Show ALFALFA AN ACCIDENT mow flow crop was established on hocking flocking county ohio farm former purchased seid seed for mammoth cover which Is 1 sown in wheat novel implement for work i ing between rows of corn uv by W A LT ayd on a certain cartr in hocking flocking coun ly ty ohio alfalfa was introduced by accident about twenty year years ago heed seed was purchased for mammoth clover which was sown on wheat in april about one half of the seed proved to bo be alfalfa which came up nicely in n the maest and was ut at the tinie time to be sweet clover ibo the plant ame on well after the wheat was 4 rv ested and upon t vc were found to be alfalfa this led to tho itie establishment of the five to elx six year rotation corn wheat followed by alfalfa for three or four yeam during all of 0 these years this method of seeding baa been uniformly successful cea cess atul ful lt year a email small field waa was seeded to alfalfa jo standing corn with good results re ulta anil thia this year about 20 acrea acres tayo bavo beun been seeded in the same way the seed Is gown after the last cult cul lva tiva tion and covered with a email small plank drag this la Is a rather covet novel homemade implement 34 inches wide and 22 inches long 1 that works between the rows of corn this dragging cottre the alfalfa nicely and leaves the ground in a fine level condition sheild this method provo prove uniformly it will talie take the place ol 01 tho the present practice of ceding seeding to in tho the wheat both ol 01 tho the above methods are being successfully followed by alfalfa growers in ohio the method of harvesting harvea the alfalfa is a also somewhat diefe ont ent from that t for covering alfalfa sown in standing corn ordinarily tao the alfalfa Is cut in tho the morning as soon as it Is dry from the dew and allowed to lie in the swath during the first day the tho second day it U Is raked up and drawn directly from frem the windrow to tho the barn or the market in thie this way excellent hay Is except tor for threatened rain no alfalfa Is ever put into the shock it la is cut three times each season the total yield being from four to six tons per acre the alfalfa je is allowed to artand three or four years after which tho the land Is plowed for or corn |