Show EASTERN WAY OF FARMING farmere with those notions have difficulty in getting started in alfalfa the majority of the new farmers coming into our section are from the central etalea and I 1 notice that they bring with them eastern notions of farming says a writer in denver field and farm consequently in attempt ing to seed alfalfa they can not get away from the eastern idea of seed ing with a nurse crop the climatic conditions here are such as to make entirely unwise the use of eastern methods during the spring while moisture Is abundant alfalfa may ger and start ott nicely but as soon as the eoll begins to dry the nurse crop robs the legume of its moisture thereby checking its growth or kill ing it altogether then too these biks come out here with the idea that they should seed their alfalfa in august which ia the wrong time in this country t |