CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VI 



PAGES 



ALFALFA 59-70 



Adaptation to eastern needs 59 



Fertility and feeding value 60 



Climate and soil ........ 61 



Free use of lime ........ 62 



Inoculation 62 



Fertilization 63 



A clean seed-bed 64 



Varieties 65 



Clean seed 65 



The seeding 66 



Seeding in August . 67 



Subsequent treatment 68 



CHAPTER VII 



GRASS SODS 71-79 



Value of sods ......... 71 



Prejudice against timothy 72 



Object of sods 74 



Seeding with small grain 75 



Seeding in rye 76 



Good soil conditions 77 



CHAPTER VIII 



GRASS SODS (Continued) 80-89 



Seeding in late summer 80 



Crops that may precede 81 



Preparation 83 



The weed seed 84 



Summer grasses ........ 85 



Sowing the seed 85 



Deep covering 86 



Seed-mixtures 88 



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