ALFALFA IN ALGERIA. 



In France and Algeria, according tO' Bulletin 33 of 

 Gouvernement General Do L 'Algeria, deep plowing 

 for alfalfa is urged. The soil should be stirred to a 

 depth of at least 20 inches. There alfalfa is some- 

 times drilled in rows 16" apart. The rate of seeding 

 advised for Algeria is about 16 lbs. per acre when 

 sown broadcast or 12 lbs. when sown in drills. Men- 

 tion is made of a field where the yields of ' ' f ourraige 

 frais" or green fodder, in three or four cuttings in 

 successive years made 8, 16, 22 and finally 32 tons 

 per acre. In that land they have learned the need 

 of lime and recommend large amounts, also of phos- 

 phorus and advise the use of 1,000 lbs. per hectare 

 or about 400 lbs. per acre of superphosphate. 



Mention is made also of the fact that there is a 

 native race of alfalfa in the oases of the Sahara 

 desert and that alfalfa from southwestern America 

 thrives in Algeria better than seed from France. 



This bulletin states the peculiar fact that alfalfa 

 thrives in Algeria in small fields, well enriched, well 

 plowed, well cared for, but that it is not usually 

 very successful in large fields. 



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