350 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
after sowing, fed down close and tramped. Then the stock should 
be taken off for a few months and the alfalfa will grow splen- 
didly. If alfalfa and wheat are sown together cattle can not be 
put on till a year after, but if sown alone cattle can be put on 
permanently when it is six months old. 
The opinion seems general in Argentina that more 
or less feeding is good for alfalfa when it is young, 
certainly by the time that it is five or six months 
old as the tramping is beneficial, and the plants 
should not seed the first year. Sometimes it is grazed 
with sheep, a shepherd keeping them moving so that 
it will not be grazed too closely. They do a good 
job of weed eradication and also tramp the land well. 
In the spring it is not possible to put on stock 
enough to keep the alfalfa down because it grows so 
fast and the arrangements for watering the cattle 
are not sufficient for the numbers that would be re- 
quired. Mr. Williams, already quoted, had at one 
time two head of cattle to the acre and was at the 
same time cutting some for hay from the same field. 
Later in the season when the weather became very 
dry the alfalfa would keep fewer, or no animals for a 
time, then recourse would be had to stacks. 
Seeding in Argentina—From 9 to 35 Ibs. of seed 
per acre are used, usually from 11 to 18 lbs. Seed 
is harvested plentifully in many parts of Argentina. 
In some places the alfalfa is allowed to re-seed itself. 
The usual price is from $3.50 to $8.00 per bushel 
(60 lbs.). 
Life of Argentina Alfalfa—tt is said that in some 
parts of Argentina alfalfa will endure for 25 years 
