Alfalfa And Its Requirements

urna is espeuiajiy auaptea 10 a ary ümate, and under such conditions and here the roots can run down et to find moisture its best efrealized. It is not well suited l clay 1 mds or to land that is usually i the plants are slow in growth re two years to become well ■1. At the New York station Jf alf a has been grown successjeveral years, althongh good ere not always secnred, bat ö well established in the soil ;es large crops of forage and la drought better than most ps. The station bulletin adnaed farmers trying it to put down a nul', plot only to this erop untü they ne more familiar with it. As : y the department of agriculexperience of the stations w been tried indicates that it 1 '-aluable for f odder, but that peculiar conditions of soil and growth, and careful culture make it a profitable erop. The Verj ion has reported that alfalfa on more than thirty farms it the state, and although it ng finely when the snow came. . i ases it was winter killed, and uion of those who tried it was :ed to the climate.