RESULTS IN GROWING ALFALFA OBTAINED ALONG 



THE LINE OF THE LEHIGH RAILROAD IN 



CENTRAL NEW YORK 



F. R. Stevens, Geneva, N. Y. 



Agriculturist, Lehigh Valley Railroad 



During the past three years we have made strenuous efforts 

 to grow alfalfa upon that portion of the territory along our line 

 which is not naturally adapted to the taprooted variety that is in 

 common use throughout the East. All that portion of our road 

 lying west of Burdett, Schuyler County, including the A. & I. 

 Division, with the exception of a few unfavorable spots, are 

 naturally adapted to the growing of common alfalfa; in these 

 sections its use has spread decidedly and is gaining more and more 



Fig. 674. — Yearling Roots from a Field of Ordinary Alfalfa, Seeded 



Twenty Pounds Per Acre. 



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