220 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
will do good work in capable hands. An end gate 
broadcast seeder that may be attached to any wagon 
will do good work. It may be sown by hand if the 
operator understands seed sowing, or it may be sown 
with a drill, letting the seed fall behind or in front 
of the hoes, according to circumstances and the con- 
dition of the ground. The aim is ultimately to cover 
the seed an inch or about an inch deep. The harrow 
may follow the sower and finish the covermg. Prob- 
ably for this purpose the common slant-tooth 
smoothing harrow is the best implement. When seed 
and inoculating soil are applied together, the drill 
or fertilizer distributer is the best implement to 
use. 
Drilling in the Seed—The American Seeding Ma- 
chine Co. has developed a drill that will sow alfalfa 
seed accurately in rows 6” apart, putting it in at any 
desired depth. I have seen alfalfa sown with one of 
these machines, with 20 pounds of seed to the acre, 
that was at least 10 times too thick. Itis evident that 
with a perfect seedbed and a proper alfalfa drill one 
need sow no more than 5 pounds of seed to the acre. 
This means a fine seedbed, firm underneath, level and 
smooth. The saving of seed would pay for all the 
labor of preparing the seedbed and the resultant 
thrift of the alfalfa would be very fine to see. This 
machine will drill in 4 pounds of seed to the acre, and 
to a required depth. 
Alfalfa with Red Clover for Inoculation —When- 
ever it is suspected that alfalfa may be adapted to 
a soil and red clover is to be sown there in the reg- 
