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Show SET ALFALFA BY MACHINERY Experiments Made in Transplanting by Use of Machine Used for Tobacco and Tomatoes. Prof. H. A. Hansen of North Dakota, who has introduced many hardy plants from Siberia for the department depart-ment of agriculture, among them hardy strains of alfalfa, has been experimenting ex-perimenting in transplanting the latter lat-ter with a machine, using one employed em-ployed for tobacco, cabbage, cauliflower cauli-flower and tomatoes. At five points in the state he set the plants at the rate of 6,000 an hour. At other points he set them with a plow. He thinks this will do away with dodder and Injury In-jury from disking. Some of the Russian Rus-sian alfalfa plants when given room in the garden had 500 shoots from one crown. Over 1.200 farmers are cooperating co-operating with Professor Hansen and many reports are coming in showing their remarkable resistance to the drought of last year. |