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See Fire. Spot, leaf •^11 Spots, bare, in lodged nurse crop jj^ Restoring bare < 1 Spotted leaf, mowing for.. 611 Spring or fall sowing? «>.i Spring sowing, disadvan- tages Dij Sowing favored o«i Sowing, importance of early '^^ Spurrier on alfalfa ^ Favors drills '»' Stack, curing in f^ Elevate bottom of iu*J PAOE Stack, Continued Fires in it.'i Protect top lotl Sweating in Uo Stacks, condemned 99 Covering seed 90 Preventing mold In 90 Stacker, Landen 2."15 Stacking, conditions 100 Dry 93 In ricks 259 Losses from 98 Operations in 87 Precautions 90 Seed crop 89 Slings recomnnMidi'd 94 Stadmueller, F. II 248 Stand, ideal 57 Improving 'H Increasing 51 Plowing to renew 72 Poor 27, :«). 54 Securing good 220 Thickening 72 With nurse crop M Starch in corn 22 Needed by bacteria «M) Steers pick up on alfalfa. . .125 FttvUaria ntrdia, destroylns. .29t Stems and leaves, food ^ value compared 81. Stewart, Prof. J. H., re- port ^'^' Stock, best way to market alfalfa ••jl Fed, Utah -•' Injure alfalfa /"'j Keep off field —1^ Stodder, J. F., bloat H- Storer. Prof. F. H.. hay- caps f*-'- ™* Storing ^ As silage '"1 In barn f'2 In evening f\ Seed " Stover and alfalfa com- pared '^' • '^ Fed. with alfalfa... 125. 144 Protein value ^'l-* Straw, feed value • -l^-) Feeding value, Colorado For stack feed 91 342 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA PAGK Straw, Continued Money in 22, 2:'. On damp hay 97 Protein value 13.'J Value of 91, 240 Stubble, value of 21, 191 Stubbs, Dr. W. C, experi- ments 2G5 Subsoil, tough, roots in... IS Subsoiling effects of alfalfa IG. 194 Substitute for alfalfa 3ij Substitutes, recognising- ... 40 Substitution of trefoil for alfalfa 39 Success depends on cultiva- tion 44 Typical in New York.... IT Sugar and alfalfa 18."» Sugar beet dependent on alfalfa 173 Sugar beets, feed value 12G. 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 00, 202 Swine, See Hogs. Swing seeder 50 Synoground, N. O. P., re-^ port 302 Syracuse, alfalfa near 17 Sysonby eats alfalfa 1<»7 Taliaferro, Prof. W. T. L., opinion 1^' Tapping for bloat 119 Taproot f» Taylor, Prof. Frederick W., ^^ report 279 Tedder, loss from using. 81 Starting 84 Ten Eyck, Prof. A. M., burning weeds 09 Dimensions of ton 229 Hay Jl> Hay composition • •> Silo l)!i Tennessee, experiments 30^ PAGE Testing soli for acidity 4."> Texas, alfalfa cut nine times 10 AlHlaria for 22S 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 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 ISO 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 .... 3S Yellow, to distinguish seed 3i 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 cut- tings 12S Bulletin, irrigation 74 Bulletin, Utah County, Utah 300 Co-operative work 76 INDEX 343 PAGE Utah, Continued Dates of cutting 78 Experiments 304 Experiments, early cut- ting 81 Fall sowing oJl Feeding test VAS Hardy seed 91! Hay, composition 7(5 Ilorsefeeding 1<»^ Reports profits -•"» Seed 29 Seed not favored 9- Seed sown by Cottrell • • • 30 Shoat raising 15<> Water applied in 77 Value, leaves 79 Straw 91 Poorly cured hay 87 Values received 25 Feed, various 145 Varieties *-^ Alleged 2S Ventilation in hay shed ... 99 Vermont, experiments. .15, 309 Virginia, experiment oil Vitality, injured in stack.. 90 Voorhees, Dr. E. B., re- port 280 Wallace, Henry, spring sowing 54 Wnllacrs' Farmer, spring Bowing "jt Walla Walla County. Wash- ington 307, 311, 315 Wallingford, Connecticut. .248 Washing, soil, prevented... 48 Washington, yield ^^'..i"; Experiments -jl^ Waste, feeding cows 144, 14(;. 152 Water, effect on hay com- _ ^ position ll' Cold, delays growth Jj? Too much irrigation .... 72 Effects on composition ^f hay 74, 7._| Quantity to acre, Utah.. 77 Eighty feet below sur- face •* t Amount required, Ari-^ zona 234 Watrous, Prof. F. L., al- falfa in orchards 223 PAUIC Watson, Prof. George *' , report 297 Watson ranch, horses fed alfalfa Kit; Wayne County, Indiana 251 Weed seeds in alfalfa 3i.». i;7, ;;», 41 Seeds, removing ill Weeds, burning (;:» Carried by soil »;,'{ Chief enemies IJOd Failures due to 48 Fewer in third culling.. 91 Jn hors* pasture ll't Keeping down 47 Kill, before seeding ....200 Not prevented by nur.se crop 59 Poor farming causes ...2(Ki Preventing 47 Repressed 4<» Retarded by clipping ... f.s Subduing in July ti«» Weevils in seed 31 AVeight of bushel 31 West Virginia, experiments, 317 Wet feet, alfalfa can't stand 18. 41, 1.M2 Wetting delays curing .... 81 Wheat and alfalfa com- pared 19, 25 Following alfalfa 193 Increasing yield 194 Straw, protein value ....13! With alfalfa 51 Wheelbarrow seed<-r '>'* Wheeler, Dr. H. J., report .. 21)8 Widtsoe, Prof. J. A., nu- trients 131 Wilcox, Lute, quoted 73 Williams, C. H., pasturing sheep 1 ' « Wilson, Prof. James W., ro- port 300 Wing, Joseph E 290 Curing 7» Horse raising l'»'» Pasturing lambs 1]4 Preliminary seeding ••1 Windrows, curing in 8( Leaving hay in ^ Smothering under [J^ Wisconsin, brood sows loo 344 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA PAGE Wisconsin, Continued Report 317 Time to sow 47 Wintering: sows 15<> Yield 0, -3 Witch-grass less bad than crab grass 09 Woodford, J. E., hog rais- ing 1(33 Work animals, alfalfa for.. 14 Worker's, grange meeting at Mr 18 Worm, army 210 Worn-out soils restored ... IG Wyoming, fertilizing value of alfalfa U)2 Experiments 322 Seed 29 Xerxes carried alfalfa to Greece 1 Yield, acre 12ti Affected by irrigation ... 77 Alfalfa and grass com- pared 21 Arabian alfalfa 8 Arizona 234 Below sea level lo Best when no nurse crop. 59 Butter, pasture and soil- ing 123 Compared with clover... -0 Corn and alfalfa 22 District of Columbia ... 14 1815 ^3 Fodders, various 148 PAGE Yield, Continued Increased by irrigation. ,.^ MAR 86. 