190 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
thing with wood ashes that man can not imitate very 
well. The writer has secured splendid results from 
use of wood ashes on soils that did not seem to need 
potash. I advise that all wood ashes be saved with 
care and whenever there is a saw mill or any other 
wood-burning furnace nearby the ashes should be 
secured and applied to alfalfa land. Wood ashes 
are applied in varying amounts, from 500 lbs. to one ° 
ton per acre, 
