
The Book of Alfalfa: History, Cultivation and Merits / Its Uses as a Forage and Fertilizer
by F. D. Coburn
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- The Book of Alfalfa HISTORY, CULTIVATION AND MERITS. ITS USES AS A FORAGE AND FERTILIZER.
- The Author’s Foreword
- Introductory BY Former Governor W. D. Hoard, of Wisconsin Editor Hoard’s Dairyman
- Publisher’s Announcement
- List of Illustrations
- CHAPTER I. History, Description, Varieties and Habits
- HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN
- AMERICA INDEBTED TO SPAIN
- THE NAME AND ITS ORIGIN
- ITS WONDERFUL ROOT SYSTEM
- VARIETIES AND PECULIARITIES
- AN OPINION FROM HEADQUARTERS
- CHAPTER II. Universality of Alfalfa
- ITS WIDE DISTRIBUTION
- NOT PARTICULAR AS TO SOIL
- THE ORACLES REFUTED
- A NEW YORK EXAMPLE
- CHAPTER III. Yields, and Comparisons With Other Crops
- COMPARED WITH CLOVER
- COMPARISONS WITH SEVERAL GRASSES
- COMPARED WITH CORN
- INDIVIDUAL INSTANCES OF CASH RETURNS
- SOME REPORTS OF YIELDS
- SOME MONEY COMPARISONS
- CHAPTER IV. Seed and Seed Selection
- NO SUCCESS WITHOUT GOOD SEED
- IMPORTANCE OF SIMILAR CONDITIONS
- IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SEED
- IMPURITIES AND ADULTERATIONS
- ADULTERANTS DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED
- THE CHIEF ADULTERANT
- A COMMON WEED IN IMPORTED ALFALFA SEED
- DODDER SEED
- CHAPTER V. Soil and Seeding
- VARIATE, YET UNIFORM
- SOIL PREPARATION
- KEEP DOWN THE WEEDS
- FALL SOWING
- RECENT PLOWING NOT DESIRABLE
- INTRODUCE BACTERIA BY PREPARATORY SOWING
- ALL CROPS DEMAND CONDITIONS
- SPRING OR FALL SOWING—WHICH?
- DISADVANTAGES OF SPRING SOWING
- SEEDING BY DRILL OR BROADCAST?
- HOW MUCH SEED TO THE ACRE?
- WITH OR WITHOUT A NURSE CROP?
- INOCULATING THE SOIL
- BUYING INFECTED SOIL
- DANGERS OF INOCULATION BY SOIL TRANSFER
- OTHER METHODS OF INOCULATION
- KEEP ON TRYING
- CHAPTER VI. Cultivation
- CLIPPING IS AN INVIGORANT
- MANURING
- DISKING
- RESEEDING
- ALFALFA UNDER IRRIGATION
- INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION UPON COMPOSITION
- WIDE VARIATIONS IN CONTENT
- WATER REQUIRED BY ALFALFA; QUANTITY AND DATE OF APPLICATION
- DATE OF HARVEST AND YIELD OF HAY
- CHAPTER VII. Harvesting
- CALLS FOR INTELLIGENCE AND PAINSTAKING
- GREAT VALUE OF LEAVES
- WHEN TO CUT
- MOST PROTEIN IN EARLY CUTTINGS
- CONSTANT WATCHFULNESS DEMANDED
- LOSSES IN CURING
- HARVESTING IN HUMID REGIONS
- THE USE OF HAY-CAPS
- HARVESTING FOR SEED
- YIELDS OF SEED
- THE THIRD CUTTING FOR SEED
- CHAPTER VIII. Storing
- CARE IN CURING
- PUTTING INTO WINTER QUARTERS
- STORING IN THE BARN
- LOSSES FROM STACKING
- THE HAY SHED
- CONDITIONS FOR STACKING
- STORING AS SILAGE
- OFTEN PROFITABLE TO ENSILE THE FIRST CUTTING
- SUGGESTIONS FOR SILOING
- BALING
- POOR STUFF
- GRADING AND GRADES OF ALFALFA HAY
- CHAPTER IX. Pasturing and Soiling
- PASTURING NOT ALWAYS ECONOMY
- ALFALFA A TENDER PLANT
- A GOOD SWINE PASTURE
- DANGERS TO CATTLE AND SHEEP
- EXPERIENCES WITH CATTLE
- GENERALLY DANGEROUS TO SHEEP
- A POSSIBLE EXPLANATION
- RULES FOR PASTURING
- TROCAR AND CANNULA
- ALFALFA AS A SOILING CROP
- SOME COMPARISONS
- A METHOD FOR THE SMALL FARMER
- CHAPTER X. Alfalfa as a Feed Stuff
- AS AN APPETIZER
- FOOD VALUE OF SEVERAL FODDER CROPS
- ANALYSES OF FEEDSTUFFS
- RELATIVE VALUES OF DIFFERENT CUTTINGS
- CROP COMPARISONS
- COMPARATIVE CROP AND FEEDING VALUES
- COMPARATIVE VALUES OF ALFALFA HAY AND OTHER FEED STUFFS FOR PROTEIN
- THE BALANCED RATION
- MAKING A BALANCED RATION
- VARIATIONS IN ANALYSIS
- CHAPTER XI. Alfalfa in Beef-Making
- SOME FEEDING TESTS
- FEEDING TOO MUCH ALFALFA
- CHAPTER XII. Alfalfa and the Dairy
- MAKING A MARGIN
- SOME MILKING TEST VALUATIONS
- SELLING FARM PRODUCTS THROUGH THE COW
- AN ESSENTIAL IN MILK PRODUCTION
- CHAPTER XIII. Alfalfa for Swine
- HOGS WILL EAT HAY
- A VALUABLE FEEDING TEST
- A NEBRASKA TEST
- CUT ALFALFA EARLY FOR HOGS
- CHAPTER XIV. Alfalfa for Horses and Mules
- GOOD FOR WORK HORSES
- CRESCEUS EATS ALFALFA
- TOO MUCH HAY FED
- PRODUCES RAPID GROWTH
- CHAPTER XV. Alfalfa and Sheep-Raising
- HOW TO PREVENT BLOATING
- CHAPTER XVI. Alfalfa and Bees
- THE BEE FERTILIZES THE ALFALFA
- HOW THE FERTILIZING IS ACCOMPLISHED
- THE HONEY PRODUCT
- CHAPTER XVII. Alfalfa and Poultry
- BETTER THAN MEDICINE
- MAY INFLUENCE EGG FERTILITY
- AIDS IN PREPARING FOR MARKET
- CHAPTER XVIII. Alfalfa Food Preparation
- PROFESSOR COTTRELL ON ALFALFA MEAL
- SOLVING THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
- CHAPTER XIX. Alfalfa for Town and City
- THE TOWN COW NEEDS ALFALFA
- A CHEAP FEED FOR HORSES
- CHAPTER XX. Alfalfa in Crop Rotation
- MAINTAINING FERTILITY
- VALUE OF STUBBLE AND ROOTS
- EFFECTS ON SUCCEEDING CROPS
- ROTATION A NECESSITY
- SPREADS THE BACTERIA OVER THE FARM
- CHAPTER XXI. Nitro-Culture
- AN OLD-NEW THEORY
- IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES
- SUGGESTIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- SWEET CLOVER SOIL USED TO INOCULATE ALFALFA FIELDS
- CHAPTER XXII. Alfalfa as a Commercial Factor
- EFFECT ON LAND VALUES
- ENHANCES DAIRY INTERESTS
- CHAPTER XXIII. The Enemies of Alfalfa
- DODDER
- LEAF SPOT
- ROOT ROT
- GOPHERS AND PRAIRIE DOGS
- GRASSHOPPERS
- ARMY WORMS
- BIND WEED
- CHAPTER XXIV. Difficulties and Discouragements
- CHAPTER XXV. Miscellaneous
- ALFALFA IN THE ORCHARD
- SOME ALFALFA “MUSTS” AND “DON’TS”
- ALFILERILLA OR “ALFILARIA” (Erodium citcutarium.)
- MEASURING HAY IN THE STACK
- CHAPTER XXVI. Practical Experiences of Alfalfa Growers in the United States of America
- ALABAMA
- ARIZONA
- CALIFORNIA
- COLORADO
- CONNECTICUT
- DELAWARE
- GEORGIA
- IDAHO
- ILLINOIS
- INDIANA
- IOWA.
- KANSAS.
- KENTUCKY
- LOUISIANA.
- MASSACHUSETTS.
- MICHIGAN
- MINNESOTA
- MISSOURI
- MONTANA
- NEBRASKA
- NEW HAMPSHIRE
- NEW JERSEY
- NEW MEXICO
- NEW YORK
- NORTH CAROLINA
- NORTH DAKOTA
- OHIO
- OKLAHOMA
- OREGON
- PENNSYLVANIA
- RHODE ISLAND
- SOUTH CAROLINA
- SOUTH DAKOTA
- TENNESSEE
- TEXAS
- UTAH
- VERMONT
- VIRGINIA
- WASHINGTON
- WEST VIRGINIA
- WISCONSIN
- WYOMING
- INDEX.
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