. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Cornell Reading Courses PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Beverly T. Galloway, Dean COURSE FOR THE FARM, ROYAL GILKEY, Supervisor Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Ithaca, Xew York VOL. IV. No. 90 JUNE 15, 1915 FARM CROPS SERIES No. I revised ??'?is \ ALFALFA FOR NEW YORK E. G. M
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Cornell Reading Courses PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Beverly T. Galloway, Dean COURSE FOR THE FARM, ROYAL GILKEY, Supervisor Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Ithaca, Xew York VOL. IV. No. 90 JUNE 15, 1915 FARM CROPS SERIES No. I revised ??'?is \ ALFALFA FOR NEW YORK E. G. Montgomery Alfalfa is one of the oldest cultivated plants of Asia and of southern Europe. It was brought into Mexico by the S])amards during the sixteenth century. About 1854 it was introduced into California, and its culture has de- veloped rapidly since that time in all States as far east as the Missouri River. The plant has been cultivated con- tinuously for more than one hundred 3^ears in the limestone region of New York with considerable success. Al- though alfalfa was grown in New York State before its introduction into Cali- fornia, the acreage of alfalfa in this State has not shown much increase until recently. According to the Twelfth United States Census there were only 5582 acres of alfalfa in New York in 1899, against 455,000 acres in Colorado, 298,000 in California, and 267,000 in Kansas. The Thirteenth Census, how- ever, shows 35,343 acres in New York in 1909, a sixfold increase in ten years, as compared with 508,000 in Colorado, 484,000 in California, and 956,000 in Doubtless the reason for the slow ^G.—One season's growth of alfalfa development of alfalfa grovnng in New in New York; first, second, and third York' and other Eastern States is lack '^^ ^^^^ of sufficient lime and of the bacteria necessary for cultivation of the crop in practically all soils except those of certain restricted areas. This [1967]. Please note that these images are extr
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