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Show PREPARING SEEDBED FOR ALFALFA PLANT Plant Cultivated Crop Year or Two Earlier and Keep Soil VJeW Conditioned. (By M. A. BBESON, Department of Agronomy, Ag-ronomy, Oklahoma A. and M. College, Stillwater.) In preparing the seedbed for alfalfa you should begin a year or two before you wish to seed by planting a cultl-cated cultl-cated crop, keeping the ground well-cultivated well-cultivated and free from weeds. Corn is a good crop to precede alfalfa. The critical period of alfalfa is' the first six .weeks of the life of the plant. The ground should be plowed early and deep. It should be free from weeds and as free as possible from weed seed. It should be well tilled, but firm up to the surface when seeded. Fall seeding in September without a nurse crop is considered the surest method to follow. fol-low. However, if there Is not a favorable favor-able season and sufficient moisture In the fall, you may sow at corn or cotton-planting time in the spring. From 12 to 15 pounds of seed per acre is ample am-ple if the seed is clean and strong. When it is sown with a grain drill attachment, on well-prepared seedbed, and when sown carefully and not too deep, from ten to twelve pounds of seed is quite sufficient. The seed is small and does not need to be sown too deep just so you get it into the moist dirt. |