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San Fernando (Town in the Philippine Islands)

a town in the Philippine Islands, on the W. coast of the Island of Luzon, in the province of La Union, near the entrance to the Gulf of Lingayen. It has a good port, and con siderable amounts of sugar, indigo, hemp and rice are shipped to Manila by sea Pop. about 19,000.

SANFOIN (Hedysarum onobrychis), a perennial forage plant; native of Europe up to lat. 51°; a legume which has the property of binding light, dry, sandy, and chalky soils by its roots. English and Continental writers agree as to its nutritious qualities for stock, and also to its value as a crop to shade the soil and for plowing under. It has been tried from time to time in the United States, both N. and S., but has not met with favor. See SAINFOIN.

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