TIME OF SEEDING ALFALFA 



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sirable in the humid districts, particularly where alfalfa is 

 not commonly grown. Twelve to 15 pounds to the acre 

 is quite sufficient 

 throughout the 

 Rocky Mountain 

 and Pacific states. 

 A grass seed at- 

 tachment to a 

 grain drill gives 

 even distribution 

 of the seed, but is 

 a glower method 

 than the use of 

 some type of 

 broadcast seeder; 

 The seed should 

 ])e covered to a 

 depth of from 3^ 

 inch to 2 inches, 

 depending on the 

 soil and the rain- 

 fall. It should be 

 covered deeper in 

 light sandy soils 

 than in heavy 

 ones, and in dry 

 sections or in dry 

 seasons than in 

 wet ones. 



469. Time of 

 Seeding. Success 

 is most often at- 

 tained with alfalfa 

 when it is sown in the summer or early fall, rather than 

 in the spring, From the middle of June to the middle 



Figure 122. — Seeds of alfalfa and common impurl 

 ties. Seed.s at right are natural size. A, alfalfa 

 B, yellow trefoil; C, sweet clover; D, buckhorn 

 E, wild carrot; F, wild chicory; G, curled dock 

 H, large-seeded dodder; I, small-seeded dodder 

 (From Farmers' Bulletin 339.) 



