222 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 



it leaves the alfalfa a little thin on the ground after 

 the clover has died out, but I have not tried it more 

 than once or twice. 



Alsike Clover and Alfalfa. These sow well to- 

 gether and make wonderful forage either for soiling, 

 feeding off for pasturage or for hay. It is best, of 

 course, to call it an alsike field and treat it as though 

 no alfalfa were sown in it, since the alfalfa is much 

 more permanent than the alsike. Alsike, however, is 

 in some soils more permanent than red clover and 

 will sometimes last as long as four or five years. It 

 does not cut more than one, or at most two, crops of 

 hay in a year. Some of the loveliest pasturage the 

 writer has ever seen has been a mixture of alsike 

 clover, alfalfa and smooth brome grass. 



