| Show WATER FOR ALFALFA raa crop thrives helves best in soil of arid A and semiarid deml arld regions government bagit published p r build tin ain form of Exten cris alva 1 va investigations made ma 4 in Num berof f stated s in the gripe n 6 ai l altz alfa ar or mora than 2601 2000 ye arAgao i r 0 t 1 04 that it thrives best la in th toll 0 ell of arid odd and semiarid semi arid riona the abundant sunshine the warnitta war ard id the lp deep rich nott noil ftc throughout the western halt of 0 the untied united eem to ba a well wall bitted to its and over bialt ft a cen centuria experience elix has baa shown thai there here la 14 comparatively imie e land in the west on grown one fanda the nourishing in lil pla lit fet feet bolok sea eca layol idd inala fait thi i growth on the 8 aau AV LUIA uld plit fiN of colorado ro Colar lorado jog f 70 t higher W one fa walf val zlate I 1 eliy io forris t orn fara ar aaa AJ 11 watta faa faq t f koS Lost wo ar lecton la bk aba t the airi BV pa pari i cetha 44 bofty AS 4 do irby J covered dileep beep 1 atola 1 fth waw 1 t i p r r r ax ell R ni veto iii 0 41 ki C except favorable Tavo rable cotil ons a d oper treatment are combined even tons of cured curea bay at three cuttings ire are obtained from rom the best beat fjeldo of montana while frequently nine tons in five cuttings are harvested in call fornia this large tonnage together with ita IN high feeding value nud and tho the fact that it Is consumed by practically all farm animals makes it not only a conven convenient tEnt and useful crop to the ih grower gro but a highly profitable ono one B ell notwithstanding its present importance arid and great value in irrigation farming farm lne the profits on the area now in alfalfa can ye bo greatly increased it more care and skill are exercised in crowing it the western irrigator haa ban seldom I 1 been con able financially to dig his ditches ditcher and prepare his fleada in such buch a way as to insure the most efficient irrigation and tho the highest prot prof its tn consequence valuable water Is wastefully waste fully applied to land that Is in no fit condition to be irrigated on the largo large acreage in irrigated alfalfa this amounts to an enormous crop the rapidly increasing area devoted to its growth and the large number of farmers farin cro who tire are settling in the west and who aho will be for years dependent in a large measure on alfalfa for a livelihood would seem to warrant the collection and publication of any information designed to improve the present practice it ban baa warranted the collection and publication by the government of a great deal of very valuable information secured to in improve the present practice of irrigation tula this has haa been do done ne in farmers no and any one who to la interested in tho irrigation of alfalfa may procure one of these bulletins ree of cost by writing to samuel fortier chief of irrigation investigations united states department of agriculture washington D C |
