SEEDING AND CUTTING. 
About 15 pounds of alfalfa seed are sown. We 
have used more and have used as little as 8 pounds. 
In the long run there seems little difference in the 
yield of hay, but on the whole we prefer to use 15 
pounds of seed. 
Work After Seeding—lIf the land is very dry, 
we follow the drill with a roller. We seldom do 
this, however, since there is always danger that rain 
may follow and further compact the land, making 
it hard for seeds to get up. We very much prefer 
to get the under part of the seedbed firm before 
putting on the seed. We sometimes follow the drill 
with the plank drag again. We aim always to leave 
the land quite level and smooth, so that the mower 
will run nicely. 
nor was it ever needed seriously on Woodland 
Farm. Just why this was true we can not imagine 
except that our father had allowed some few clumps 
of melilotus to grow and that he had always used a 
good deal of manure. For some unexplained rea- 
son manured land is nearly always inoculated with 
alfalfa bacteria, illogical as the statement seems. 
Inoculation comes in about a month, little nodules 
by that time appearing on nearly every rootlet. 
Further Treatment.—It is seen how easily we 
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