Show GROW ALFALFA ON DRY LAND numerous cases where abundant abunda nt crop secured on sandy and clay lands land a selecting seed J T B E payne who Is a graduate ot the kansas agricultural college and who for the past fourteen years has haa been in charge of the dry farming ex pediment perl peri ment station of eastern colorado advises that he has fotna nu berous cases in which alfalfa is doing well on the uplands of eastern colo rio r io lo and western kansas one case Is quoted whore where one man in that section has acres acrea of 0 alfalfa which was wao vown sown on sandy land two years ago and Is now doing well although the first seeding was laid on freshly broken sod which had been fined down with a disk harrow other ot he r fields in the same county are reported which are growing on clay land and this shows that alfalfa will thrive on either type of soil provided a proper selection of seed has been made and the ground well prepared in regard to the prep preparation aratin of the seed bed professor payne says the men who have succeeded best beat with w ith alfalfa have prepared their land welland well and then seeded it when an aall lant supply of moisture was present some have sown with success as lato isto as august 1 upon land which had bad been plowed early and kept kep t free from weeds until the time of seeding with perfect germination and perfect soil boll bondt conditions one pound of alfalfa seed will produce enough plants to cover an acre of land but many have recommended fifteen to twenty pounds an acre the amounts sown which have given the best results on dry I 1 land and have been from three to ten pounds per acre ano and it is possible that from five to ten pounds of good seed will give better results than larger quantities because all extra alfalfa plants not needed are weeds which weaken the plants that survive the competition |