Show ALFALFA FOR POULTRY YARDS one of best plants to furnish green food for chickens crowns are hard to kill out rby PHILO K X colorado expert ment station alfalfa Is one of 0 the best plants to furnish green food for chickens but ordin arll it soon kills out it if over pastured alfalfa croons that hane been cut off and plowed under and that haie hae taken root again are much harder to kill out as raan hae found by re heatedly peat edly grubbing out the same stool that has taken root the second time such crowns seem to put out shoots from each piece of root that is left la in the ground if the soil is in favor able condition those who desire to establish at al talta falfa in their poultry bards ards can sue aeed in this N wai a by plo plowing Ning or ing under alfalfa crowns that haie been near by early in the spring Is the best time while the cron croons ns are still dormant the crowns should be covered four to six inches deep and the soil wet viet down and kept moist and the chickens kept oft off until the aronn crowns ns hae become e established 0 alch bill be much sooner than hi by alfalfa seeding and will stand much harder pasture |