The Book of Alfalfa. History, Cultivation and Merits. Its Uses as a Forage and Fertilizer

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Author

Coburn, F. D. (Foster Dwight), 1846-1924

Title

The Book of Alfalfa: History, Cultivation and Merits Its Uses as a Forage and Fertilizer

Original Publication

United States: Orange Judd Company,1906,copyright 1907.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

SB: Agriculture: Plant culture

Subject

Alfalfa

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67533

Release Date

March 1, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Book of Alfalfa HISTORY, CULTIVATION AND MERITS. ITS USES AS A FORAGE AND FERTILIZER.
2. 2.The Author’s Foreword
3. 3.Introductory BY Former Governor W. D. Hoard, of Wisconsin Editor Hoard’s Dairyman
4. 4.Publisher’s Announcement
5. 5.Table of Contents
6. 6.List of Illustrations
7. 7.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
8. 8.CHAPTER II. Universality of Alfalfa — ITS WIDE DISTRIBUTION — NOT PARTICULAR AS TO SOIL — THE ORACLES REFUTED — A NEW YORK EXAMPLE
9. 9.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
10. 10.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
11. 11.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
12. 12.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
13. 13.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
14. 14.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
15. 15.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
16. 16.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
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. Alfalfa in Beef-Making — SOME FEEDING TESTS — FEEDING TOO MUCH ALFALFA
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. Alfalfa and the Dairy — MAKING A MARGIN — SOME MILKING TEST VALUATIONS — SELLING FARM PRODUCTS THROUGH THE COW — AN ESSENTIAL IN MILK PRODUCTION
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. Alfalfa for Swine — HOGS WILL EAT HAY — A VALUABLE FEEDING TEST — A NEBRASKA TEST — CUT ALFALFA EARLY FOR HOGS
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. Alfalfa for Horses and Mules — GOOD FOR WORK HORSES — CRESCEUS EATS ALFALFA — TOO MUCH HAY FED — PRODUCES RAPID GROWTH
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. Alfalfa and Sheep-Raising — HOW TO PREVENT BLOATING
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. Alfalfa and Bees — THE BEE FERTILIZES THE ALFALFA — HOW THE FERTILIZING IS ACCOMPLISHED — THE HONEY PRODUCT
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. Alfalfa and Poultry — BETTER THAN MEDICINE — MAY INFLUENCE EGG FERTILITY — AIDS IN PREPARING FOR MARKET
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. Alfalfa Food Preparation — PROFESSOR COTTRELL ON ALFALFA MEAL — SOLVING THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. Alfalfa for Town and City — THE TOWN COW NEEDS ALFALFA — A CHEAP FEED FOR HORSES
26. 26.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
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. Nitro-Culture — AN OLD-NEW THEORY — IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES — SUGGESTIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE — SWEET CLOVER SOIL USED TO INOCULATE ALFALFA FIELDS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. Alfalfa as a Commercial Factor — EFFECT ON LAND VALUES — ENHANCES DAIRY INTERESTS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. The Enemies of Alfalfa — DODDER — LEAF SPOT — ROOT ROT — GOPHERS AND PRAIRIE DOGS — GRASSHOPPERS — ARMY WORMS — BIND WEED
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. Difficulties and Discouragements
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. Miscellaneous — ALFALFA IN THE ORCHARD — SOME ALFALFA “MUSTS” AND “DON’TS” — ALFILERILLA OR “ALFILARIA” ( Erodium citcutarium .) — MEASURING HAY IN THE STACK
32. 32.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
33. 33.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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