512 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
through injury to the crowns. We tested the spike- 
tooth arrangements; they were not satisfactory be- 
cause they wound up with grass too rapidly. John 
M. Jamison, of Ohio, took his spring-tooth harrow 
to the blacksmith and had the points of the teeth 
made narrow and sharp, when, presto! the trick was 
done. The perfect implement for cultivating alfalfa 
is now in our hands, since manufacturers are mak- 
ing the tool in any desired width. This alfalfa har- 
row will pull out any sort of grass and not hurt the 
alfalfa. The time to use it is just after taking off 
the first crop. Rake the land very clean. Go over 
it in two directions with this harrow. It may bury 
the crowns a little; this will do them no harm. All 
foxtail grass, crabgrass and all young plantains, 
will be destroyed. I feel that, thanks to this tool, 
coupled with the use of phosphorus and the avoid- 
ance of fall grazing or late cutting, we can hold our 
alfalfa meadows for an indefinite number of years, 
perhaps for 10 or more. 
The Hugine in the Alfalfa Field —However, all 
was not solved vet for Woodland Farm. We had no 
surplus of horses and having time was often a 
strenuous time. How would we eet to do the har- 
rowing? The advent of a kerosene-burning tractor 
finished the solution. We hitched to the engine one 
of these spring-tooth harrows cutting a swath 21 
feet wide. My 16-vear-old boy ran the engine. It 
drew the harrows with ease and could have drawn 
more of them. It was a jov to wateh it work. I 
feared that the heavy wheels might injure some of 
