190 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 



thing with wood ashes that man can not imitate very 

 well. The writer has secured splendid results from 

 use of wood ashes on soils that did not seem to need 

 potas'h. I advise that all wood ashes be saved with 

 care and whenever there is a saw mill or any other 

 wood-burning furnace nearby the ashes should be 

 secured and applied to alfalfa land. Wood ashes 

 are applied in varying amounts, from 500 Ibs. to one 

 ton per acre. 



