Show POINTERS FOR DRY SEASON water concu consumption emption by alfalfa can be controlled to some extent by grazing and clipping tho the total tota I 1 consumption of 0 water by y alfalfa can bo be controlled to a considerable sider sid erable ablo extent by pasturage or frequent clipping without serious injury to the plants according to the united states department of agriculture elul letin no effect of frequent l cutting on tile the water of 0 alfalfa and al its ll hearing earing on oil pasturage with ft a limited amount of stored moisture in ili the ground often the greatest amount of alfalfa can bo be ob tallied by allowing the prop to grow when the water require requirement Is the lowest in the fall bit or 01 spring and by keeping keepin tile tho leaf surface at a minimum ml 1 in during the summer bummer through cil clipping or pasturage the etli cacy of thus conserving tile the moisture during the periods of drought has been observed ninny many times whenever tile the moisture supply falls 13 short hort of tile tho amount necessary to produce normal crops throughout the season summer grazing appears to afford it simple and practical means of obtaining ta I 1 n I 1 ng a return from alfalfa commensurate with tile the aval available lable moisture unit mid tit at the same time lime reduces the danger of drought injury when the moisture supply la Is adequate for continuous crop production throughout the season close pasturage or lipping clipping would in a marked reduction in tile the amount of alfalfa produced Is tile the in tile bulletin wi V rn n grazing to Is practiced greater production can be secured by ant intermittent er in grazing that Is by employing several fields which are pastured in ro rotation lation summer bummer pasturage mth alfalla alfalfa Is extensively adopted in australla australia and the combined system of hay end and pasturage has found much favor in ili new south wales it Is ig carried out in tho the rolling plains country on oil loam or sandy soils bolls where there Is no possibility of |