PLOWING ALFALFA SOD. 421 
man. A boy will do better plowing with a good 
plow nicely adjusted with these wheels on the beam 
than any man could do without the wheels. 
The File Inportant.—The file is one of the essen- 
tials. On Woodland Farm where there are some 
small stones in the land we file the plows sharp 
after they have run about 4 mile or a little more. 
Jt takes only a few minutes to do this and no longer 
to file often than it would to file occasionally, and 
by filing often the plow is always sharp. The horses 
are resting while you file. 
Early Start Desirable—It is rather slow work 
plowing alfalfa sod at best. Therefore it is well to 
get at it early in the season. After growth starts in 
spring alfalfa roots get very tough, and if the land 
is dry and hard at the same time the plowing is 
difficult. 
To sum up, get a strong plow, preferably with a 
good stiff wooden beam. Put truck wheels on the 
beam, well forward, to hold it true. Have the share 
wide and sharp. If the roots are old and tough 
have a wing fastened on that will run under the 
edge of the next furrow and cut off the roots there 
for about three inches. Keep the plow sharp. Take 
time. We have not found it necessary or advisable 
to plow twice; one good plowing at a depth of about 
eight inches has done the work well for us and would 
do the work anywhere probably wherever the land 
was cultivated the following season. 
Breaking Sod in Colorado —Prof. Philo K, Blinn 
