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tion to growing it after grain lies in the fact that such 

 ground is more or less weedy, that it is frequently much 

 lacking in moisture, and that in many instances it has 

 not that completeness of fine and yet firm tilth that is 

 favorable to the growth. It succeeds much better on 

 land that has been broken for several years than on land 

 that is absolutely new, under semi-arid conditions. 



DRY LAND ALFALFA, YELLOWSTONE COUNTY, MONTANA. 

 Courtesy Northern Pacific Railway Co. 



Alfalfa may be followed by various crops. Promi- 

 nent among these are such crops as revel in a plentiful 

 supply of humus in the soil, including corn, the sor- 

 ghums, potatoes, sugar beets and other field roots, as 

 rape and millet, especially when these are planted in 

 rows and cultivated. Grain crops of the small cereals 

 are next in order. 



