Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1896-06-29 | Page 6 | Alfalfa as a Honey Plant

ALFALFA AS A HONEY PLANT A Kansas correspondent of the Orange Judd Farmer writes as follows fol-lows lowsTe cultivation of alfalfa has added considerably to the honey crop of the United States No other honey plant has given such a boom to beekeeping beekeep-ing especially in the Western States This plant stands the drought and when well rooted seldom fails to produce pro-duce heavy crops of hay and seeds when almost everything else fails as its roots penetrate very deep in the ground in many cases reaching water at fifteen feet deep I have seen a continuous con-tinuous flow of honey from this plant commencing the middle of May and lasting until the first of September for several years without regard tt drought or season Alfalfa honey differs dif-fers but little from white clover I is in every respect as good and is quoted in the markets at the highest price