

 Festuea elatior with al- 

 falfa .111 



Fiber in corn 22 



Fields disked after cut- 

 ting 24 



Of alfalfa 200 years old.. 5 

 Old, in South Carolina., 9 



Old, in West 9 



Fire for weeds 69 



Preventing 96 



Fires caused by wet hay . . 97 

 Occur, when .• 98 



