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Table of Contents

Page
The Author’s Foreword[iv]
Introductory[v]
CHAPTER I
History, Description, Varieties and Habits[1]
CHAPTER II
Universality of Alfalfa[13]
CHAPTER III
Yields, and Comparisons with other Crops[20]
CHAPTER IV
Seed and Seed Selection[27]
CHAPTER V
Soil and Seeding[44]
CHAPTER VI
Cultivation[67]
CHAPTER VII
Harvesting[79]
CHAPTER VIII
Storing[93]
CHAPTER IX
Pasturing and Soiling[107]
CHAPTER X
Alfalfa as a Feed Stuff[125]
CHAPTER XI
Alfalfa in Beef-Making[138]
CHAPTER XII
Alfalfa and the Dairy[143]
CHAPTER XIII
Alfalfa for Swine[154]
CHAPTER XIV
Alfalfa for Horses and Mules[165]
CHAPTER XV
Alfalfa and Sheep Raising[171]
CHAPTER XVI
Alfalfa and Bees[175]
CHAPTER XVII
Alfalfa and Poultry[180]
CHAPTER XVIII
Alfalfa Food Preparations[182]
CHAPTER XIX
Alfalfa for Town and City[187]
CHAPTER XX
Alfalfa in Crop Rotation[189]
CHAPTER XXI
Nitro-Culture[197]
CHAPTER XXII
Alfalfa as a Commercial Factor[204]
CHAPTER XXIII
The Enemies of Alfalfa[206]
CHAPTER XXIV
Difficulties and Discouragements[220]
CHAPTER XXV
Miscellaneous[223]
CHAPTER XXVI
Alfalfa in Different States[231]
Index[325]

List of Illustrations

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[1].F. D. CoburnFrontispiece
[2].A Typical Alfalfa Plant1
[3].Typical Stems and Foliage of the Alfalfa Plant1
[4].An Eight-year-old Alfalfa Plant6
[5].Crown of Plant Shown in the Preceding Illustration6
[6].Alfalfa Blossoms Enlarged7
[7].Intergrading Types of Seed Between Alfalfa and Sweet Clover12
[8].Seeds of the Weed Known as Buck-horn13
[9].Alfalfa Seeds Magnified Five Diameters13
[10].Sweet Clover—Alfalfa—Yellow Trefoil26
[11].Three Distinctive Types of Alfalfa Seed Magnified Twelve Times27
[12].Yellow Trefoil Pods32
[13].Alfalfa Seed Pods32
[14].Sweet Clover Pods33
[15].Bur Clover Seed Pods33
[16].Yellow Trefoil: Black Medic: Hop Clover (Medicago lupulina)37
[17].Three General Types of Alfalfa Seed44
[18].Dodder Seed Magnified45
[19].Alfalfa Seed Magnified45
[20].Dodder Plant on an Alfalfa Stem46
[21].Dodder (Cuscuta arvensis)47
[22].Alfalfa and Dodder Seed (Actual Size)47
[23].Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum)47
[24].Bur Clover Pod66
[25].Yellow Trefoil Seed Pod66
[26].Alfalfa Seed Pod67
[27].Spotted Clover Pod67
[28].Gathering Alfalfa Hay into Windrows with a Side-delivery Horserake78
[29].Cutting a Fine Field of Alfalfa79
[30].Gathering an Alfalfa Crop in Page County, Iowa92
[31].Alfalfa Harvesting Scene in Yellowstone County, Montana92
[32].Mast and Boom Stacker, with Six-tined Jackson Fork93
[33].A Derrick Stacker93
[34].Lattice Rack for Feeding Alfalfa to Cattle106
[35].Box Rack for Feeding Alfalfa to Sheep106
[36].Lattice Rack for Feeding Alfalfa to Sheep107
[37].Box Rack for Feeding Alfalfa to Cattle107
[38].Trocar and Cannula119
[39].Alfalfa Field in Central New York124
[40].Fourth Cutting of Alfalfa in Shawnee County, Kansas124
[41].A Second Cutting of Alfalfa (July 28) in Shawnee County, Eastern Kansas125
[42].Kansas Farmer Viewing One of His Alfalfa Fields138
[43].Harvesting Alfalfa in Ohio139
[44].Showing Advantage of Early Fall Sowing154
[45].Five-year-old Alfalfa155
[46].Alfalfa One Year Old, Showing Effects of Inoculation170
[47].A Good Type of a Four-year-old Alfalfa Plant171
[48].Alfalfa Plant and Roots Showing Bacteria Nodules196
[49].Tubercles on Clover Roots197
[50].Peculiar Nodules in Groups on Small Rootlets206
[51].Alfalfa Roots Showing Normal Nodules207
[52].Gopher Poisoning Tool214
[53].And There’s Still More to Follow220
[54].Dead Prairie Dogs221
[55].Pot Culture Experiments at University of Illinois230
[56].Six Months’ Growth of Alfalfa Foliage231
[57].Cutting Alfalfa in Southern California256
[58].Baling Alfalfa in Southern Oklahoma256
[59].A 400-ton Rick of Alfalfa257
[60].A Cable Derrick, Provided with a Grapple Fork257
[61].Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba)288
[62].Yellow Trefoil (Medicago lupulina)289

A Typical Alfalfa Plant

as it appears before the blossoms are developed. From Michigan Experiment Station Bulletin No. 225

Typical Stems and Foliage of the Alfalfa Plant