GROWING ALFALFA SEED. 465 



The four-row beet cultivator, with its weeding knives and other 

 attachments, is an ideal tool for cultivating the crop. A four-row 

 drill adapted to sowing alfalfa seed is needed to complete the 

 equipment, but the ordinary beet drill, with the addition of an 

 alfalfa or grass seeder attachment, can be modified to suit the 

 work. The seed should be sown shallow, not over an inch deep, 

 and good results have been secured with the common garden drill 

 by marking out the ground with the rows gauged in sets of four, 

 to correspond to the four-row cultivator. 



Where there is an opportunity to use irrigation or flood water, 

 tne field should be ditched in every other row, and the furrows 

 "logged out" with a sled made of short logs, 8 to 10 inches in di- 

 ameter, and from 3 to 4 feet long, spaced to fit two furrows, so 

 that the water may be run through as quickly as possible, for the 

 alfalfa crop for seed will need as little water as can be applied. 

 A short rush of water after a sudden shower can be delivered 

 over considerable ground if the field is properly ditched. 



