Show Growing Alfalfa Alfalfa does best on wolldrainei soils where the water level Is set oral feet below the surface says the Maryland experiment station bulletin It is n very deeprooted plant send Ing Its roots down into subsoil which is largely unavailable to other fan crops These roots will not thrive In I a watersoaked soil and In attempt Ing l to grow alfalfa on n wet soil or II soil with tho water level only a few feet from the surface the alfalfa I t placed In unnatural conditions and little can bo expected of It It los slblo a field of BUfllclent slope to e t feet thorough surface tI drainage an I sufficiently open or porous to provide good undcrdralnage should be selects for alfalfa |