Show ALFALFA AS A FORAGE CROP most valuable of deep rooted le aumea and la Is long lived under the tha best of conditions alfalfa Is an exceptionally exception all deep rooted legume and under tho the best conditions it Is long lived like other legumes it has the capacity under tho the right conditions of assimilating nitrogen from the atmosphere but until the tha root system and the nodules m which it bears are well vell developed its growth la Is greata promoted by the tha presence ot of readily nl ni trogen in the soil it Is without doubt one ot of the most valuable forage plants known to man it has long been cul ani in various parts of asia and europe whence it was nas brought to mexico by the spaniards mho tool it v ith them to california and tho the semiarid semi arid portions ot of our sout southeast hest em states elates during the last fifteen or twenty years its culture has been steadily pushed eastward and it is now successfully grown gron in most parts of the tha united states and in a few parts of 0 canada in many essentials and in feeding value alue alfalfa lesem bles the cloi cloers ers and as these are so io generally known its characteristics will bo be perhaps best brought out by comparison |