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90 Weed In alfalfa 31 Yield 91 Yield, Arizona 237 Seeding 44 After disking unneces- sary 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 51 340 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA PAGE Seeding:, Continued 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 Gl Separator, J. I. Case 237 Separators in threshing seed 91 Shed, hay 99 Sheep, dangers to, from pasturing 109, 113 Bat bindweed 219 Fort Collins 174 Losses from bloat 113 Old, kept off pasture 114 Shepperd, Prof. J. H., re- port 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 108 Smith, Prof. C. D., report.. 208 Smith, Prof. H. R., feed test 139 Smothering under wind- rows ' S4 In wet land 44 Snake River irrigation 251 Soaking soil before seed- ing "3 Sod, breaking, for alfalfa.. 50 Hard to plow 105 Soil acid, unfavorable 44 Acidity determined 45 Adobe 239 And seeding 44 Baked, avoid 40 PAGE Soil, Continued Bur clover for Inoculat- ing 60 Buying inoculated ....CO, 61 Buying not necessary. ... 61 Buying infected 60 Buying, objections to.... 61 Character affects irriga- tion 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 al- falfa 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 neces- (Sary 63, 64 Listed 52 Never work wet 46 Not exhausted by alfalfa 10 Preparation 40, 297 Preparing, Arizona. 233, 2Z'\ Preparing, Colorado 243 Preparation, Washington 314 Restrictions, obsolete 44 Robbed of lime 44 Rocky 19 Sugar tree land 2.55 "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.. See Fire. Spot, leaf 211 Spots, "bare, in lodged nurse crop 59 Restoring bare 71 Spotted leaf, mowing for.. b7 Spring or fall sowing? oi Spring sowing, disadvan- tages *» Sowing favored oo Sowing, importance of early 58 Spurrier on alfalfa o Favors drills 67 Stack, curing in JO Elevate bottom of lOU FAGE Stack, Continued 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, P. 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 fitellaria media, destroying. .207 Stems and leaves, food value compared 82 Stewart, Prof. J. H., re- port 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 f>5 In evening 97 Seed 31 Stover and alfalfa com- pared 140, 148 Fed. with alfalfa. . .125, 144 Protein value 133 Straw, feed value 145 Feeding value, Colorado 245 For stack feed 91 342 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA PAGE Straw, Continued Money in 22, 23 On damp hay 97 Protein value 133 Value of 91, 240 Stubble, value of 21, 191 Stubbs, Dr. W. C, experi- ments 2G5 Subsoil, tough, roots in... 18 Subsoiling effects of alfalfa 16, 194 Substitute for alfalfa 30 Substitutes, recognizing ... 40 Substitution of trefoil for alfalfa 39 Success depends on cultiva- tion 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., re- port 302 Syracuse, alfalfa near 17 .Svsonby 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. . . SI Starting 84 Ten Eyck, Prof. A. M., burning weeds 60 Dimensions of ton 229 Hay 76 Hay composition 7.) Silo 102 Tennessee, experiments. .. .302 PAGE Testing soil for acidity..., 45 Texas, alfalfa cut nine tames 10 Ainiaria for 228 Bulletin, feed stuffs 127 Curing 87 Cutting 89 Experiments 303 Yields 9 Thawing, harm from 50 Thickening stand 72 Thompson, W. C, 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 com- pared. .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 Ye'llow, distinguished ... 39 Yellow, size of seed .... 38 Yellow, to distinguish seed 37 Yellow, recognizing seed. 30 Trocar for bloat 119 Tubercles formed 59 Office of 107 Turkestan, alfalfa 7, 29 Alfalfa, North Dakota.. 8 Alfalfa, South Dakota... 300 Turnips, feed value 145 Utah bulletin, nutrients ...131 Bulletin, various cut- tings 12S Bulletin, Irrigation 74 Bulletin, Utah County, Utah 306 Co-operative work 76 INDEX 343 PAGE Utah, Continued Dates of cutting 78 Experiments 304 Experiments, early cut- ting SI Fall sowing 53 Feeding test 138 Hardy seed 92 Hay, composition TC! Horsefeedjng Hi.t Reports profits 2-~ Seed 29 Seed not favored 92 Seed sown by Cottrell — 30 Shoat raising 150 Water applied in 77 Value, leaves 79 Straw 91 Poorly cured hay 87 Values received 2.j 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., re- port 280 Wallace, Henry, spring sowing 51 Wallaces' Farmer, spring jsowing W Walla Walla County, Wash- ington 307, 314, .315 Walllngford, Connecticut. .248 Washing, soil, prevented... 48 Washington, yield ^^'q^± Experiments 314 Waste, feeding cows .... 144, 146, 152 Water, effect on hay com- position '*J Cold, delays growth 73 Too much irrigation .... 72 Effects on composition of hay 74, 75 Quantity to acre, Utah.. 77 Eighty feet below sur- face 44 Amount required, Ari- zona 234 Watrous, Prof. F. L., al- falfa in orchards 223 PAGE Watson, Prof. George <^ , report 297 Watson ranch, horses fed alfalfa 1(50 Wayne County, Indiana. .. .254 Weed seeds in alfalfa 32, 27, 34, 41 Seeds, removing: 91 Weeds, burning 09 Carried by soil tj3 Chief enemies 20G -Failures due to 48 Fewer in third cutting. 01 In hors ^ pasture 110 Keeping down 47 Kill, before seeding ....200 Not prevented by nurse crop 59 Poor farming causes. .200 Preventing 47 Repressed 40 Retarded by clipping ... 08 Subduing in July 00 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 com- pared 19, 25 Following alfalfa 193 Increasing yield 194 Straw, protein value ....133 With alfalfa 51 Wheelbarrow seeder 50 Wheeler, Dr. H. J„ report. .298 Widtsoe, Prof. J. A., nu- trients 131 Wilcox, Lute, quoted 73 Williams, C. H., pasturing sheep 114 Wilson, Prof. James W., re- port 300 Wing, Joseph E 290 Curing S3 Horse raising lf>6 Pasturing lambs 114 Preliminary seeding .... 51 Windrows, curing in 87 Leaving hay in 84 Smothering under 84 Wisconsin, brood sows ....155 344 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA PAGE Wisconsin, Continued Report 317 Time to sow 47 Wintering sows 15G Yield 0, 23 Witcii-grass less bad tlian crab grass 09 Woodford, J. E., iiog- rais- ing 163 Worlc animals, alfalfa for. 14 Worker's, grange meeting at Mr 18 Worm, army 219 Worn-out soils restored. IG Wyoming, fertilizing value of alfalfa 192 Experiments 322 Seed 29 Xerxes carried alfalfa to Greece 1 Yield, acre 12li Affected by irrigation ... 77 Alfalfa and grass com- pared 21 Arabian alfalfa 8 Arizona 234 Below sea level ]•"> Best when no nurse crop. 59 Butter, pasture and soil- ing 123 Compared with clover... 20 Corn and alfalfa 22 District of Columbia ... 14 1815 3 Fodders, various 148 PAOB Yield, Continued Increased by irrigation. Twelve tons under irriga- tion 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 « • 11 \^ s^^ \ .V \. 