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Show BEST RESULTS WITH ALTALFA Secured by Early Sprlnc plowing With Drill on Land Previously Put In Good Condition. The young nlfulfti plant l aa tender and uVllcnte as the woll t'Htub!lhh-d plant Ih mroi.K and hardy, ho t hut hlU It la norensary to Iuivp the1 land In exci'llent tilth and all other conditions condi-tions favoriible for HtartltiR thin crop, a w II KtabliHbi'd tleld may be bar-rowed bar-rowed and dixked, and nomtlnn" even plowed without doHtroyltiK or even Injuring tbo phmtH, wrltoK Carl St botleld in the Denver Field and Farm. In fact. Fiirfaeo cultivation when the plants an neatly or quite) dormant, an In ttn early pprliiR. neeniH to actually lmprovi the Btand and invigorate the K'"wth. The best iihiilts with alfalfa on dry I.uiiIh arc eccurcd by early uprliiK fowlnt: with a drill on laud that ban Ik en previously put in excellent con-iliticn con-iliticn of tilth. The need Is usually Kcmii without a tiurso crni and the laud s!k uld be iim free from weeds as pi.M-ible. fur wbe" the al!,ilfa plants an- joiiIik thev may !m ent lly Itiluicd bv ttri'i!:! lluilir the first summer tl.o now al(:Ul: V needs tin attention atten-tion eveet po.;ilily a clipplnR ttitll a nioer kc( bieli to i ul any r..nh weeds that may I :ive started and to eut Im k the taller alfalfa plants. This mow Irn s ii' iiaTy left en the ("round to form a mulch. The Fccond sum mer the alfalfa field Is In full bearfu; and may bo nil otue fur :t bay crop and If conditions are favorable rnom'h second growth will be made to Kivt it lil;t crop. When Heed production Is the nllll ftf alfalfa Kro-.vlnn, a Hpbt bay croj) Is usually cut very early, befoif the plants ire In bloom ami the second crop Is then tin' larger and sets peed freely. With alfalfa need at its present pres-ent price, seed production on the dry lands Is much more profitable than the bay crop unless hay Is very Hcnrce and hluli priced. After the second year a Held may be disked nnd harrowed har-rowed with Impunity without Injuring the plants, so that It Is mitte possible to materially aid In the conservation of soil moisture nnd alfalfa fields even If the ground Is thickly covered with plants. It I as been found profltablo to how alfalfa In rows and cultivate It from lime to time and even to grow a wheat crop in alternate yearn without with-out Inhiriug the alfalfa, which would yield fair crops of bay tlnririt: the nl-ternate nl-ternate years. It Is reasonable to believe be-lieve that good results will follow attempts to grow alfalfa as an Inter-tilled Inter-tilled crop. |