. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 244.— Alfalfa seeds below, compared with dodder seeds above (enlarged) heavy, and the stems are coarse; and this crop is not easy to cure. Coming at a time when haying weather is not of the best, the first crop is usually cured in small cocks. The second and third crops, being lighter, with finer stems, and coming in July and late August when h
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Fig. 244.— Alfalfa seeds below, compared with dodder seeds above (enlarged) heavy, and the stems are coarse; and this crop is not easy to cure. Coming at a time when haying weather is not of the best, the first crop is usually cured in small cocks. The second and third crops, being lighter, with finer stems, and coming in July and late August when haying weather is good, are easily cured. The second and third crops are often cured in windrows and stacked or put in the mow directly, without cocking. FERTILIZER AND MANURE FOR OLD SODS No crop responds more readily to barnyard manure than does alfalfa. Whenever an estabUshed stand is not doing well — yielding less than three tons per acre — it will pay to manure. The manure should be applied during the winter. Acid phosphate has been found to give good results in certain cases. One to two hundred pounds per acre seems sufficient. Nitrogen need not be applied. ALFALFA SEED GROWING Usually the second crop, and sometimes the third crop, is used for the seed crop. Dry weather is required during the blooming period to secure a set of alfalfa seed, and July is the month when the proper weather conditions are most likely to occur. In New York, however, it is seldom that a good seed crop can be secured, and it is not to be expected oftener than once in three or four years. The seed crop is har\'ested ^'ery much as is clover seed, and as soon as cured it is threshed, either from the field or from the stack. ALFALFA ENEMIES Dodder Alfalfa fields occasionally are infested with dodder, from seed. The dodder seed germinates at about the same time as the alfalfa and in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for
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