| Show SOW ALFALFA IN EAKLY fall all danger of Inter ferenc fron weeda la avoided plant 1 not very vigorous at start A great many people wha sow al falfa in the spring complain that th weeds take it they do in a great many instances weeds and alfalfa will not be able to occupy the sam ground one or the other must gain the upper hand in short order an the weeds are the more enduring and the harder to conquer As a consa clence the alfalfa is smothered out by them and along in the middle ol 01 the summer you hear another man proclaiming that alfalfa Is no good weeds have caused more alfalfa failures than sour lands wet soils 01 poor seedbed preparation the danged Is particularly great where the eee ing Is done in the spring every weed seed in the soil Is fighting tor air enough and warmth enough to sprout and after it sprouts it will fight tor room enough to make ita growth alfalfa Is not a particularly vigorous plant in its first few days ol 01 life and it Is the first few days that count in the growth of alfalfa versus weeds on account of the danger from in ter ference by the weed crop it Is usually better to sow alfalfa in the tall or in late summer it will be time and money saved to put in the seed in the summer fal lowing of the land stirring the soil enough to keep don each successive weed crop the soil stirring will not only get rid 0 the weeds that have come up but it will stimulate the remaining seeds that are lying in the soil to germina alon and growth in this way several successive seedlings of weeds can be disposed of and the ground left fairly clear for the summer or tall seeding of alfalfa winter or early spring plowing will go a long way toward preparing a good seedbed for the fall sowing of alfalfa it the ground needs it turn under considerable quantities of ma nure when it Is broken it lime la needed this should be spead before the plowing and turned aider so it will have a chance to thoroughly mix with and sweeten the |
