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when those conditions prevail even though no blossoms 

 appear. 



When alfalfa is cut in the morning, if the weather is 

 favorable the hay can be raked and put into small cocks 

 in the afternoon of the same day. The cocks should 

 not be left standing in the field more than two or three 

 days during wet weather without moving, or the alfalfa 

 plants underneath the cocks will be partially or completely 

 smothered. By running a pitchfork into a cock of alfalfa 

 near the bottom one can easily move the pile. If alfalfa 

 is exceedingly green when cocked, or rainy weather sets in, 

 it will heat unless the cocks are opened every day or two. 

 In favorable weather no more difficulty will be experienced 



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Fig. 83- Hogs fattened on alfalfa. 



in curing alfalfa than in curing heavy growths of clover. 

 Like clover leaves, the alfalfa leaves drop off readily when 

 dry. As the leaves are richest in nitrogen the aim of the 

 farmer should be to cure the alfalfa with the least possible 



