THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 49 



Judge Lynch : In April, May, June, July, August and Oc- 

 tober ; but the best results are in July and August. 



Mr. Mason : Do you use silos? 



Judge Lynch : We are getting started on them ; we have a 

 number, but nothing like we ought to have or nothing that I think 

 we will have in the near future. 



Mr. Mason : In northern Illinois I think it is better to sow 

 the alfalfa seed in June or July. 



Judge Lynch : Possibly, although I would rather think the 

 first of July would be better for you here. That would give you 

 time to cultivate the land before you sowed it; good thorough 

 cultivation before you started the seed. 



Mr. Mason : How much do you think it advisable to sow to 

 the acre? 



Judge Lynch : I think it advisable to sow 20 pounds to the 

 acre. The best seed will cost you from eighteen to twenty cents 

 a pound and you can buy it as cheap as fourteen cents. You had 

 better pay twenty cents, if necessary, to get a good seed ; the 

 question of a few cents on the pound, when you take into consid- 

 eration your time in getting alfalfa started, is not worth consid- 

 ering. 



Mr. Mason : How much do you cultivate it, and when ? 



Judge Lynch : That is experimental. There are many peo- 

 ple who disk their alfalfa once or twice a year, not deep enough 

 to drain the ground. 



On the question of seed, I might suggest that you want to 

 be careful and get it from non-irrigated ground ; seed grown on 

 irrigated ground does not give good results. Wisconsin seed is 

 almost always good. 



Mr. Mason : How many tons do you get to the acre ? 



