Add to ORKGPhotograph of Widney Farm. Upland alfalfa for soil management. Alfalfa is an excellent legume for soil building and cover. Mr. William Widney uses alfalfa on Upland (III - ?) in his conservation crop rotation. This alfalfa was seeded in the fall of 1952. For a nurse crop, ½ bushel of wheat per acre was cross-drilled in wide-spaced rows (every other row drilled). Wheat realized was 20 bushels / acre. Utilization of alfalfa has been a spring hay crop, seed crop in summer and fall pasture. He has another planting of alfalfa and plans to plow this one up this fall. His plans are for the alfalfa to be in a 3-year rotation. He has been a soil conservation district cooperator since 1948. OK-279-12