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Show GROW ALFALFA ON DRY LAND Farmers Who Have Succeeded Best With Unirrigated Crop Have Carefully Prepared Soil. (By J. E. PAYNE. Colorado Agricultural College.) 1 have found several fields of alfalfa al-falfa doing well on unirrigated land In eastern Colorado. One man near Hugo, Lincoln county, has 100 acres which was sown on sandy land two years ago. When seen in May, 1910, it was looking well. This was sown upon freshly broken sod after the sod was leveled with a disk. Several other smaller fields of alfalfa al-falfa were found on sandy land near Hugo. Also some small fields were found growing on clay land in Lincoln Lin-coln and other counties. The men who had succeeded best with unirrigated alfalfa have ore-pared ore-pared their land well and then seeded it when an abundant supply of moist ure was present. Some have sown with success as late as August i; upon land which had been plowed early and kept free from weeds until the time of seeding. With perfect germination and perfect per-fect soli conditions one pound of alfalfa al-falfa seed will produce enough plants to cover an acre of land, but many have recommended 15 to 20 pound3 an acre. The amounts sown which have given the best results on dry land have been from three to ten pounds an acre. As it is possible that from five to ten pounds of good seed will give better results than larger quantities, because all extra alfalfa Plants not needed are weeds which weaken the plants that survive the competition. |