Results in Growing Axfalfa in Central, New York 733 



farmers purchased the seed, even when the price was at that time 

 a dollar a pound, and seeded thisi Grimm variety as a meadow. 



Such a meadow seeded in 1913 on volusia silt soil yielded 4^4 

 tons per acre. On this meadow there was no heaving, although 

 the ordinary variety heaved out on an adjoining field. 



Fig. 676 shows the type of Baltic alfalfa, which, although 

 it has a taproot, also has heavy laterals, thus giving it a more hardy 

 growth and the ability to penetrate more deeply into the soil 

 after water. 



Fig. 677 is an interesting plant grown from a seedling found on 

 the right-of-way of our railroad. It will be noted that the root 

 is a spreading type entirely, and that the branches start beneath 

 the surface of the ground, running under the ground like a quack 

 root and appearing at some distance from the main plant. We are 

 developing this into a pasture alfalfa because, budding as it does 

 beneath the ground, there is no opportunity for the hoofs of the 

 animals to brgak the crown and so destroy it. 



With this added information in the matter of varities of alfalfa, 

 we are nowr prepared to state that alfalfa can be grown successfully 

 on any soil that does not lie under water any portion of the year 

 and that has a depth of eight inches or more above hardpan or 

 rock. 



