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put in proper condition and heavy freezing 

 weather is past. The young plants are not seri- 

 ously injured by a few degrees of frost. At 

 lower altitudes where the season is longer alfalfa 

 may be sown any time up to the middle of 

 August. As far north as northern Wyoming we 

 have succeeded in securing a good stand of al- 

 falfa where it was planted as late as the last of 

 August. 



SEEDING- Use a drill. Use a drill with press-wheel at- 



tachments. Do not sow broadcast unless only 

 an acre or so is planted and a drill cannot be 

 obtained. Plant the seed shallow from one- 

 half inch to two inches deep. The amount of 

 seed to use will depend upon circumstances. If 

 the seedbed is in perfect condition, moist, loose 

 on the surface, firm below and warm, from eight 

 to twelve pounds of good seed per acre will pro- 

 duce a sufficient stand. Usually the seedbed is 

 not in good condition and twenty pounds of seed 

 per acre is recommended. The more seed the 

 finer the hay, other things being equal. Some 

 growers, especially in the Eastern states, plant as 

 much as thirty pounds or forty pounds of seed 

 per acre. The method the author has recom- 

 mended to growers is to sow ten or twelve pounds 

 the first year, and if a heavy stand is not secured, 

 go over the second season in the opposite direc- 

 tion and drill in ten pounds more of seed. This 

 reseeding should be done the first or second year, 



