John H. Gordon, Laramie county.—During the past 10 years, I have had from 10 to 200 acres of alfalfa on second bottom and upland, with sandy loam from two inches to six feet deep, and below this soft rock, water being found at depths of 20 to 200 feet. I plow or break the soil the first year, and raise a crop of wheat or oats; the second year plow deep, sow about half a crop of oats, and when this is well harrowed, sow 20 pounds of alfalfa seed and cover it about two inches deep. To get the best results, this seeding is done about April 1st, and there is no trouble here with weeds. In cutting the grain, the alfalfa is cut off too, but it does not grow tall enough for hay the first year. The plant does not winterkill, and reaches its full yields by the third or fourth year; I have found no necessity for reseeding any of my land. We irrigate from streams, the quantity of water used depending on the season. There are generally three applications of water, about six inches each time. After the first two or three years, only about half the quantity used at first will be needed. After the first year I cut twice, and obtain about 11⁄2 tons to the acre each time. The first crop is best for seed, and is harvested when the top bolls are dead ripe, raked the day after cutting, bunched for two days and then stacked, to be threshed with the common threshing machinery, putting through twice. Five bushels to the acre is a common yield of seed, and the cleaning and threshing cost 50 to 75 cents a bushel. The hay is cut when the greater part is in bloom, allowed to lie about a day before raking, cured about three days, and then stacked, 14 to 16 feet wide, 60 feet long, and 20 feet high. It does not seem to heat or mold here. The total cost in the stack is about $1.50 a ton, and baling, in 100-pound bales, costs $2 a ton. Selling price of loose hay in this section is $5 a ton, and the seed, 10 to 12 cents 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 preparing 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 animals on the farm, while as a fertilizer it cannot be surpassed. But one cannot do anything with it if there is not sufficient moisture to raise wheat or oats.

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Alabama, alfalfa in[16]
Alberta, alfalfa in[15]
Experiments[231]
Acclimation[8], [13], [28]
Acid soil, test for[45]
Unfavorable[44], [201]
Acreage, too great[87]
Address, Professor Spillman’s[9]
Adulterants[32], [35], [36], [37],[39], [40]
Africa, alfalfa introduced[2]
South, alfalfa in[15]
Agricultural Department bulletin[33]
Agriculture, Stover’s; hay-caps[85]
Agrostologist’s opinion[9]
Air shaft in mow[95]
Alaska, hay for[104]
Albuminoids[22]
Alfalfa fields 200 years old[5]
Alfalfa, fails “here”[51]
Description[5]
Below sea level[15]
Improves land values[204]
Origin of name[2]
Objection to[18]
Preparations[182]
Is “queen”[141]
Replaces other legumes[151]
Synonyms[4]
Alfamo[185]
Alfilaria, merits of[227], [228]
Alsike and alfalfa compared[21], [148]
Analyses, corn[22]
Seed[33]
Soil, free[64]
Vary[137]
Animals, keep off field[221]
Annual manuring[70]
Appetizer, alfalfa as an[125]
Apples and alfalfa together[224]
Arabian seed, imported[8]
Arapahoe County, Colorado[243]
Argentine Republic, alfalfa in[15]
Arizona, alfilaria in[227]
Experiments[8], [233]
Army worm[219]
Asiatic seed introduced[7]
Assimilative restrictions[134]
Avery, Prof. S., on alfamo[185]
Bacteria, cowpeas increase[48]
Humus helps[61]
In some soils[61]
In nodules[60], [198]
Introducing[46], [50], [51]
Introducing unnecessary[199]
Lacking, failure result[66]
Need nitrogen[60]
Not fertilizers[201]
On cowpeas[49]
Spread on farm[194]
Bale, hollow[105]
Bales, heating[104]
Loading[105]
Poor prices for[104]
Round[104]
Size[104]
Shipping[104]
Baling[102]
New Mexico[283]
Machine, new[105]
Space saved[105]
Barley as nurse crop[58]
Leaves weeds[59]
Bare spots restored[71]
Barn, storing[95]
Beach, C. W.[248]
Beadle County, South Dakota[300]
Beak on trefoil seed[39]
Beef, balanced ration for[135]
Cheap western[142]
Making[138]
Yield to acre[130], [131]
Bees and alfalfa[12], [175]
Belgium, alfalfa introduced[2]
Berry, J. W., storing[96]
Bindweed[219]
Blackshere, J. R., report[260]
Blake, John, experiments[233]
Bliss, D. S., report[267]
Bloat, lambs do not[172]
Preventing[110], [113], [171]
Preventing, in Kansas[111]
Professor Mayo on[116]
Remedy[115], [121], [316]
Rules to prevent[115]
Tapping for[119]
Not due to food[117]
On alfalfa pasture[109]
Bloom, cutting in[80]
Cut in[88]
Blossoming, cut before[80]
Blue grass or alfalfa for pigs[158]
Blue-grass, yields[21]
With alfalfa[111]
Botany of alfalfa[4]
Bowman, Prof. M. L., report[257]
Bran analysis[127]
And alfalfa compared[10], [79], [85], [144]
And alfalfa meal for cows[184]
Food value[132]
Sown with seed[56]
Brandon, Manitoba, yield[14]
Breaking sod hard work[195]
Breeders’ Gazette on sheep pasture[114]
Brewers’ grains and alfalfa compared[114]
British Columbia, alfalfa in[14]
Broadcast seeding[55]
Brome grass and alfalfa compared[21]
Brooks, Prof. William P., report[266]
Brown, Benjamin, report[261]
Brown County, South Dakota[302]
Brown, George Campbell, report[303]
Bruner, Prof. L., on hopper dozer[216]
Buck-horn in alfalfa seed[41]
Buckwheat bran, food value[132]
Buffum, Prof. B. C., on fertilizing value[192]
Bulletin, Alabama[232]
Farmers’, baled alfalfa[104]
Farmers’, irrigation[77]
Farmers’, alfalfa for hogs[160]
Kansas, hog raising[156]
Nebraska, soiling and pasture[123]
Nebraska, feed test[139]
New Jersey, feed values[132]
New York, fodder crops[126]
Ohio, impure seed[33]
Texas, feedstuffs[127]
Utah, cuttings[128]
Utah, irrigation[74]
Vermont[309]
Virginia[311]
Wyoming, fertilizing value[192]
Bulletins, various hay composition[75]
Buncher[87]
Burnett, Prof. E. A., dimensions of ton[229]
Burning weeds[69]
Bushel weight[31]
Butter fat, cost[150]
Butter, the marketable product[147]
Buyer to blame[41]
Buying soil, necessity of[61]
Dangers of[62]
Not necessary[61]
Cache County, Utah[304]
California, alfalfa introduced[2]
Cutting in[89]
Eleven cuttings[10]
Experiments[8], [238]
Feeding alfalfa alone[148]
Sheep fattening[205]
Camden County, New Jersey[282]
Canada, alfalfa in[14]
Time to sow[47]
Canadian Northwest yield[14]
Cannula for bloat[119]
Cape Colony, alfalfa in[15]
Capons on alfalfa[187]
Carbohydrates and fats interchangeable[135]
Function of[135]
Not replace protein[136]
In excess[136]
In hay[76]
Lacking[125]
Carbonaceous foods needed[125]
Carlyle, Prof. W. L., hay[173]
Cattle, dangers in pasture[109]
Experiences with[110]
Growing, balanced ration[135]
Young, balanced ration[135]
Pasturing[235]
Utah, fed[25]
Chase County, Kansas[260]
Champlain Valley[310]
Characteristics, seed[37]
Chick weed, destroying[303]
City use of alfalfa[187]
Clark County, Kansas[258]
Clark, Thomas J., report[283]
Clay, alfalfa on[15], [19], [17]
Climates adapted to[15]
Affects irrigation[77]
Curing in dry[87]
Arid, effect on hay[76], [88], [94]
Arid, irrigation in[73]
Humid, curing difficulties[88]
Humid, difficulties[81]
Humid, effect on hay[76]
Humid, harvesting[82]
Humid, hay-caps[85], [89]
Humid, haying in[94]
Humid, seed raising[92]
Clipping before bloom[67]
Invigorates[67]
Clothier praises alfalfa[10]
Clover, alfalfa following[50]
And alfalfa compared[20], [21], [127], [143],[146], [148], [149], [222]
Beaten on thin soil[19]
Bur, adulterant[32], [33], [40]
Bur, bacteria on[199]
Bur, everywhere[61]
Bur, seed recognized[39]
Bur, seed in alfalfa[32]
Feed value[126], [132], [145]
Hay making[83]
Hop, an adulterant[35]
Huller for threshing[91]
Pin[227]
Plowed for alfalfa[49]
Protein value[133]
Sweet, adulterants[32], [33], [40]
Sweet, bacteria[60]
Sweet, everywhere[61]
Sweet, stock reject[40]
Sweet, seed described[40]
With alfalfa[51], [112]
Clover soil, Sweet, for inoculating[60], [202]
Cocking at night[84]
Colorado, alfalfa precedes sugar beet[173]
Alfalfa in orchards[223]
Bees in[175]
Corn and alfalfa compared[132]
Cutting in[73]
Experiments[243]
Fall sowing in[53]
Feeding in[141]
Ground alfalfa for pigs[182]
Harvesting in[84]
Hay composition[76]
Hog rations[156]
Lamb feeding[173]
Losses from stacking[98]
Losses in curing[82]
Pasturing sheep[113]
Plowing alfalfa for other crops[193]
Seed[29]
Sheep fattening[205]
Siloing[102]
Value of stubble[191]
Wetted hay[81]
Colusa County, California[241]
Combustion, spontaneous, See [Fire]
Composition, irrigation influences[74]
Prof. Ten Eyck quoted[75]
Varies[149]
Compression, double[104]
Connecticut, experiments[247]
Cooke, Prof. W. W., corn and alfalfa[132]
Co-operative irrigation experiments[76]
Corn analysis[127]
And alfalfa compared[22], [132], [222]
Before reseeding[72]
Composition[136]
Fails[16], [17], [23]
Fed with alfalfa[125]
Feed value[132]
Fodder and alfalfa compared[148]
Fodder, feed composition[136]
Fodder, feed value[145]
Fodder, analyses[127]
Fodder, protein value[133]
Fodder, value[126]
Following alfalfa[193]
Increasing yield with alfalfa[194]
Lands, Illinois, alfalfa on[16]
Meal sown with seed[56]
Precedes alfalfa[46]
Money from acre[25]
Silage and alfalfa for cows commended[152]
Stover and alfalfa compared[148]
Unprofitable fattening food[126]
Cortes brings alfalfa to America[2]
Cottonseed, analysis[127]
Meal replaced by alfalfa[151]
Hulls, analysis[127]
Analysis[127]
Composition[137]
Cotton soils, depleted, for alfalfa[16]
Cottonwood river bottom lands[260]
Cottrell, Prof. H. M., alfalfa meal[183]
Early cutting[80]
Sowing[30]
Spontaneous combustion[98]
Country Gentleman, dodder[207]
Cover crop, winter before alfalfa[48]
Cowpea analysis[127]
Cowpeas, bacteria[49]
Before fall seeding[49]
Feed value[132], [145]
Increase bacteria[48]
Increase fertility[48]
Preceding alfalfa[46]
Prepare soil for alfalfa[46]
Winter cover[48]
Cows, number to acre[205]
Scrub fed in Kansas[143]
Sell farm produce[147]
Crab grass, destroying[303]
In seed[35]
Keeping down[112]
Persistent enemy[68]
Craters in center, preventing[97]
Creep, in pasturing lambs[172]
Cresceus eats alfalfa[167]
Critical time with alfalfa[73]
Crops, small[65]
Comparisons[130]
First season[65]
To introduce bacteria[50]
Crop-worn land improved[16]
Cultivation, perfect, essential[44]
Curing, Arizona[235]
Case in[93]
Difficult after rain[82]
Dry climates[87]
Hay-caps for[84]
Important agent in[93]
Improper[83]
Kansas[259]
Losses in[82], [93]
New Mexico[283]
Pennsylvania bulletin[83]
Poor method[87]
Proper[83]
Rules[89]
Stack[90]
Test[97]
Utah[304]
Washington[314]
Windrow[87]
Cuscuta arvensis[42]
Cuscuta epithymum[42], [207]
Cut for cows[144]
Cutting after rain[82]
Before or after irrigation[73]
Colorado[246]
Dates, Utah[78]
Difficulties in humid climate[81]
Early[21]
Early, objections[89]
Early, Professor Cottrell quoted[80]
Ensilage first[101]
First, not for seed[89]
For silo[101], [102]
Frequent[88]
In bloom[88]
Kansas[261]
Montana[271]
Number of times[89]
Rules[89]
Seed time[89]
Second, for seed[92]
Third, for seed[91]
Time[80], [82], [89]
Utah[304]
Clover and alfalfa compared[20]
Early, most protein in[81]
Nine a year[10]
Number in Alabama[231]
Number in California[242]
Relative values[127]
Six or more under irrigation[72]
Time between[24]
Two preferred[88]
Dactylis glomerata with alfalfa[111]
Damp hay, storing[97]
Dampness in mow[97]
Dangers in irrigation[73]
Dangers from dampness[97]
Dairy cow, balanced ration[135]
Interests enhanced[205]
Products in South[14]
Dairies, alfalfa[26]
Dairying, alfalfa in[143]
Davis, Hon. T. B., alfalfa in West Virginia[317]
Dawley, F. E., dodder[207]
De Jarnette, J. B. experiments[241]
Deer Lodge County, Montana[271]
Defective alfalfa seed[33]
Delaware, experiments[248]
Seed for[29]
Department of Agriculture experiments[8]
Buying soil[62]
Imports Asiatic seed[7]
Hog raising[160]
Depths roots go[6]
Description of alfalfa[5]
Desert, alfalfa in Nevada[16], [17]
Dew on hay, effects[85]
Dextrin losses in hay[81]
Dickson, W. H., experiments[249]
Difficulties in growing in 1793[3]
Reduced by fall sowing[49]
Digestible matter to acre[126]
Digestive restrictions[134]
Dimensions to ton[229]
Diseased soil for inoculation[62]
Disking[70]
After freshets[44]
After turning[69]
Benefits of[71]
Each spring[70]
Fields after cutting[24]
Overcomes failure[71]
Splits crowns[57]
To kill weeds[59]
District of Columbia, yield in[14]
Distribution of alfalfa[13], [14]
Dodder, annoying enemy[206]
Cut with scythe[91]
Destroying, Alabama[232]
Eradicating[210]
Fighting[207]
In alfalfa seed[32], [35]
Virginia[311]
Most dreaded[42]
Objectionable impurity[42]
Seed described[41]
Seed not adulterant[42]
Seed removing[42], [91]
Spreading[209]
To get rid of[42]
Dodson, Prof. W. R., alfalfa for Louisiana[14]
Report[264]
Donaldson, L., report[302]
“Don’ts”[225]
Double compression[104]
Downing, Jacob, experiments[243]
Drainage necessary[18]
Drenching animals[122]
Drill seeding[55]
Favored by Spurrier[67]
Drumheller, Oscar, report[315]
“Dry land” alfalfa[29]
Dry matter in corn[22]
Drying out, danger of soil[50]
Duggar, Prof. J. F., Alabama[231]
Dunn, George W., report[295]
Dyeing with alfalfa seed[32]
Dying out[221]
Earthworms, encouraging[46]
Economy of alfalfa[151]
Of alfalfa in dairying[149]
Of balanced ration[134]
Of labor[21], [25]
Of root growth[6]
Eight cuttings in Louisiana[14]
Eighty feet to water[44]
Elements specially needed[65]
Eleven cuttings a year[10]
Elgin dairyman praises alfalfa[153]
Enemies[200]
Ensiling[270]
Kansas[151]
England, growing in[261]
Alfalfa introduced[2]
Examination of soil[64]
Example of success[17]
Exhibition stalk, large[6]
Experiment stations disfavor nurse[59]
Favor inoculation[60]
Export alfalfa hay[104]
Exports, seeds[31]
Erf, Prof. Oscar, alfalfa for cows[140]
Erodium citcutarium[227]
Essentials of growing[44]
Of 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., report[304]
Fat and carbohydrates interchangeable[135]
In corn[21]
In hay[76]
Not replaceable by protein[136]
Fats in excess[136]
Lacking in alfalfa[125]
Fattening with corn unprofitable[126]
Farming, character altered[17]
Farmers’ Assistant mentions 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[305], [306]
Value, various cuttings[88]
Value, various crops[132]
Feedstuffs, analysis[126]
Fertility, best means of improving[147]
Increased by cowpeas[48]
Robbed by nurse crops[58]
Fertilization by bees[177]
Fertilizers, Alabama[231], [232]
Specially needed[65]
Fertilizing, Georgia[250]
Virginia[312]
Long Island[288]
Fescue, meadow yields[21]
Festuca elatior with alfalfa[111]
Fiber in corn[22]
Fields disked after cutting[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]
Professor Cottrell discusses[98]
Rare[96]
Flesh forming[11]
Flooding at critical time[73]
Effects[44]
For second crop[72]
Floor, loose preferred for storing[95]
Florida, alfalfa in[15]
Fodder corn, feed value[145]
Crops, feed value of[126]
Fodders, values of various[145]
Fort Collins lambs[173]
Foster, Prof. L., cuttings[128]
Foxtail, keeping down[112]
France, alfalfa introduced[1], [2]
Oldest fields in[5]
Seed from[32]
Fraser, W. J., feed for cows[152]
Fraud in alfalfa seed[36]
Freshet, disking after[44]
Freshets, effect[44]
Freezing effect on soil[195]
Harm from[50]
Soil for seeding[52]
Fruit farms, alfalfa on[17]
Raising, alfalfa in[223]
Fullerton, H. B., report[288]
Furnas County, Nebraska[273]
Garman, Prof. H., report[264]
Gaylord Farm Sanatorium[248]
Georgia, experiments[250]
Germ killed[27]
Germany, seed from[32]
Germinability, storing impairs[30]
Germination, conditions influencing[57]
Test seed for[28]
Gila River irrigation[234], [283]
Ginther, C. M., report[254]
Gill, E. T., report[282]
Gluten meal, feed composition[137]
Replaced[151]
Go-devil[87], [95]
Gophers injure alfalfa[212]
Grades and grading hay[105]
Graham, Thomas C., experiments[235]
Grain and alfalfa compared[161]
Encourages weeds[59]
Grange meeting at Mr. Worker’s[18]
Grant County, New Mexico[283]
Grasses and alfalfa compared[21]
Grass, destroying by fire[69]
Pin[227]
Preceding alfalfa[50]
Protein value[133]
Grasses in pastures[116]
With alfalfa[111], [113]
Grasshoppers[216]
Gravel, alfalfa on[15], [18]
Greece, alfalfa taken to[1]
Grinding, time and power required[184]
Growth after cutting[21]
Delayed by cold water[73]
From imported seed[30]
Gumbo, soil, alfalfa succeeds[17]
Habitat of alfalfa[1]
Influence[28]
Habits altered by locality[28]
Farm, changed by alfalfa[181]
Handling hay[89]
Little advisable[94]
Hanna, S. C., bloat[111]
Hansen, Prof. N. E. in Asia[7]
Harrow, common not disk[70]
Harrowing after cutting[24]
To kill weeds[59]
Harrows[70]
Hartman and Weil, report[285]
Harvest, dates Utah[78]
Early for hogs[160]
Harvester, Acme[262]
Harvesting[79]
By stock[107]
Few and many[88]
Humid climates[82]
Like grain[88]
Loss of leaves[80]
Operations, time between[87]
Seed[89]
Time[80]
Time to begin[82]
Hawaii, hay for[104]
Hay and silage compared[102]
Association, National, grades[106]
Association, Spillman’s address[9]
Baling, California[240]
Composition depends on water[75]
Feed value[145]
First season[65]
Grades[105]
In mow, watch[97]
In windrows[84]
Lying in swath[84]
Making, Arizona[237]
Making, losses in[82]
Meal cheaper than baled[186]
Measuring in stack[228]
Money in[22], [23]
Poorly cured, value[87]
Preserved, color[94]
Prairie and alfalfa compared[140], [141], [148], [150]
Prairie, composition[136]
Prairie, dimensions of ton[229]
Prairie, feed value[145]
Value of[91]
Values, Arizona[235]
Various, and alfalfa compared[148]
Yield to acre, Utah[78]
Hay-caps advantages[85]
Described[86]
Favor baling[103]
Humid regions[84]
Size of[86]
Use of[85], [86], [89]
Haying, time between operations[84]
Hay-loader, belt[88]
Headden, Prof. W. P., stubble value[191]
Long roots[6]
Curing[82]
Seed storing[31]
Heating, prevent in transit[105]
Seed[31]
Seed stack[90]
Stack[90]
Heaving, danger of[50]
Height, normal[6]
Highmore forage testing station[300]
Hill, Prof. J. L., report[309]
Hillman, Prof. F. H., dodder[42]
Hitchcock, A. S., baled alfalfa[104]
Feeding alfalfa alone[148]
Quoted on irrigation[77]
Hoard, Gov., brood sows[155]
Yield[23]
Rotation[194]
Hoard’s Dairyman, economical butter[144]
Hogs, alfalfa or blue grass for[158]
Balanced ration for[136]
Cut early for[160]
Food for fattening[46]
Kansas[155]
Like alfalfa[23], [154], [237]
Over stocking with[161]
Pastured on surplus acres[87]
Pasture for[48], [108]
Hollingsworth, J. H.[255]
Honey from alfalfa[12], [178]
Hoove, See [Bloat].
Hopper dozer[216]
Kansas[218]
Prof. S. J. Hunter[217]
Hopkins, Prof. C. G., pot cultures[202]
Report[253]
Hog raising, Kansas[161]
Horse raising, Ohio[166]
Raising[165], [166]
Horses, alfalfa for work[166]
Alfalfa for driving[167]
Cheap feed for[188]
Injure pasture[109]
On pasture[170]
Overfed[166]
Thrive on pasture[109]
Humus favors bacteria[61]
Hunter, Prof. S. J., hopper dozer[217]
Bees[176]
Idaho, experiments[251]
Italy, alfalfa introduced[1]
Illinois, alfalfa in[16]
Experiments[253]
Feeding cows in[152]
Pot culture experiments[202]
Seed for[29]
Imported seed[30], [31]
Impurities in seed[32], [33]
Income, alfalfa[22], [23], [25], [26]
Indiana, experiments[254]
Yield in[23]
Infected soil[60]
Injuries from lime[66]
Inoculation, Alabama[232]
Any method helpful[199]
Dangers of[62]
Seed not needed[64]
Failures expected[201]
Illinois[254]
Long Island[288]
Massachusetts[266]
Methods various[63]
Necessary[200]
Not like magic[202]
Old theory[197]
Soil, not needed[64]
Soil, Sweet clover[202]
Unnecessary[200]
Virginia[311]
With diseased soil[62]
Insects carried by soil[63]
In seeds[31]
Introducing on farm[28]
Iowa, experiments[257]
Leaf spot in[211]
Pig raising[158]
Seed for[29]
Spring sowing[54], [55]
Irish, C. W., depth of root growth[6]
Irrigation after cutting[73]
Alfalfa under[72]
Before cutting[73]
California[238]
Colorado[244]
Co-operative experiments[76]
Effect on hay[76]
Excessive[72]
Gila River[234]
Harrow[24]
Idaho[253]
Influence on composition[74]
Influence on seed[28]
Increases protein[75]
Necessary to saturate soil[78]
New Mexico[283]
Oregon[295]
Salt River[236]
Spring[73]
Utah bulletin[74]
Water to acre, Utah[77]
Irrigation Farming quoted[73]
Irrigated land, yield[10], [23]
Irrigations, number of[77]
Italy, seed from[32]
Jefferson, book dedicated to[3]
Jenkins, Dr. E. H., report[247]
Jones, John, report[306]
Jones, O. S., report[301]
Jordan, Dr. W. H., opinion of feed[141]
Kafir corn preceding alfalfa[49]
Fed with alfalfa[125]
Feed composition[136]
Kansas, alfalfa flowers[176]
Alfalfa for dairyman[149]
Alfilaria for[228]
Annual top dressing[70]
Bees[175], [176]
Bulletin, balanced ration[135]
Broadcasting at experiment station[56]
Cows on small area[144]
Curing in[87]
Early cut hay for hogs[160]
Ensiling[151]
Crab grass[68]
Eighty feet to water[45]
Experiments[259]
Fall sowing[53]
Feeding cows[144]
Feeding tests[138], [142]
Grass in alfalfa fields[112]
Gopher injuries[213]
Hay, composition of[76]
Hog raising[155], [161], [163]
Hopper dozer[218]
Horses raised[165]
Lands, values increased[204]
Low cost ration[150]
Prairie dogs[212]
Profit from hogs[162]
Profit in[22], [23], [25]
Preventing bloat[111]
Protein in cuttings[81]
Seed[29]
Seed raising[90]
Self-binder for harvesting[88]
Sheep fattened[171], [287]
Siloing[102]
Soiling and pasturing[123]
Sowing[57]
Spring sowing[55]
Station disfavors salt[100]
Station on baling[103]
Stock feeding[103]
Storing in[96]
Time to sow[47]
Third cutting for seed[91]
Wheat after alfalfa[193]
Wintering horses[167]
Work with scrub cows[143]
Kenilworth Farms, Arizona[235]
Kent County, Delaware[249]
Kentucky experiments[264]
Kiefer, H. W., report[251]
Kilgore, Dr. B. W., report[289]
Kirk, F. S., pasturing[113]
Yield[24]
Labor prices[204]
Saved[25]
Lake County, South Dakota[301]
Lamb-feeding, Nebraska[172]
Lambs, fattening[46]
Fort Collins[173]
On pasture[114]
Never bloat[172]
Pasturage for[48]
Quarter in seed[35]
Land, alfalfa on bottom[24]
Foul, unfit for alfalfa[59]
Values improved[204]
Worthless made valuable[25]
Langston, Alva, yield[24]
Lantz, Prof. D. E., gopher injuries[213]
Large alfalfa roots[18]
Latitude influence on seed[28]
Leaching, winter prevented[48]
Leaf spot[63], [211]
Legumes, bacteria on[60]
Prepare soil[49]
Leaves and stems, feed value compared[82]
Broken by tedder[84]
Lost in curing[80], [82], [183]
Help in curing[83]
Proportion to stems[128]
Saved by slings[94]
Pay for floor[99]
Value[79]
Lewis, D. C., report[281]
Light discolors seed[31]
Liggett, Prof. W. M., report[269]
Lime, air slaked[66]
Injuries[66]
Must be applied[64]
Needed[45], [201]
Prevents mold[100]
Small dressings advisable[66]
Soil for[231]
Liming[249]
Connecticut[248]
Massachusetts[266]
Ohio[290]
Lincoln County, Nebraska[275]
Linseed meal and alfalfa compared[127]
Feed composition[137]
Replaced by alfalfa[151]
Listing waxy ground[52]
Litmus for testing soil[45]
Loader, disadvantages[95]
Loading, slings[94]
Localities influence seed[28]
Logan County, Idaho[252]
Long Island, experiments[288]
Loss from impure seed[32]
Losses due to wetting[81]
In curing[82]
Louisiana, alfalfa in[14]
Cutting in[89]
Experiments[265]
Lowden, F. M., report[314]
Lucerne, book dedicated to Jefferson[3]
Intermediate[76]
Origin of name[4]
Yellow[7]
Lumps, soil, bad[50]
Mangels, feed value[126], [145]
Protein value[133]
Manitoba, alfalfa in[14], [15]
Mammoth clover yields[21]
Manure before seeding[64]
Manuring[46], [70]
Wheat land for alfalfa[48]
Mare, ration for brood[165], [169]
Marketing[137]
Markham, L. W., experiments[245]
Maryland, alfalfa in[16]
Seed for[29]
Massachusetts, analyses, clover[20]
Experiments[266]
Matthies, John[248]
Maximum yield, irrigation[77]
Maury County, Tennessee[303]
Mayo, Prof. N. S., bloat[116]
McEathron, George E., report[301]
McNeil, E. W., succeeds in West Virginia[317]
Meadow fescue and alfalfa compared[21]
Fescue and alfalfa yields[21]
Meal, Prof. Cottrell’s opinion[183]
Superior to hay[184]
Sown with seed[56]
Meat production in South[14]
Medicago denticulata, bacteria[60]
Medicago foliata[7]
Medicago media[76]
Medicago sativa[4]
Medicine Hat, yield[14]
Medick, black, an adulterant[35]
Medicks, fifty species[36]
Meeting at Mr. Worker’s[18]
Melilotus, bacteria on[60]
Merrill, Prof. L. A., fed horses[168]
On cuttings[128]
Mexican fields, old[5]
Mexico, alfalfa introduced in[2]
Alfilaria for[228]
Growing[244]
Michigan, experiments[268]
Middlesex County, New Jersey[281]
Middlings, food value[132]
Milk, alfalfa in making[143]
Balanced ration[135]
Cost of gallon[150]
Flow increased[152]
Tests[143]
The marketable product[147]
Value an acre[144]
Yield increased[146]
Yield, pasture and soiling[123]
Miller, Henry, experiments[238]
Miller, Prof. M. F., report[270]
Millet, alfalfa sown with[51]
And alfalfa compared[146], [148]
As preparatory crop[52]
Before reseeding[72]
Best to precede alfalfa[49]
Between potatoes and alfalfa[48]
Fed with alfalfa[125]
Feed value[132], [145]
Good to precede[50]
Protein value[133]
Minimum water to apply[77]
Minnesota, experiments[260]
Field, old[9]
Seed for[29]
Spring sowing[55]
Time to sow[47]
Yield in[14]
Missouri, alfalfa in[16]
Experiments[270]
Fall sowing[53]
Moisture absorbed by straw[97]
Conserve before seeding[47]
Robbed by nurse crop[58]
Molasses, adulterated with[265]
With alfalfa[185]
Mold, prevent in stacks[90]
Moldy seed[27]
Monmouth County, New Jersey[282]
Montana, experiments[271]
Pasturing sheep[114]
Seed[29]
Sheep fattening[205]
Moore, Dr. G. T., breeds bacteria[108]
Moore, Prof. R. A., report[311]
Morgan, Prof. H. A., report[302]
Mortgage lifter[11]
Mow, fires[95]
Storing[95]
Mower not favored for seed harvest[90]
Mowing, early[21]
For yellow leaf[67]
Improves stand[67]
In wet season[68]
May be wrong[68]
Mulch not needed[68]
“Musts”[225]
National Hay Association grades[106]
Neale, Dr. Arthur F., report[248]
Nebraska, alfamo[185]
Alfilaria for[228]
Comparative yields[21]
Curing[87]
Experiments[273]
Fall sowing[53]
Feed tests[139]
Hog feeding test[159]
Hopper dozer[216]
Lamb feeding[172]
Lands, values increased[204]
Profit[22], [23], [25]
Sand hills[15], [17]
Seed[29]
Sheep fattened[171], [205]
Soiling[123]
Spring sowing[54]
Stock feeding[103]
Work horses fed[166]
Nebraska Farmer, on cutting[69]
Nebraska Farmer, various fields[148]
Nelson, J. P., report[282]
Nematodes in soil[62]
Nevada, alfalfa in[14]
Alfalfa, on sagebrush land[15]
Deserts, alfalfa succeeds in[17]
New Brunswick, alfalfa unknown in[15]
New England, cutting[89]
Seed for[29]
Soiling[124]
Success[311]
New Hampshire, experiments[279]
New Jersey, experiments[280]
Hay composition[76]
Milk test[143]
Feed values[132]
Plant food to acre[192]
Seed for[29]
Yields of clover[20]
New Mexico, alfilaria for[228]
Experiments[283]
New Milford, Connecticut[248]
Seed, new preferred[30]
New York, alfalfa introduced[3]
Alfalfa success[17]
Dairymen claim profits[144]
Experiments[287]
Lands improved[26]
Old field[9]
Seed for[29]
Soiling advisable[124]
New York Station fodder crops[126]
Newman, Prof. C. L., report[299]
Nitro-cultures[249]
Nitrogen from roots[10]
From soil[52]
Gathered[190], [192]
Gathered by cowpeas[49]
Not needed[10]
Old plants need none[60]
Robbed by nurse crop[58]
Specially needed[65]
Sustains bacteria[60]
Nobbe, discovery of bacteria[197]
Nodules formed[59]
North Carolina, experiments[289]
North Dakota, experiments[286]
Turkestan alfalfa[8]
Nova Scotia, alfalfa unknown[15]
Nurse crop, effects of cutting alfalfa[59]
Iowa[257]
Or not?[58]
Nutrient values, various[145]
Oat grass yields[21]
Oat hay, analysis[127]
And alfalfa compared[148]
Feed value[145]
Oat straw feed value[145]
Protein value[133]
Oats, sown with alfalfa[51]
And peas, feed value[126], [132]
As nurse crop[58]
Before reseeding[72]
Following alfalfa[193]
Feed value[132]
Foster weeds[59]
Ohio bulletin, seed[33], [34]
Experiments[290]
Fall sowing[53]
Farmer sows thickly[58]
Horse raising[166]
Pasturing lambs[114]
Preliminary seeding[51]
Requisites in growing[225]
Seed for[29]
Oil meal and alfalfa compared[140]
Oklahoma, cutting[89]
Experiments[292]
Pasturing[113]
Seed[29]
Yield[24]
Olmstead and Olmstead, report[273]
Ontario, lamb feeding[173]
Yield[14]
Orchard, alfalfa in[223]
Orchard-grass, yields[21]
Feed value[145]
Protein value[133]
With alfalfa[111]
Oregon, experiments[295]
Osborne County, Kansas[260]
Otterson, James, report[252]
Otis, Prof. D. H., feeding cows[144]
Pasture for hogs[163]
Overfeeding horses[166]
Over stocking with hogs[161]
Panicum capillare, a weed[69]
Panicum sanguinale, a weed[68]
Destroying[303]
Parasites in purchased soil[62]
Pasture, alfalfa in grass[51]
And soiling compared[123]
Cattle[263]
Grasses, feed value[145]
Horses[263]
Lamb[48]
Only when established[108]
Pig[48]
Poultry[180]
Sheep[263]
Stock[24]
Uplands[116]
Pasturing[107]
Cattle[113]
Horses[170]
Previous to seeding[47]
Rules for[116]
When to stop[108]
Pennsylvania, alfalfa introduced[3]
Bulletin, curing[83]
Experiments[297]
Seed for[29]
Soiling advisable[124]
Perry, C. D., report[259]
Physical effects, root growth[6]
Effects on soil[21]
Phosphoric acid needed[65]
Pig, See [Hog].
Pigs, death rate reduced[155]
Pigweed in seed[35]
Pinal County, Arizona[235]
Pin-clover[227]
Pittuck, Prof. B. C., report[297]
Plantain in seed[41]
Plants smother in wet land[44]
Smothered under windrows[84]
Weak with nurse crops[58]
Pliny praised alfalfa[1]
Plow, character of tool[195]
Plowing, deep, necessary[46]
Difficult[195]
For other crops[193]
Importance of careful[195]
Proper[221]
Recent not good[50]
Sod, rate of[195]
Stand renewed by[72]
Plowings saved[21]
Pods poorly filled[89]
Pork, producing cheap[158]
Potash specially needed[65]
Potatoes following alfalfa[193]
Precede alfalfa[48], [50]
Poultry thrive on[180]
Prairie dogs, destroying[215]
Injure alfalfa[212]
Preparation, proper[220]
Soil[46]
Preparatory crops[49], [50]
Presses for baling[104]
Press drills favored[56]
Prices received[22], [23]
Profit reduced in feeding cows[146]
Profits[22], [23], [25], [144],[147]
Protection, winter[108]
From sun not needed[58]
Protein, abundance in alfalfa[125]
And carbohydrates not interchangeable[136]
Digestible[126]
Excess in ration[137]
Function of[134]
Highest in first cutting[129]
In clover[20], [21]
Increased by irrigation[75]
In early cuttings[81]
In hay[76]
Percentage in leaves[79]
Values, various feeds[145]
Provence, seed from[32]
Prowers County, Colorado[245]
Purgatives for bloat[122]
Quebec, alfalfa in[15]
Quicklime very caustic[66]
Rain, cutting after[82]
Hay-caps[89]
Rain-fall effect on hay[75]
Influence on seed[28]
Raiscot, Alfred, report[271]
Rake, Monarch[262]
Side delivery[87]
Time to start[84]
Range of soils[16], [17]
Rape, analysis[127]
And alfalfa for hogs compared[162]
Ration, balanced[134]
Balanced, explained[135]
Cost of[150], [151]
Money value[138]
Unbalanced[134]
Receipts[22], [23], [25]
Recleaning seed, importance[32]
Recleaning to remove dodder[42]
Redding, Prof. R. J., report[250]
Red-top and alfalfa compared[148]
Yields[21]
Renewing growth[71]
Rentals of land[26]
Reseeding[65], [66], [71], [72]
Rhode Island, experiments[298]
Rib grass in alfalfa seed[41]
Rice meal, food value[132]
Richmond, Indiana[255]
Rick, measuring for tonnage[229]
Preferred[100]
Roberts, Prof. H. F., adulterants[35]
Robinson, J. W., raises horses[165]
Rome, alfalfa taken to[1]
Roofing for hay sheds[99]
Root growth[190]
Growth, physical effect[6]
System[6]
Roots, deep[6]
Nitrogen in soil from[10]
Spindling, with nurse crop[58]
Thumb-sized[18]
Value of[21], [191]
Rot, root[212]
Rotation necessary[194]
Roughness supplied by alfalfa[18]
Various kinds to feed[145]
Rural New-Yorker, article quoted[17]
Rutabagas, fodder value[126]
Rye bran, food value[132]
Grass yields[21]
Winter cover[48], [49]
Sacramento River, growth[241]
Sagebrush land for[252]
Land, new alfalfa on[15]
Sales[22], [23]
Salt River, irrigation[236]
Salt in storing hay[100]
San Mateo County, California[238]
San Miguel County, New Mexico[285]
Sand hills, Nebraska, alfalfa succeeds[15], [17]
Scott Bros., yield[22], [23]
Screened alfalfa seed recommended[36]
Scrub-oak land for[288]
Seed, adulterated[33]
Analysis[33]
Bed, securing a fine[48]
Bees insure fertile[175]
Best costly[41]
Best from Provence[32]
Buck-horn in[41]
Bur clover in[39]
Bushel weight[31]
Characteristics[37]
Cheap[27], [41]
Conditions influencing germination[57]
Cutting time[89]
Damp[27]
Dodder described[41]
Dodder in[32]
Exports and imports[31]
Failures, imported[30]
Farmer to blame for poor bought[41]
First cutting not for[89]
For Illinois[29]
For Iowa[29]
For Ohio[29]
For Pennsylvania[29]
Formation, bees help in[176]
Good costly[29]
Good, essential[27]
Harvesting[89]
Importance of pure[35]
Impurities[32]
Imported, Department of Agriculture[7]
Increased by bees[175]
Influences affecting[28]
Injuries by storing[30]
Inoculation not needed[64]
Insects in[31]
Introduced from Europe[3]
Kansas[29]
Kept several years[30]
Kind to buy[29]
Large and small[38]
Losses in stored[30]
Moldy[27]
Nebraska[29]
Necessity of drying[90]
New preferred[30]
Northern grown[28]
Noxious[34]
Oklahoma[29]
Old[27]
Plantain in[41]
Pods, poorly filled[89]
Poor, cause failures[221]
Precautions in buying[29]
Pure[28]
Purest in third cutting[91]
Quality of[27]
Quantity sowed[24], [56]
Raising, dry climate[28]
Raising, humid climates[28], [92]
Raising, Kansas[90]
Removing infertile[91]
Removing weed[91]
Returns[22], [23]
Rib grass in[41]
Roberts on pure[35]
Selection[27], [28]
Sifting to remove dodder[42]
Size of Bur clover[39]
Size of[38]
Storing[31]
Substitution of trefoil[39]
Test before buying[29]
Third crop self sown[72]
Third cutting for[91]
Types of[37]
Utah vs. imported[30]
Value in Arizona[235]
Vitality injured in stack[90]
Weed in alfalfa[34]
Yield[91]
Yield, Arizona[237]
Seeding[44]
After disking unnecessary[71]
Alabama[231]
Arizona[233]
California[238]
Colorado[244]
Drill or broadcast[55]
Fall[49]
Importance of[79]
July[66]
Kansas[258]
Manure before[64]
Pennsylvania[297]
Preliminary[51]
Soaking soil before[73]
Seeder, Cahoon[234]
Gem[242]
Seeders, various[56]
Seeds dead[27]
Fertile few[89]
Seedsmen to blame for bad seed[41]
Selection of seed[27], [28]
Self sowing third crop[72]
Self-binder, harvesting with[88]
In seed harvest[90]
Selling inoculated soil[61]
Separator, J. I. Case[237]
Separators in threshing seed[91]
Shed, hay[99]
Sheep, dangers to, from pasturing[109], [113]
Eat bindweed[219]
Fort Collins[174]
Losses from bloat[113]
Old, kept off pasture[114]
Shepperd, Prof. J. H., report[289]
Sifting out dodder[42]
Silage for cows[152]
Storing as[101]
Superior to hay[151]
Silo, advantages of using[151]
Cost of[152]
For alfalfa[101]
Siloing suggestions[102]
Slings in stacking[94]
Smead, Dr. D. C., horse feeding[168]
Smith, Prof. C. D., report[268]
Smith, Prof. H. R., feed test[139]
Smothering under windrows[84]
In wet land[44]
Snake River irrigation[251]
Soaking soil before seeding[73]
Sod, breaking, for alfalfa[50]
Hard to plow[195]
Soil acid, unfavorable[44]
Acidity determined[45]
Adobe[239]
And seeding[44]
Baked, avoid[46]
Bur clover for inoculating[60]
Buying inoculated[60], [61]
Buying not necessary[61]
Buying infected[60]
Buying, objections to[61]
Character affects irrigation[77]
Conditions demanded[52]
Conditions essential[46]
Depleted, improved[16]
Diseased, for inoculation[62]
For alfalfa[15]
Gumbo[261]
Hardpan[16], [18]
Improved by alfalfa[16], [190]
Improvement due to alfalfa[16]
Inoculated for sale[61]
Inoculated, quantity to acre[61]
Inoculation[59], [197]
Inoculation, dangers of[62]
Inoculation, meal or hay for[63]
Inoculation, not necessary[63], [64]
Listed[52]
Never work wet[46]
Not exhausted by alfalfa[10]
Preparation[46], [297]
Preparing, Arizona[233], [236]
Preparing, Colorado[243]
Preparation, Washington[314]
Restrictions, obsolete[44]
Robbed of lime[44]
Rocky[19]
Sugar tree land[255]
Waxy[52]
Wet makes failures[44]
Soiling[107], [122]
Advised in East[124]
And pasturing compared[123]
Nebraska[123]
Pigs[124]
Sorghum analysis[127]
Bad to precede alfalfa[49]
Consumes moisture[49]
Fails to increase milk flow[148]
Fed with alfalfa[125]
Feed value[145]
Hay, feed composition[136]
Protein value[133]
Soule, Prof. Andrew M., report[311]
South Africa, alfalfa in[15]
South Carolina, experiments in[299]
Old field[9]
South Dakota, experiments[300]
South favors spring sowing[52]
Land values increased[205]
Sowing time[47]
Southern farms, self supplied[14]
Southern seed[28]
Sowing dates[47]
Fall[49], [53]
Foul land[59]
Spring disadvantages[53]
Spring or fall?[52]
Spring, on wheat ground[48]
Points to remember[47]
Time, South[47]
Time, Central States[47]
Sows, brood, Mississippi[155]
Like alfalfa[154]
Soy beans, feed value[145]
Feed composition[137]
Spain, alfalfa introduced[1], [2]
Takes alfalfa to America[2]
Spillman, Prof. W. J., opinion[9]
Spontaneous combustion, See [Fire].
Spot, leaf[211]
Spots, bare, in lodged nurse crop[59]
Restoring bare[71]
Spotted leaf, mowing for[67]
Spring or fall sowing?[52]
Spring sowing, disadvantages[53]
Sowing favored[53]
Sowing, importance of early[58]
Spurrier on alfalfa[3]
Favors drills[67]
Stack, curing in[90]
Elevate bottom of[100]
Fires in[95]
Protect top[100]
Sweating in[90]
Stacks, condemned[99]
Covering seed[90]
Preventing mold in[90]
Stacker, Landen[235]
Stacking, conditions[100]
Dry[93]
In ricks[259]
Losses from[98]
Operations in[87]
Precautions[90]
Seed crop[89]
Slings recommended[94]
Stadmueller, F. H.[248]
Stand, ideal[57]
Improving[67]
Increasing[51]
Plowing to renew[72]
Poor[27], [30], [54]
Securing good[220]
Thickening[72]
With nurse crop[58]
Starch in corn[22]
Needed by bacteria[60]
Steers pick up on alfalfa[125]
Stellaria media, destroying[297]
Stems and leaves, food value compared[82]
Stewart, Prof. J. H., report[310]
Stock, best way to market alfalfa[137]
Fed, Utah[25]
Injure alfalfa[107]
Keep off field[221]
Stodder, J. F., bloat[112]
Storer, Prof. F. H., hay-caps[85], [86]
Storing[93]
As silage[101]
In barn[95]
In evening[97]
Seed[31]
Stover and alfalfa compared[140], [148]
Fed with alfalfa[125], [144]
Protein value[133]
Straw, feed value[145]
Feeding value, Colorado[245]
For stack feed[91]
Money in[22], [23]
On damp hay[97]
Protein value[133]
Value of[91], [240]
Stubble, value of[21], [191]
Stubbs, Dr. W. C., experiments[265]
Subsoil, tough, roots in[18]
Subsoiling effects of alfalfa[16], [194]
Substitute for alfalfa[36]
Substitutes, recognising[40]
Substitution of trefoil for alfalfa[39]
Success depends on cultivation[44]
Typical in New York[17]
Sugar and alfalfa[185]
Sugar beet dependent on alfalfa[173]
Sugar beets, feed value[126], [145]
Protein value[133]
Sugar, losses in hay[81]
Sun not greatest curing agent[83]
Swath, alfalfa lying in[84]
Sweating before baling[103]
In stack[90]
Sweet clover in alfalfa seed[32]
Clover soil for inoculation[60], [202]
Swine, See [Hogs].
Swing seeder[56]
Synoground, N. O. P., report[302]
Syracuse, alfalfa near[17]
Sysonby eats alfalfa[167]
Taliaferro, Prof. W. T. L., opinion[16]
Tapping for bloat[119]
Taproot[6]
Taylor, Prof. Frederick W., report[279]
Tedder, loss from using[84]
Starting[84]
Ten Eyck, Prof. A. M., burning weeds[69]
Dimensions of ton[229]
Hay[76]
Hay composition[75]
Silo[102]
Tennessee, experiments[302]
Testing soil for acidity[45]
Texas, alfalfa cut nine times[10]
Alfilaria for[228]
Bulletin, feed stuffs[127]
Curing[87]
Cutting[89]
Experiments[303]
Yields[9]
Thawing, harm from[50]
Thickening stand[72]
Thompson, W. O., report[275]
Thorne, Prof. Charles E., report[290]
Threshing made easy[90]
Time between cuttings[24]
To cut[89]
To sow[47]
Timothy and alfalfa compared[21], [79], [127], [148],[222]
Alfalfa sown with[51]
Before alfalfa[50]
Fodder value[126], [132], [145]
Protein value[133]
Ton, cubic feet in[229]
Top-dressing annual[70]
Benefit of[74]
Trampling, effects of[59]
Transportation, solving problems[186]
Trefoil seed in alfalfa[32]
Yellow, adulterant[33]
Yellow, in alfalfa[36]
Yellow, beak on seed[39]
Yellow, chief adulterant[35]
Yellow, distinguished[39]
Yellow, size of seed[33]
Yellow, to distinguish seed[37]
Yellow, recognizing seed[39]
Trocar for bloat[119]
Tubercles formed[59]
Office of[197]
Turkestan, alfalfa[7], [29]
Alfalfa, North Dakota[8]
Alfalfa, South Dakota[300]
Turnips, feed value[145]
Utah bulletin, nutrients[131]
Bulletin, various cuttings[128]
Bulletin, irrigation[74]
Bulletin, Utah county, Utah[306]
Co-operative work[76]
Dates of cutting[78]
Experiments[304]
Experiments, early cutting[81]
Fall sowing[53]
Feeding test[138]
Hardy seed[92]
Hay, composition[76]
Horsefeeding[168]
Reports profits[25]
Seed[29]
Seed not favored[92]
Seed sown by Cottrell[30]
Shoat raising[156]
Water applied in[77]
Value, leaves[79]
Straw[91]
Poorly cured hay[87]
Values received[25]
Feed, various[145]
Varieties[6]
Alleged[28]
Ventilation in hay shed[99]
Vermont, experiments[15], [309]
Virginia, experiment[311]
Vitality, injured in stack[90]
Voorhees, Dr. E. B., report[280]
Wallace, Henry, spring sowing[54]
Wallaces’ Farmer, spring sowing[54]
Walla Walla County, Washington[307], [314], [315]
Wallingford, Connecticut[248]
Washing, soil, prevented[48]
Washington, yield[10], [23]
Experiments[314]
Waste, feeding cows[144], [146], [152]
Water, effect on hay composition[76]
Cold, delays growth[73]
Too much irrigation[72]
Effects on composition of hay[74], [75]
Quantity to acre, Utah[77]
Eighty feet below surface[44]
Amount required, Arizona[234]
Watrous, Prof. F. L., alfalfa in orchards[223]
Watson, Prof. George C., report[297]
Watson ranch, horses fed alfalfa[166]
Wayne County, Indiana[254]
Weed seeds in alfalfa[32], [27], [34], [41]
Seeds, removing[91]
Weeds, burning[69]
Carried by soil[63]
Chief enemies[206]
Failures due to[48]
Fewer in third cutting[91]
In horse pasture[110]
Keeping down[47]
Kill, before seeding[206]
Not prevented by nurse crop[59]
Poor farming causes[206]
Preventing[47]
Repressed[46]
Retarded by clipping[68]
Subduing in July[66]
Weevils in seed[31]
Weight of bushel[31]
West Virginia, experiments[317]
Wet feet, alfalfa can’t stand[18], [44], [212]
Wetting delays curing[81]
Wheat and alfalfa compared[19], [25]
Following alfalfa[193]
Increasing yield[194]
Straw, protein value[133]
With alfalfa[51]
Wheelbarrow seeder[56]
Wheeler, Dr. H. J., report[208]
Widtsoe, Prof. J. A., nutrients[131]
Wilcox, Lute, quoted[73]
Williams, C. H., pasturing sheep[114]
Wilson, Prof. James W., report[300]
Wing, Joseph E.[290]
Curing[83]
Horse raising[166]
Pasturing lambs[114]
Preliminary seeding[51]
Windrows, curing in[87]
Leaving hay in[84]
Smothering under[84]
Wisconsin, brood sows[155]
Report[317]
Time to sow[47]
Wintering sows[156]
Yield[9], [23]
Witch-grass less bad than crab grass[69]
Woodford, J. E., hog raising[163]
Work animals, alfalfa for[14]
Worker’s, grange meeting at Mr.[18]
Worm, army[219]
Worn-out soils restored[16]
Wyoming, fertilizing value of alfalfa[192]
Experiments[322]
Seed[29]
Xerxes carried alfalfa to Greece[1]
Yield, acre[126]
Affected by irrigation[77]
Alfalfa and grass compared[21]
Arabian alfalfa[8]
Arizona[234]
Below sea level[15]
Best when no nurse crop[59]
Butter, pasture and soiling[123]
Compared with clover[20]
Corn and alfalfa[22]
District of Columbia[14]
1815[3]
Fodders, various[148]
Increased by irrigation[74]
Indiana[24]
Irrigations affect[77]
Irrigated land[10], [23]
Largest annual[128]
Louisiana[14]
Manitoba[14]
Maximum under irrigation[78]
Medicine Hat[14]
Milk increased[146]
Minnesota[14]
New Jersey[20]
Not impaired by hogs[108]
Oklahoma[24]
Ontario[14]
Reduced by wrong cutting[80]
Seed[91]
South Africa[15]
Turkestan, North Dakota[8]
Twelve tons under irrigation[72]
Washington[10]
Wisconsin[23]
Yields, big, poor land[65]
Irrigation, Utah[78]
Profitable[22], [23]
Texas[9]
Wisconsin[9], [23]
Zoller, Isaac, report[287]

Transcriber’s Notes

The language used is that of the source document, including unusual, inconsistent and archaic spelling, hyphenation, capitalisation, etc., unless listed under Changes below.

Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text and their settings, not all elements may display as intended.

Page ix-xi, List of Illustrations: Full-page illustrations were (usually) printed on unnumbered pages, and the page numbers given in the list are therefore often the page numbers opposite which the illustrations were printed. Figure numbers 44 and 45 are listed in reverse order. In the text, references to illustrations are hyperlinked to the illustrations. Descriptions such as "Actual size" in illustration captions are not necessarily applicable to this text.

Page 69, In many parts of the country ... that most persistently: In the source document the first two lines of this paragraph are repeated from the previous paragraph. In the first edition (1906) of the book, this paragraph starts: “It is sometimes the case that a field of alfalfa is left infested in the fall with such a growth of grass and weeds as to make burning in the spring ....”

Page 77, table: not all irrigation data add up to the totals given.