The book of alfalfa; history, cultivation and meritsIts uses as a forage and fertilizer . e acre a day. An authority says the best plan is touse five heavy horses—three in the lead and two on theend of the beam. They can go right along and plow twoacres a day. Alfalfa roots are very tough and strong whenthe plants have attained full growth, and they give a jerkymotion to the plow, which is severe on horses cast steel plow is the best to use and if it is temperedright a file can just cut it. It can be hammered out thinat the blacksmiths shop when it becomes too thick to fileeasily.
The book of alfalfa; history, cultivation and meritsIts uses as a forage and fertilizer . e acre a day. An authority says the best plan is touse five heavy horses—three in the lead and two on theend of the beam. They can go right along and plow twoacres a day. Alfalfa roots are very tough and strong whenthe plants have attained full growth, and they give a jerkymotion to the plow, which is severe on horses cast steel plow is the best to use and if it is temperedright a file can just cut it. It can be hammered out thinat the blacksmiths shop when it becomes too thick to fileeasily. The reason for filing, rather than using thehard, thin edge as in other plowing is that the edge needsto be rough as well as thin, or the roots will slip alongthe sloping edge of the share and not be cut. It is 196 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA important that the furrow turned shall not be wider thanthe plowshare will all the time cut clean, as any mainroots that are left uncut will send up a more vigorousgrowth of stems than before, which, in another cultivatedcrop will be the same as Alfalfa Plant and Roots Showing Bacteria Nodules
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