Show value of alfalfa in crop rotation plants supreme importance to farm shown by experiments farmers and stock growers all over tho the west are finding alfalfa mo more re and more important la in their farming operations alfalfa fills an important place in western systems of crop rotation it Is without a superior as a protein supplying roughage tor for live stock and it helps in solving the problem of equal distribution of farm labor with these states ments john N spencer in ch charge arge of seed registration and T G stewart extension agronomist at the colorado agricultural college open their bulletin on alfalfa seed production unlike many other crops they continue there Is at present no overproduction of alfalfa seed among the hardy bardy variegated varieties them Is an actual shortage of seed stocks the united states department of agriculture reports importations of alfalfa seed amounting to pounds for or 1030 approximately 21 poun pounds 0 of alfalfa seed are used each 5 year t in n colorado with less than pounds being produced if alfalfa plants fail to set seed it Is pointed out the farmer still has a hay or pasture re crop left and some returns will be secured from tho the field it Is possible to determine the extent of the seed set in ample time to cut a normal crop should the set of seed appear insufficient there are many places in the state whey where seed can be produced with reasonable re regularity regu larit and with good average profits over a period of years |