Winter cover 48, 49 Sacramento River, growth 241 Sagebrush land for 252 Land, new alfalfa on 15 Sales 22, 23 Salt River, irrigation 236 Salt in storing hay 100 San Mateo County, California 238 San Miguel County, New Mexico 285 Sand hills, Nebraska, alfalfa succeeds 15, 17 Scott Bros., yield 22, 23 Screened alfalfa seed recommended 36 Scrub-oak land for 288 Seed, adulterated 33 Analysis 33 Bed, securing a fine 48 Bees insure fertile 175 Best costly 41 Best from Provence 32 Buck-horn in 41 Bur clover in 39 Bushel weight 31 Characteristics 37 Cheap 27, 41 Conditions influencing germination 57 Cutting time 89 Damp 27 Dodder described 41 Dodder in 32 Exports and imports 31 Failures, imported 30 Farmer to blame for poor bought 41 First cutting not for 89 For Illinois 29 For Iowa 29 For Ohio 29 For Pennsylvania 29 Formation, bees help in 176 Good costly 29 Good, essential 27 Harvesting 89 Importance of pure 35 Impurities 32 Imported, Department of Agriculture 7 Increased by bees 175 Influences affecting 28 Injuries by storing 30