Show y about alfalfa IV ithe tho i the mouth of march in most portions of thia this state all things is th the best time me to sow alfalfa seed if sow sown nir in the fall BO so as to gome dome come up after the first rains and ana the winter is i s favorable with but little frost an advantage for or rea the next summer will be becu secured in in one particular a greater growth but this advantage will under most favorable circumstances be counteracted to a certain extent by tho the more vigorous growth of a jarger quantity and greater variety of weeds I 1 thoe who sowed bowed their s seed beed edfast last tali foil may man mau many 17 efthem 1 nn to their thir advantage 17 ey fo fio nom now n bw we ha have havo ve not personally examined any fields sovan last fall I 1 but from the fact that we had in december and aud january a long spell of frosty nights and cold weather wo we conclude that a great amany of the th email emali emall dinall plants are killed gut out and afao weeds hawl bawl doubt les ies less leis lei s filled their places if the stand of clover is too thiu thlu thin and weeds aie are think and luxuriant the best plan is to and reseed but if there is halt half a stand and the surface of thOl soll is not too top hard and too weedy then the better plan will be ld to sow directly on the present surface and board it in with a heavy board abard while this mode made of covering 41 iiii will generally cover the seed deep enough en ugh it will not do much injury to the stand already alread y set but on the contrary will be a benefit to it by pulverizing the surface of the soll soil alfalfa soun sown in this month generally escapes serious injury bobi rom frost and coming on rapidly gets the start of weeds and consequently ly makes a better stand than that planted in the fall or later in the spring MOW some recommend pasturing a alfalfa the first year to make it stool bet better boutwe but we do not concur in this vie ile view antior and for this rea reason sort if stock of any kind be turned into a field of and tender alfalfa they will eat it greedily cutting it off too close clese to the ground while th they will not interfere with the wel wea weeds ets with which it is ii struggling 0 for the ascendancy this gives the weeds the start 0 of the young plants and between ther the stock and the weeds even a good stand of alfalfa will most likely be greatly injured and damaged if not mined ruined the better plan is to mow both weeds and alfalfa as soon as it has a growth of four or nive five inches this will secure the same advantage as to spooling sto oling and will at least give the alfalfa an equal show with the weeds it will in fact give it the advantage over the weeds for the reason on that alfalfa will vill start out quicker after being cut ont off than most any variety of weeds and will thus be able to get the start of them and from the nature of the plant throwing down a tap root and drawing its nourishment from below where the roots of the weeds penetrate will keep the ilie advantage thus secured oal CAL CAUTION illo itro 1710 at sometimes the hot sun will wilt wiit and injure the young plants if ai ali all ewed owed to fall directly upon the stub ble blo after mowing to prevent this it is better to allow the weed tops and clover thus cut off to as they nali fall over the blade of the mower if not too heavy they should not be raked up at all the shade 1 1 thus made will gradually avoy less as these weeds are dried in iti the tiie sun eun and as the young alfalfa becomes able to bear it without injury if managed in this way on good soil two crops of 0 r hay 11 Y may generally be el secured ti the to first season the time to pasture to make the alfalfa stool is the following inc spring when if the tilo stand is n not at thick enough a real advantage in this respect may be secured secured ITS ENEMIES tho the go chief enemies to alfalfa are anre standing waterland wat water erand and gophers the former does ius its chief injury on the river bottoms though sometimes is very injurious in low un draine d plages places even on the up or back lands the gopher on the other hand is 15 most ida injurious urious on the table lands not subject to overflow standing water whether on we ane surface or near it rots onn off the thi root of the alfalfa and thus kills it by degrees de krees even the water where the lands are well ni ill frequently do great injury to alfalfa nied fied especially ly if the rivers are high noid aaa the takes place late lato in the season F hemon bemon SP mon the gophers gnaw and eat cat the roots toots leaving th the tho 0 top to ivila and die when the clover has been thinned out by either cause it i is very difficult to bring it up to r required thickness by sewing seed on the tho surface for the reason that the old plants shade the young ones antl anil kill them out before they are able to cope with the old under such circumstances the hay an alfalfa field may be be helped very materially by sowing wild oats or even barley barlet on the surface and add dragging it in with a heavy harrow this plan may be followed for a year or two or until it is best to and reseed the hay produced aced from this mixture is of the best quality and commands the highest price in the markets sacramento record union Roche noche forts lantern still glimmers in london but is nearly burned out mansfield conn has hm one teacher who has been at the same school for chitty thirty one years and another one who has occupied his post for forty nine winters on the boulevard montmartre blont mart re and Poisson lerey paris persons pass every eabry minute throughout the day nearly half a million persons from morning till night AL bosquin ln singing ginging in favorita at the faris paris paris opera house barely escaped being killed in the presence of the audience by the sudden fall from its fastenings fas of df the enormous drop cur eur curtain min win which weighs over p pounds |