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not so apt to lodge if the soil is rich. Beardless spring 
barley is particularly appropriate here. It ripens 
very early and does not often lodge. It is almost 
impossible to make the soil too rich for spring bar- 
ley. It is advisable to plow the land for these spring 
crops and to plow it deep. It is well always to sow 
a small amount of alfalfa seed with the barley. 
If it is the custom to sow 20 pounds of alfalfa seed 
in the fall it will be much better to sow 5 pounds of 
this in the spring at time of seeding the barley. This 
will help the inoculation very much indeed and the 
15 pounds sown in the fall will give a better stand 
than would the whole 20 pounds sown at that time. 
The same rules laid down for sowing after pota- 
toes and wheat apply with equal force for sowing 
after spring barley and should be studied. 
The one trouble with all this scheme is that it pre- 
supposes a very fertile soil and quite a little rain- 
fall in late July and August. Given these things 
one ought to succeed admirably following this plan. 
Alfalfa After Oats—What has been said of seed- 
ing after barley applies fairly well to oats. The 
field should be well plowed in spring. Five pounds 
of alfalfa seed should be sowed to each acre to pro- 
mote inoculation. If no alfalfa has ever grown 
on the land and inoculation is doubted, soil should 
also be spread or sown and promptly harrowed un- 
der. Then the oats if cut off for hay will leave a 
far better seedbed than if allowed to ripen. Ripen- 
ing oats draw tremendously on the soil moisture. It 
is a great help to mow them off for hay when coming 
