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the 600’, and it should come out below clear. If muddy, you 
are cutting the land somewhere down the line, and losing some 
of your seed, besides putting the land in bad condition for your 
mowers. The land should be irrigated until it looks black, which 
it will with sub-irrigation from one furrow to another; then 
Keep it nice and moist so that the seed will all sprout and come 
up. If old land is used there may be trouble with weeds, whith 
IRRIGATING ALFALFA IN MEXICO. 
will have to be mown off, and if this is not sufficient, they will 
have to be pulled out by hand. In irrigating always irrigate 
enough to keep the leaves wide and a beautiful green color. 
Should they look a dusty color and a little pinched, they lack 
water and the alfalfa will soon bud and bloom, perhaps 6” or 
8” high, where if given sufficient water your alfalfa will grow 
at the rate of an inch a day, and be ready to cut when about 
one-fourth or one-half in bloom, about every thirty-five or 
