fine, and the alfalfa seed sown without a nurse crop. It is always 

 advisable to put on the lime some time previous to the barnyard 

 manure and seed. The growth during the fall should be allowed to 

 remain uncut in order to serve as a winter protection to the roots. 



5. If an alfalfa field becomes well established, a yearly applica- 

 tion either in the autumn or spring of 800 pounds of phosphatic slag 

 and 300 pounds of high grade sulfate of potash is recommended. 

 In case 500 pounds of acid phosphate are used in place of 800 

 pounds of phosphatic slag, it is advised to apply a ton of lime to the 

 acre every three or four years. Patience, perseverance and a careful 

 study of the peculiarities of the alfalfa plant are necessary before 

 success is likely to be achieved. 



Oats and Canada field peas make the best 

 Oats and Peas, green crop to follow clover. Generally, it is 

 advisable to make three sowings : the first as 

 early as possible in the spring — April 20 to 25 — and the second and 

 third, fifteen and thirty days later. One and one-half bushels each 

 of the oats and peas is the usual quantity to the acre. They both 

 may be sown broadcast at the same time after the land is plowed 

 and thoroughly harrowed in with a wheel-harrow, or the peas maybe 

 first sown and four to five days later the oats, the latter being covered 

 with an Acme or similar harrow. The first sowing will be ready 

 about June 25, and cutting should begin as soon as the oats show 

 the head. The average yield from the second and third sowings is 

 not likely to be as heavy, as the crop matures more quickly during 

 the warm weather. Oats and peas will remain in condition to cut 

 for 10 or 12 days. The average cow will consume from 50 to 80 

 pounds daily until the feed becomes tough. One-third of an acre 

 will generally furnish 10 cows with sufficient green feed for 12 days. 

 (See page 17 for amount of green food to be fed daily.) 



Oats and spring vefch have also been grown successfully at the 

 station. They are equally as digestible as the oats and peas, and 

 will generally yield as heavily. Should the spring prove dry, how- 

 ever, the vetch is likely to make a poor growth, the oats taking the 

 larger part of the available moisture. Vetch seed is also more costly 

 than peas. 



Hungarian grass may be seeded on land from which the first cut- 

 ting of peas and oats has been removed. If seeded the first week in 



