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Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. [Hsuing Yao Cheng?], Manchuria. Flailing out alfalfa seed on the South Manchurian Railway Experiment Station. Photograph #45412.

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Unknown. “Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. [Hsuing Yao Cheng?], Manchuria. Flailing out alfalfa seed on the South Manchurian Railway Experiment Station. Photograph #45412..” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/370.