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Show c ALFALFA ON DRY LAND Many Failures Are Due to Poor Preparation of the Soil. Experience of Farmer Who Started Right Will Be Found of Interest to Many Plant Will Not Grow Very Tall Flrat Season. tfty PIIII.O K. Hl.l.NN. Alfalfa Bpartal-Int. Bpartal-Int. Hoeky Kurd, Colo ) There Is a wide Interest to Information Informa-tion for growing alfalfa on dr land, and many attempts to seed alfalfa are made each year, but with almost as many failures. Quite often, due te poor preparation of the soil beforehand before-hand and trying the ordinary thick sending method which over pastures the aoll moisture, the result Is a failure, fail-ure, but there are, however, successful success-ful attempts In growing alfalfa on dry land. The experience of a dry Und farm-er farm-er who started right will be rf Interest Inter-est to many who are thinking of trying try-ing to seed alfalfa. February 9. 1912, Mr. K. E. Hess of Deer Trail, Colo., addressed an Inquiry In-quiry to the Colorado experiment station, sta-tion, which set forth the following: "I am living on a homestead eight and one-half miles southwest of Deer Trail, have farmed part of my claim for three years. One plere of about one and a quarter acres bas btxt deeply plowed and well cultivated. I Intend to plant It to Grimm's alfalfa In the aprlng; will plant In rows 43 Inches apart and cultivate for the purpose of ratling seed. Where can I buy the Orlmm seed, and how much will I need? "My land is not Irrigated, the attitude atti-tude about 6.300, the soil clay loam, originally covered with buffalo sod." The above Inquiry was answered as fully as possible by letter, advising that from description his deeply plow-ad plow-ad piece would b safe to try alfalfa on, and that his plan outlined should give success. Under date of Feb. 2, 1913. Mr. Hess again writes, as follows: "After receiving your letter I do- 1 eldtd to try Ilaltlc alfalfa, as you 1 seem to think It equally good for bay and better yield than the Grimm. ' "I bought two and one half pounda i of the Ilaltlc alfalfa aeed and. after ' disking the 114 acre piece aeveral 1 tlms and harrowing It twice, on May l 18, In the evening, I sowed In rows 3 feet 8 Inches apart, using about 14 1 pounds per acre. I used a garden 1 drill to seed It, and on the morning of May 23, less than five days, the at- i falfa was up thick. "I clipped It July 12, when It varied from 6 to 9 Inches high, and again August IS It was clipped, averaging 1 a Utile taller than the first time it 1 was clipped. The alfalfa made a nice growth until the ground froze up solid. 1 was surprised that It grew I so Ute In the season and during such l unfavorable weather. , "The clippings were leK on the,i ground for a mulch, and. although I did not .cultivate last season the ' gronnd did not crust over but re- f malned loose, which I suppose wss due to the deep plowing I gave It the veaf before. t "I am glad you advised me to plant t the Ilaltlc. I know It will do well 1 next season because It la deeply root- ed aid there are several feet of mols- t ture to keep ft growing. t "From what I saw here, I came to t the conclusion of the following ' points: v "First. Alfalfa will not grow very t tall the first season. a "Hecond. Alfalfa requires deep 1 plowing and thorough preparation of h (be aeed bed. d "Third. Each plant requires plenty of room to grow well." a r; Uae Superior Boar. n The Influence of prepotent sires In b all kinds of live stock Is a subject 0 that confronts every farmer, and thla applies with great force to swine. c The boar represents one-half of your herd. A superior Itar Is the only u kind thst should be used. Yoked t! with ordinary sows you will get good " reaults, but an Inferior boar cos pled u with Inferior sows brings disastrous 0 reaults. The rsialng and lowering " the standard of all kinds of live stock depends largely upon the sire. . A |