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Grasses and Leguminous Crops in jN'ew York 



favor among our farmers as their principal forage crop. The 

 progi'ess in these sections has been entirely satisfactory. 



Our greatest difficulty seems to be the growing of this crop 

 on soils that naturally have a wet subsoil and heave or throw out 

 the taprooted plant during the spring of the year. Until within 

 the past few years, little attention has been given to the question 

 of alfalfa varieties in the East. The type of seed in common use 



Fig. 675. — Typical Grimm Alfalfa plant, Two Years from Seeding. 



is not true to any well-defined variety. The result of using this 

 seed indiscriminately has been a total failure of the crop in many 

 sections, due largely to heaving. 



Fig. 6Y4 shows eight yearling plants taken from a field seeded 

 with the so-called common variety. It will be noted that five of 



