. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). 732 Grasses and Leguminous Crops in New York We became convinced that in order to grow alfalfa upon heavy soils we must use the spreading-root varieties, the seed of which was very scarce and expensive. In order to facilitate the gTowing of alfalfa on the hardpan volusia silt soils, our railroad in 1913 distributed a small amount of seed to each of about fifty farmers that owned hardpan land and were anxious to grow alfalfa. For this purpose the Grimm alfalfa was selected, Fig. 675, showing. Fig. 677.—"
. Annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture ... Agriculture -- New York (State). 732 Grasses and Leguminous Crops in New York We became convinced that in order to grow alfalfa upon heavy soils we must use the spreading-root varieties, the seed of which was very scarce and expensive. In order to facilitate the gTowing of alfalfa on the hardpan volusia silt soils, our railroad in 1913 distributed a small amount of seed to each of about fifty farmers that owned hardpan land and were anxious to grow alfalfa. For this purpose the Grimm alfalfa was selected, Fig. 675, showing. Fig. 677.—" Lehigh " Alfalfa. A Falcata Vabiety, from a Plant Found ON Right-of-way of the Railroad. a typical two-year-old Grimm plant with the spreading root, which holds it in hardpan soils. This seed was to be put out in plats twenty-eight inches apart, for the purpose of producing seed. Without an exception, these plats were successful; although put out under most adverse conditions, there was no report that there was any considerable heaving in any one of them. In several cases most successful crops of seed were taken, sufficient in at least four cases to seed ten acres. In addition to this some of our. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York (State). Dept. of Agriculture; New York State Agricultural Experiment Station; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Albany : State of New York, Dept. of Agriculture
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