PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES 3OI 



with weeds, in order to secure a stand of alfalfa. In 1902 

 a field rented by the college farm, which had been 

 cropped for several years and become foul with mustard, 

 was sowed to alfalfa. It was cut three times during the 

 growing season, and the result was that in 1903 there was 

 practically no mustard to be seen, but a first class stand of 

 alfalfa was obtained. 



George E. McEathron of Beadle county writes : "I 

 consider alfalfa and clover culture practicable in this lo- 

 cality. I do not think it necessary to inoculate soil for 

 these crops in South Dakota. After the first year I cut 

 my alfalfa fields three times and secured an average yield 

 of five tons to the acre. I have never allowed seed to 

 mature, always cutting for hay. No trouble from winter- 

 killing has been noticed." 



O. S. Jones of Lake county writes : "I began raising 

 alfalfa on my place two miles west of Madison five years 

 ago. The soil is a dark loam with some sand in it, lays 

 level and has a sand and gravel subsoil. Water is ob- 

 tained at a depth of eight to ten feet. I have used both 

 the Turkestan and the common alfalfa, and I consider the 

 latter the better for my land, as it grows ranker, with 

 more leaf and better color than the former. I have had 

 the best success in sowing about the first of May, with- 

 out a nurse crop. On one four-acre piece seeded three 

 years ago, I pastured 150 to 175 head of hogs and spring 

 pigs for two months this year and also cut between 15 

 and 16 tons of hay in two cuttings. I sowed 12 acres this 

 year in two six-acre fields, that have been pastured, con- 

 tinually, with 175 head of hogs and pigs and ten head of 

 young cattle since early in July, and a great deal of it ma- 



