as a beginning, on dry, pervious soil, where it is dry and firm in 

 winter, apply manure liberally, plow deep in early spring, work 

 down to a good tilth and sow one or two bushels of spring beardless 

 barley to the acre and 15 pounds of alfalfa seed. Cover the seed 

 lightly. Roll it if not too moist. Cut the barley for hay or grain 

 and mow the alfalfa close once or twice that summer after the bar- 

 ley is taken off. Keep all stock off during cold or wet weather, in 

 fact keep them off at all times for the first two years. You will now 

 have a set of alfalfa that will give you from three to eight tons per 

 acre the second year and for many years thereafter. Mow the al- 

 falfa as soon as bloom appears in the spring and at intervals of about 

 thirty-five days thereafter. And sow another acre or two as you 

 get the manure and the experience. Woodland Farm begun ten 

 years ago with an acre and now cuts near 250 tons yearly besides 

 pasturing a good deal. 



There is absolutely no danger in feeding alfalfa hay but there is 

 need of care in pasturing green alfalfa. The danger comes from 

 bloat and that is the result of indigestion, caused by the animals eat- 

 ing too greedily of the delicious green feed. We let the alfalfa grow 

 up about twelve inches tall, then when the sheep are full of green 

 grass and at about ten o'clock, when the sun is warm, turn them 

 into the alfalfa. They remain there constantly except that they 

 come to the barn to shade during the heat of the day. They go back 

 as soon as they care to graze. Treated in this way we have had no 

 loss from bloat but have had magnificent results in development of 

 our young sheep. CAUTION. After frost alfalfa should never be 

 grazed as it is apt to cause indigestion and death. There is no crop 

 that will return so much feeding value per acre as alfalfa, if you are 

 on alfalfa land, or will take the trouble to make your land alfalfa land. 

 If your land is deficient in lime it should be well limed AFTER it has 

 been well manured, lime alone will not make alfalfa land of it. If 

 it is based on shale, close to the surface, it may not pay to sow al- 

 falfa which roots quite deep. 



RFD CLOVER. 



What will secure a stand of alfalfa will also secure a stand of 

 red clover though as it is a bi-ennial it need not be expected to re- 



