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even then at work ; and that Nos. 6 and 7 

 would be fitted for alfalfa by the end of the 

 week. He added that the seed ought to be sown 

 as soon thereafter as possible and that a liberal 

 dressing of commercial fertilizer should be sown 

 before the seed was harrowed in. 



" I have ordered five tons of fertilizer," I said, 

 " and it ought to be here this week. Sow four 

 bags to the acre." 



" Four bags, eight hundred pounds ; that's 

 pretty expensive. Costs, I suppose, $35 to $40 a 

 ton." 



No; $24." 



How's that ? " 



Friend at court ; factory price ; $120 for five 

 tons ; $5 freight, making in all $125. We must 

 use at least eight hundred pounds this fall and 

 five hundred in the spring. Alfalfa is an experi- 

 ment, and we must give it a show." 



Never saw anything done with alfalfa in this 

 region, but they never took no pains with it," 

 said Thompson. 



"I hope it will grow for us, for it is great 

 forage if properly managed. The seed will be 

 out this week, and you had best sow it on 

 Monday, the 2d." 



" How are you going to seed the north forty ? " 



"Timothy, red top, and blue grass; heavy 

 seeding, to get rid of the weeds. These lots will 

 all be used as stock lots. Small ones, you think, 

 but we will depend almost entirely upon soiling. 



