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

Author: Coburn, F. D. (Foster Dwight), 1846-1924; Hoard, W. D. (William Dempster), 1836-1918 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67533

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## Summary

Page 1. F. D. Coburn _Frontispiece_ 2. A Typical Alfalfa Plant 1 3. Typical Stems and Foliage of the Alfalfa Plant 1 4. An Eight-year-old Alfalfa Plant 6 5. Crown of Plant Shown in the Preceding Illustration 6 6. Alfalfa Blossoms Enlarged 7 7. Intergrading Types of Seed Between Alfalfa and Sweet Clover 12 8. Seeds of the Weed Known as Buck-horn 13 9. Alfalfa Seeds Magnified Five Diameters 13 10. Sweet Clover--Alfalfa--Yellow Trefoil 26 11. Three Distinctive Types of Alfalfa Seed Magnified Twelve Times 27 12. Yellow Trefoil Pods 32 13. Alfalfa Seed Pods 32 14. Sweet Clover Pods 33 15. Bur Clover Seed Pods 33 16. Yellow Trefoil: Black Medic: Hop Clover (_Medicago lupulina_) 37 17. Three Gen...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-book-of-alfalfa-history-cultivation-and-merits-its-uses-as-2d3e7827/chapters/1/index.md)