Show suggestion ON ALFALFA GIVEN alfalfa seed should be grown from superior varl varieties kies and strains of alfalfa according to circular no 97 growing alfalfa seed which has just been issued by tile the utah agricultural experiment station this circular reports some of tare work of 0 john W carlson assistant field agronomist and superintendent of the uintah basin alfalfa seed experiment peri ment farm alfalfa seed growing I 1 is large ty ly an opportunity for the western farmer the grower in utah can use for this purpose large reas areas a of comparatively cheap land climatic conditions are also generally favorable to the growing ot of this crop in utah and production az as a rule his has been relatively iVelY uniform from year to year in order to get gat the largest financial returns from growing alfalfa seed it is not necessary to devote tiro the entire alfalfa acreage to seed growing it is believed that too much specialization and concentta concentration con centra tion of the industry in one region may finally result in an abnormal increase in numbers of pests injurious to alfalfa A smaller acreage in each ach locality with a wider vider dispersion ot of the seed sr owing areas into all parts of the state where alfalfa seed se ed ma an be grown would probably be a safer ultimate basis tor for the industry it would then also be possible to utilize intensively the soil areas wiloh are particularly suitable to alfalfa J seed weather gri conditions condition terent localities vary ar ij fr from another and it Is 11 likely no t th complete crop fail failure r in all of 0 them in will I 1 I 1 tho sa same e mr carlson further tho the circular old and nov new w growing alfalfa seed when al alfalfa alt altai falta Is 18 gro grown acre in tor for seed production ot of alfalfa most young alfalfa productive products ire 0 ol 01 seed gr growing MOVIng and w er clipping or pasturing 0 ol 01 first growth ot of alfalfa tor for production irrigating tor far eseed production a culta alfalfa tor for seed growing method ot of harvesting tini artificial tripping and t fe B al behavior ot of the sit alt va la tl fl in relation to seed product copies of this public atlo be obtained by writing to publications tiong division of 0 the state agricultural college ex e went ment station and requests re stia cular no 97 |