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results are obtained when they are planted with an 

 alfalfa drill that scatters the seeds evenly in rows seven 

 or eight inches apart. If a seed crop is to be grown, the 

 seeds should be spread far apart, using two or three 

 pounds of seed per acre. The best hay is from fields 

 with a thick stand of plants, and for a hay crop from ten 



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to twenty-five pounds of seed per acre are sown. 

 Alfalfa is sown in the spring or summer, and where 

 conditions are favorable, the seed may be sown with a 

 grain crop. 



Harvesting. The young alfalfa plants should not 

 be cut too soon after they begin growing, or before they 

 begin to branch by throwing out new stems from the 

 crowns of the roots. When raised for hay, alfalfa is 



