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Show Clipping Alfalfa Spring-seeded alfalfa often makes enough growth to warrant clipping in the latter part of August. The clipping clip-ping should be low enough to kill the weeds and remove the stubble of the nurse crop. The fall growth of the alfalfa will come from the crowns and not from the clipped stems, so little damage is done. The hay crop the following fol-lowing year will be of higher quality if the weeds and debris are removed in the fall. Many growers, however, prefer pre-fer to pasture the fall growth rather than clip it off. Clipping should not he done late, in the season, as winterkilling winter-killing may follow. Prairie Farmer. |