Show ALFALFA AS A FORAGE CROP most moat valuable of deep rooted le gurnes and la Is long lived under tho the best of conditions alfalfa to la an exceptionally deep rooted legume and under the best conditions it to la long lived like other legumes it has the capacity under the right conditions of assimilating nitrogen from the atmosphere but until the root system and the nodules which it bears are well developed its growth Is greatly promoted by the tha presence of Xea readily dlly nitrogen in the soil it Is with without out doubt one of the most valuable forage plants known to man it has long been cultivated in various parts of asia and europe whence it was waa brought to mexico by the spaniards who tools it with them to california and tile the semiarid semi arid portions of our southwestern states during the last fifteen or twenty years its culture has baa been steadily pushed eastward and it is now successfully grown in most parts parta of the united states and in a few parts of canada in many essentials and in feeding value alfalfa resembles the clovers and as these are so generally known its characteristics will bo be perhaps best brought out by comparison |