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Show Alfalfa Meal. Wbou, about n year ago, monun was mudo of alfalfa nioal tlio gonuu public rcgurded tbo idea iih a sort o, whim of tho Vnnkoo who first mi nouncod tbo manufacture of tbo meal. Sinco thou, howovor, both fcciontillo and practical mou have investigated and oxporimontod with tho subject until alfalfa uioal is now being usod by numorouH stock feeders in No-bruskii No-bruskii and Kansas. It huB boon dollnitoly dotonnlnod that alfulfa moal manufucturod from hay that has boon proporly matured and cured at tbo right Btngo of growth contains practically prac-tically as much protein or blood-muk-iug matorial as wheat bran. In addition tho alfalfa moal may bo ground not quito so lino as tho bran, thus making it a bettor single ration. Tbo Dosorot Farm or boliovos that tho manufacture of alfalfa meal is a good one for all feodors, dairymou Innd teamstors in tho mountains. Tbo idoa sooms to appeal ospecially to thoso who aro teaming in tho nioun-1 nioun-1 tains. Groat onorgy and oxponso aro i wasted in trausportiug bulky hay to i tho mining camps. Tho samo amount Iof provondor in tho form of alfalfa moal could bo handled at far lens cost oud trouble Tbo dairyman, too, is often so situated ns to bo uuablo to obtain bran at any price, and in such ovont a food of alfalfa meal would answer ovory requiromont. Evon tbo city ownor of a cow could thus pro-vido pro-vido bottor provindor at fur loss in-conveniouco in-conveniouco than to food buy, oithor balod or looso. It should bo boruo in mind that tho advantage of tho . meal over bay consists in tho fact H that in moal form tho animal can raoro easily digest tho ration, and a M groutor proportion of tbo food taken j into tbo stomach is assimilated, 1 whilo a loss amount of tho animal energy is required to do tho work. 1Vo look for a steady growth in tbo manufacturo and uso of alfulfa moal as ono of tbo advanced stops iu scion-tiilo scion-tiilo agriculture. Tbo oditor saw an exhibit of this product in tbo Agricultural Building Build-ing at tbo Worlds's Fuir, and was much impressed with its possibill-' possibill-' tioH. Tho mill for grinding tho nlfalfa would probably cost 8G00, oxcluslro of powor. |