Show good growth of alfalfa depends on many things careful planning Is necessary to insure a good stand and growth of alfalfa many prospective fields have been unprofitable because they were not carefully selected and planned unsuitable fields improperly prepared seedbeds too thick and nurse crops and seed are causes ot of failure that are most common alfalfa requires a good loam so soil that is well dral drained ned usually it does not do well on clay and most sand soils lack fertility to give it a good chance A soil with gravel to provide natural drainage Is desirable it Is useless to sow alfalfa on sour soils if a soil tests acid it should be heated with limestone alfalfa feeds heavily on phosphorus and potassium and as a crop oi of alfalfa Is left for three or four years scars it Is essential that the soil be well supplied with these plant foods in selecting seed get clean seed tree free from weeds the seed should have been produced in a climate as severe as where the crop Is to be grown seed produced in mild climates should not be used the seed should be secured in advance as last minute purchases may be disappointing prairie farmer |