Show arill ta lid all annb ST boic how to start alfalfa 81 it F I 1 havy thought that it might be helpful to memo to gle in ilk this tills on if lection ne homo suggestions with rL rif ferent eremo 0 to if tor bland of llna this nioba v valuable able forage pi phit biot tho i period of alfalfa in is flit first few fem of its growth mid intelligently intelli gentl during thia time the tire pianist tho acorin it coni complete pleto the tile to cointe to be lit lured are first it pt aft t stand ue of and mill second 1 a unchecked growth of thu the plants until alad for the the first time atair which they will mill rt require quiro simply ordinary are tare alfalfa plants will not ir if email small with out injury irrigation at thia this stage destros de a it portion of tile plants and find nearly alwa always s diecks thi ir crowth h an and I 1 C causes 8 thein them to turn yellow find 8 shed lph their leaven properly managed alfalfa will sill yield beld two cutting the first tar lar if not it later than the of may and the two cuttings cutting will aggregate perhaps pt if ton and a half to the acre from the second year onward it will yield fully six tone tons of hay ila per are atre in fit cuttings cuttin pa the tile following is the method pur huttl by the v riter on u hesper fonn furin with unfailing first alie ground waa was pro partI b a deap full fall flossing pl or if plow 1119 o 0 wn i lone in fit the spring the plow mas followed up b closel 11 with fill th thu harrow and fill lio float oat made matte of planks pl anba tl at atri et coni coln ini nution of the tile soil mas before it hardened byxbe by the sun suit the grader was then set get to work and all inequalities were corrected as fi tins this could bo be dona done by the eye e after which the ditches were run and thu tile land waa irrigated the tile object of irrigating at tit ins tills stage was two fold first it ri sealed se aled tiny spots which had not ili 1 t it entirely ul brought to grade tind find d perlia so liow how the distribution trib ution ot oi tin flit ditt liefl might bo be unproved improve tha high spot spots wire alro then worked down find the tile waa was then dien at tit such aa might ba be necessary to irrigate the dry spot spots beLond ly flooding at tit this sargo of tile work mork furnished furnis lied the tarth with it fund of not only tu to in sure prompt ami anti complete gt rini nali li if but also to IP cot p 1 tha 11 ni vigorous ig orous until ton tell or twelve aiu hes high when whelk they cre sufficiently bently narong to bear irrigation without As eoon soon after the preliminary irrigation the ground would admit tile peed seed was sown nt tit the tile rate of twenty pounds to acre with a grain drill being run down the tile spouts instead of sown broadcast by y the tile steller attachment the object in ill sowing with a drill la is to get the seel pee I 1 in tit deep enough but great rare care must be exercised with ilia drill not to att f t it too deep another advantage gained by irrigating 9 ting before seeding I 1 is that it the earth su so that the depth of the tile drill can call ho lie more easily regulated two inches va about right and anti the drill should bo be fin im nic nie diatel followed folio red by ill tho flost tu to fill up tho the drill drift marks and tile surface alfalfa put in in with strict adlien ence to tina this method will nar nary katucs aside never fail of a perfect stand and of a if healthy growth from tile start and its sub irrigation and care will be a I 1 estive pleasure to sto me ihie this method of laying land to alfalfa will perhaps seem to involve too much trouble but it ie is tn live labor waste and annoyance at every turn lit the oubre subsequent anen I 1 mai mat ligen lent of tho the meadow that this method is earnestly becom mended I 1 have grader graders to sell an l so perhaps per hape can hardly expect lo 10 bo be credited with speaking die dis hiter interestedly estay but if I 1 had not t ex Per ienco would still compel in 0 to the thia opinion that to seed land to alfalfa un unless 1 ess a absolutely I 1 unavoidable la is oily folly and aj 1114 before it cools no more than to irrl i irrigate ga after seeding and possesses mant mani fold advantages chief among which its already stated are that it insured completo germination of the seed and vigorous tig growth of the tender p planta lants through the critical period of their life to sow nw broad cart to toy r it with the harrow barrow to dup eliI upon the baini to bring it up and to carr barq it forward to sufficient maturity tot to it to irrigation with out it injury ili 11 at fit least I 1 ti court fail un life partial or 1111 pit tf to four 3 out nf if every tn tit 1 lit if bronil taut ast bitet inight JW 1 dolif wine lit lie ustel fur for touring tring mill 11 bury tho seed simil it of dp for vor af bied pt r niru should 14 I 1 util d in I 1 it st od ild ing it to a it filfli lit flit aini should lie be to it tit nii ni ut t i and uniform stand of plant plants 1 I hii hi i produces a ha lin ahn h for attractive kiefs u mid 1110 buding nehie ii ansur tur gasrul pass I 1 hut tilt it tilt 14 thin the stalks A ill lit 1 4 MIS fold HIP tile quality t t f tin flit haj lin so inton interi or r iii ii i t hive give the tilt I if f und nd ay deiy iy unfavorable sit 1 if iiii tile biml sabuo of alfalfa tn ili ing ground to alfairan nothing pays 1 so ni ili s and this is ii title of farmin in I 1 if go fit rid salve for tree wounds treo trun ining is ni fit order and ciany largo gimbi will lie 10 cut oil no tillo illI lw io left but lie tile tilt lut should lit 6 inside clone clohe to fo tin tho trunk and nd flit mound should iw ito hinitt 1 I ne at booti ns as it hns has st boned for if fpm fe weela ifft to icay I cay ill the tile ft eather it m ill boon soon adinie wall r to the latart of flip trip rapid atilt beit iiii fol follows lom no preparation ii 14 so cheap to liu bu and appl and bjone anoro hull than good abito hito or nd it had ail and oil A ur it tie ie mineral paint iii liny ay iy bout bo hittl if make tile p nut 11 irdi r abu no iio boine bome make the tile mistake of punting thu tile wound as soon ag it is ninde banit anti oil cannot adhere to a wit surface but will peel oft 1 or will mill lit itt sap anti water sinter benrath it V vr r scon lie tile IH thero there will mill bo no ill effects cu ets from sucu use IF of gallit good feeding pays statistic o 0 gio ft mid ille that liea ft tiling in tile 1 dur I ur pa ads S hilo filly oa 01 full ration will h ample nutriment for tho tile cows coms those low in ili orga organic ilic inetter or in tit digestible do not lot luppi ninth aloe the neetch of the ilia st Bif tuii and find vio milk and buttar itt ial ditl low ION At cordino to garman it lake takes 8 88 81 to attl a att er of 1000 poun dilie 14 iines tight for fora a day lay without hie his losing bomin or haining gaining flesh tile same gyurke may niso also apply approximately to a dr it cow the sanie estimate that a cow in fit the full flow floss of milk will 1 15 1 1 pounds of dig mattar dad in lur fool food hence we wayt that atut of all the tile food a love longtime Lon IH needed to maintain her lody and it 1 VA only by folding abundantly itly abola mark lint flint can contribute to produce e a groht if berely a pittance aloe 1 ha lle inabin tt nance ration 1 is 14 4 ft do ou lan not expect to run the dairy manufacturers united it any one thing ahin manifest at ath the mm ma meeting of 0 woolen manufacturers and od other others identified avith the industry held lotse week at me hotel new now york it wa that the trae tor for tern tem pori ting with the vilon wilson bill had paired passed the meeting composed of toca ofiel shades ot of political opinion wa respect to the action blat hould should be the opinion being belag that no further tempo prizing mould be indulged Indal ped in ana that no amendments of this thi or that schedules duls should be considered cooil derel the ruling rull nr the unk spirit which pre breya led the gathering gat herinx wa wail to kill this t hie bill sa s agneil a leads quate la in iti its provisions and avid which kroml lee see to prove so 0 o to the entire woolen industry duttry In V divisions diTl stoa there may have been ba b a in the pasit this mee meelad lap disclosed the fact act that the th woolen mants fac taren to dy day at are almost a unit in their durpos the fall odthe b the proposed radical change in the tariff Is 1 realized by silt al and the only way to malic nuke d defeat e feat probe proba probable ile jle they now believe bel tere is 1 to d diehard all different es in the pre presence otence ot of an enemy which Is 1 incline I 1 to bow show them so little consideration the n betle was morota moro Tr quite noa non asia aad and it this feature that gave it can wool reporter |