. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . alfa growers whoconsider 15 pounds sufficient. Broadcast seeding isgenerally considered safer than drilling, owing tothe danger of the young plants being covered in thedrill rows by heavy rains washing the dirt in. Afterbroadcasting the seed, cover with a harrow. If apoor stand is obtained or if it kills out in spots,parts of the field may be disked early in the springand resown, the seeds being covered with a smooth-ing harrow. Spring seeding is generally practiced, sowing theseed as soon as the soil can be worked. 388 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDI
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . alfa growers whoconsider 15 pounds sufficient. Broadcast seeding isgenerally considered safer than drilling, owing tothe danger of the young plants being covered in thedrill rows by heavy rains washing the dirt in. Afterbroadcasting the seed, cover with a harrow. If apoor stand is obtained or if it kills out in spots,parts of the field may be disked early in the springand resown, the seeds being covered with a smooth-ing harrow. Spring seeding is generally practiced, sowing theseed as soon as the soil can be worked. 388 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. Fall seeding, however, is coming rapidly into fa-vor, since the use of the land is not lost during aAvhole season, and it is not necessary to go to theexpense of keeping down weeds. The greatest ob-jection to fall seeding is the fact that falls are oftentoo dry to insure a good growth. The seed shouldbe sown at least six or eight weeks before killingfrost. Care.—If spring sown, it will be necessary tokeep weeds down the first year by cutting. Alfalfa. Showing advantage of early fall sowing. Beginning onthe left of the picture the seed was sown August 19, Septem-ber ir> and October 1. respectively. All were dug up April the following spring. with the mowing machine, setting the cutter barfour or five inches high. Do this whenever theweeds threaten to destroy the alfalfa, which theycan easily do. Repeat as often as necessary. Ifthere is much trash after cutting, rake it up and haulit ofif. Do not pasture the first year. Appendix. 389 Cutting for Hay.—The second year two to fourcrops of hay should be secured. The proper timeto cut is when about one-tenth to one-fifth of theplants are in bloom. Much more hay will be se-cured during the season by cutting at this timethan later, and it will be of better quality. The seed crop is generally taken from the sec-ond or third cutting. It takes rather dry weatherto cause the plant to set seed. For that reasonit seldom produ
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