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face soil from a field on which alfalfa Has been raised, and 

 scattering it at the rate of one hundred to five hundred 

 pounds to the acre over the field to be sown. 



An alfalfa plant several years old. 

 system and the size of the plant. 



Note the generous root 



Similar results can be had by gathering soil in which 

 sweet clover so commonly found along the roadsides has 



