212 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
will be seen from the fertilizing effect of the young 
alfalfa turned under. And further one can judge 
quite well by the growth of this spring sown alfalfa 
as to the state of fitness of his land, whether maybe 
it needs more lime, more drainage or further enrich- 
ing. The cost need not concern you, since with good 
inoculation present less seed need be sown in the 
fall. Indeed 15 pounds of seed sown on a good 
seedbed well inoculated will give a better stand 
than will 30 pounds sown on a poorly prepared seed- 
bed or without good inoculation. 
Ordinarily it is of no use to sow alfalfa seed with 
the wheat in the fall. It usually perishes during 
‘winter. There are soils and climates, however, 
where it will succeed fairly well thus sown, and by 
this means good inoculation could be had. Five 
pounds of seed to the acre with about 100 pounds 
of inoculating earth should be sown then. 
All in all, to sow after wheat is a good prac- 
tice wherever fall seeding is desired and a soil-build- 
ing cover crop is not needed to prepare the land for 
alfalfa growing. The one danger is that there may 
not be enough moisture stored to give good fall 
growth. The alfalfa must not be clipped nor pas- 
tured the fall it is sown. The next year it is cut 
three or four times, as would be any ordinary alfalfa 
field. 
Alfalfa After Spring BarleySpring-sown grain 
has some advantages for alfalfa sowing. For one 
thing the soil is more easily got ready for alfalfa 
after the grain is removed. Then these grains are 
