ALL ABOUT ALFALFA. 



It did not reach Colorado, where its growth ha* 

 attained a state of perfection, until 1862, when a small 

 quantity of seed was brought from Mexico by Major Jacob 

 Downing, who planted it in a dooryard in Denver, an<l 

 from whence it spread until, to-day, it covers many thou- 

 sands of acres in the Rocky Mountain region, and ex- 



FIG. 63. ALFALFA PLANT IN BLOOM. 



tends out on the great plains as far east as "the Father 

 of Waters." A single stool of the plant is honestly por- 

 trayed in Figure 63, and the illustration is not 

 exaggerated. 



Alfalfa Soils. There is a good deal of misappre- 

 hension afloat regarding this or that kind of soil being 



