Show ALFALFA CUL CULTURE TURE Careful Thorough Ground Preparation Nece Necessary sary to Successful Growth The ground for alfalfa should bewell bo be bowell bowell well prepared before the seed Is sown Plow as deep as the organic content of the soil son will permit up to eight or orten orten orten ten Inches Then harrow There is no danger of harrowing too much Best results are obtained by plowing tho the ground in the fall Then as early Inthe in inthe inthe the spring as possible go onto the ground with a disk and disk once each week or ten ten days till all danger of frost Is over then sow the seed If It the ground has not been plowed in the tho fall it should be broken up as early in spring as it can be done Ina in ina ina a workmanlike manner Harrow frequently fre free frequently till the the- weather Is warm enough for the seed to be planted Do Donot Donot Donot not sow BOW with a nurse crop Best results results re re- suits are attended with sowing alone and in case the weeds get the start of the young alfalfa clip with a mow mow- er After Arter on one or two clippings the alfalfa will be tall tail talland and vigorous enough to outgrow w the he weeds if a nurse crop is sown It will take too much moisture from the ground so that the alfalfa Is injured thereby The Tho farmer never cuts the nurse urse tillIt till tillit tillit it Is ripe no matter how much of an injury it does to the tender alfalfa If It sowed without a nurse a crop of hay may be bo cut the first year |