. The Southern planter. r 5 tons to the acre, 3 1-2 acres of alfalfa cutJune 10, one ton to the acre; second cutting due July 10, thirty days from the time of the first cut-ting; think there will be at least 1 1-2 tons to theacre of dry hay second cutting; present outlook isthat it wlil pioduce a full increasing crop every 30to 35 days. 1 shall look with interest to its rise andprogress and think it will produce four crops thisseason, possibly five. I am doing the best I can toTuake it produce a large growth. I would not ad-vise every farmer brother, however, to rush intoalfalfa, but I think t
. The Southern planter. r 5 tons to the acre, 3 1-2 acres of alfalfa cutJune 10, one ton to the acre; second cutting due July 10, thirty days from the time of the first cut-ting; think there will be at least 1 1-2 tons to theacre of dry hay second cutting; present outlook isthat it wlil pioduce a full increasing crop every 30to 35 days. 1 shall look with interest to its rise andprogress and think it will produce four crops thisseason, possibly five. I am doing the best I can toTuake it produce a large growth. I would not ad-vise every farmer brother, however, to rush intoalfalfa, but I think that some of the present wastekind in this Eastern country can be utilized in theproduction of alfalfa. I personally know of thou-sands of acres of alfalfa in the arid regions that havebeen cultivated by the use of Clarks Cutaway Har-rows every third year, with a little more new seed,these fields have been thus treated for 15 years, and,to my certain knowledge, are now better than at thestart. G. M. Clabk. Higanum, MR. SANDYS HAYFIELD IN S0UTHSII5E VIRGINIA. HAY GROWING IN SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA. on my farm during the recent haying season. This Editor Southern Planter: field of twelve acres was seeded about one-half to I am sending you by to-days mail a picture taken wheat and the rest to oats in the fall of 1904. After 620 THE SlUTTHEKX PLAXTEK. [August, harvest, the land was plowed ten inches deep. Itwas then harrowed and rolled every ten or twelvedays until August 10th. I then seeded the land toTimothy, herds grass, clover, and alfalfa, twenty-five quarts to the acre, using 400 pounds of pure rawbone to the acre. I ran the drill, seeding one-halfthe seed and raw bone one way and then crossing inthe opposite direction with the other half. The laudwas then rolled botli ways with a heavy roller, leav-ing it in fine order., The seed came up well, andby cold weather the grass had covered the a manure spreader, I top dressed it duringthe winter with manure, four ton
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