198 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
The drill is set to sow two bushels of beardless 
spring barley to the acre. This barley does not stool 
heavily. It is not a very prolific barley either, but it 
makes a good nurse crop for alfalfa. The facts that 
it does not often lodge and does not much shade the 
young alfalfa are all in its favor. 
