208 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. ' 
Go immediately over the land with an efficient har- 
row, trying to cover the seed one inch deep. It 
is no harm to apply more fertilizer at the time of 
sowing this seed. It will only push the young plants 
the more rapidly forward. 
In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois and other 
states of like climates this seeding should be done 
in late July or early August. It is essential to get 
the plants strongly rooted before winter sets in 
with its frosts and cold. The stronger the root the 
less liability to winter killing. 
Subsequent Treatment—wNo clipping, no pastur- 
ing nor any other treatment should be given the 
alfalfa this season. Simply let it alone and keep 
all animals out of it. The only thing that might 
cause a man to meddle with it would be if he should 
discover some dodder in the field. This should be 
destroyed as soon as seen. Pull up the infected 
plants and burn them. Throw down a little straw 
on thé spot where the dodder has appeared and set 
it on fire. Dodder is worse than fire to alfalfa. No 
other weeds will be apt to trouble If any large, 
coarse weeds should come up they may be pulled 
up by hand. 
There is hardly any better way of starting alfalfa 
than this if a man has a liking for potatoes. The 
crop usually pays well for use of the land, and the’ 
alfalfa. crop comes on strong and is secured at 
the least possible expense. 
Summary.—Summarizing the process of sowing 
alfalfa after potatoes, the essentials are, first, selec- 
