CONTENTS 



PAGES 



ALFALFA CRITICISMS ANSWERED 3-7 



Inoculated with right ideas blue grass troubles alfalfa in 

 the rotation. 



ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST ALFALFA 8-19 



Objections and benefits alfalfa vs. timothy vs. clover 

 roots and nodules a weed fighter Canada thistles feed- 

 ing value and soil enrichment. 



LIME WHAT ALFALFA NEEDS MOST 20-27 



Oldest alfalfa growing sections liming, how, when, where 

 and why kinds to buy content and requirements of al- 

 falfa litmus paper and Truog soil acidity tests. 



INOCULATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN MANURE. 28-32 

 Inoculation how, when, where and why not always nec- 

 essary nodules a sure indication of glue method, cultures, 

 sweet clover and alfalfa soil by mixing alfalfa with grass 

 seed. 



GETTING STARTED WITH ALFALFA 33-45 



Time, place and amount to sow eight inch rule danger of 

 late summer seeding soils and subsoils for alfalfa rolling 

 sandy soils. 



GETTING A GOOD STAND 46-51 



Seeding a la Jack Frost on frozen ground alone after grain 

 harvest after early potatoes or canning peas with good 

 and bad nurse crops avoid soil washing, clipping and man- 

 uring new seedings. 



WINTERKILLING AND ITS REMEDIES 52-56 



How to prevent clover vs. alfalfa caused by late fall cut- 

 ting and pasturing Grimm, Cossack, Baltic, Turkestan var- 

 ieties. 



ALFALFAS THAT DO AND DO NOT WINTERKILL . . . .57-62 

 Winterkilling, causes of early- to-bed and early ~to-rise al- 

 falfas new seedings of common hardy variegated alfalfas. 



TRANSPLANTING ALFALFA 63-64 



Effect on roots and crowns plant comparisons not always 

 reliable fails in test Cossack vs. Grimm. 



WHEN TO CUT ALFALFA 65-68 



Cutting first crop at right stage late fall cutting danger- 

 ous leaf spot disease cutting too early and too late. 



ALFALFA HAYING AND THE WEATHER 69-74 



Curing in rainy weather curing in swath, windrow, and 

 cocks haying with side delivery and sweep rakes hay 

 loaders heating in mow spontaneous combustion green 

 and brown cures. 



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