Show alfalfa needs lime no other forage crop requires much lime in the soli as does alfalfa the young are very tender and are apt to be killed by weeda during their early stages of growth alfalfa Is often killed by overflows from well drained soil 1 essen hal vell rotted barnyard manure Is the most satisfactory fertilizer aa fresh manure Is apt to carry too many weeds the time of seeding alfalfa but late summer Is usually best in the east and south while tpring ie the time in the irrigated and deml arld sections of the west and iso in the north better experiment a mall acrea jre first 4 8 |