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4. Good, acclimated, northern grown seed. 



5. Good, abundant soil or seed inoculation. 



6. Do not cut too early and cure so as to save the leaves. 



A Dozen Alfalfa Don'ts. 



1. Don't sow on weedy soil. 



2. Don't sow on poorly drained soil. 



3. Don't sow a large acreage to begin with. 



4. Don't say alfalfa can't be grown in your state. 



5. Don't sow on any but a sweet, well limed soil. 



6. Don't sow on any but a well settled, well prepared seed bed. 



7. Don't fail to give ample inoculation. Both soil and seed in- 

 oculation are best. 



8. Don't pasture the first year, don't pasture v.-hen wet, don't 

 pasture off the winter covering. 



9. Don't feed alfalfa as you do hay, feed it as you do grain. 

 Alfalfa should take the place of part of your concentrates 

 and grains. 



10. Don't spend your hard earned money for protein feeds ; grow 

 alfalfa, soy beans, clovers, Canada and cow peas. 



11. Don't harvest so as to lose the leaves. Cut in the afternoon, 

 cure under hay caps or in side delivery rake windrows. 



12. Don't give up. Many prominent and successful alfalfa 

 growers succeeded after some failures. 



Who Should Grow Alfalfa ? 



1. The dairyman, for he needs alfalfa to feed his cows. 



2. The poultryman, for he needs alfalfa for his hens. 



3. The truck gardener, for he needs alfalfa for his horse and 

 cows and alfalfa does most to enrich his soil while ridding it 

 of v/eeds. 



4. The subordinate, for alfalfa does most to beautify the land- 

 scape. It is green earlier in the spring and later in the fall. 



5. The farmer with the hillside farm, for alfalfa does most to 

 conserve the soil. 



6. Every farmer, for there is probably not a farm of any size 



