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A Dozen Alfalfa Dox'ts. 



1. Don't sow on weedy soil. 



2. Don't sow on poorly drained soil. 



3. Don't seed a large acreage to begin with. 



4. Don't say alfalfa can't be grown in New England. 



5. Don't sow on any but sweet, well-drained soil. Alfalfa is a desert 

 plant. 



6. Don't sow on any but a well-prepared, well-settled seed bed. 



7. Don't fail to give araple inoculation ; both seed and soil inoculation 

 are best. 



8. Don't pasture the first year, and don't pasture when wet. 



9. Don't feed alfalfa as you do hay, feed it as you do grain. 



10. Don't spend your hard-earned money for protein feeds; gTOw 

 alfalfa, clovers, Canada and cow peas and soy beans. 



11. Don't lose the leaves; they are the best part of the plant. Use 

 hay caps. 



12. Don't give up. Many prominent alfalfa growei's succeeded after 

 some failures. 



