

226 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA 



^'Don't sow any nurse crop. 



"Don't sow on freshly plowed land, no matter how 

 carefully prepared. 



"Don't let weeds or grass grow over six inches hierh 

 without clipping. 



'Don't clip or mow when wet with rain or dew. 

 ^Don't let alfalfa stand if turning yellow; cut it. 



"Don't sow old seed. 



"Don't sow less than twenty-five pounds per acre, one- 

 half each way. 



"Don't sow on land that will not raise 250 bushels of 

 potatoes per acre. 



"Don't sow twenty-five acres at first, sow five. 



"Don't pasture it. 



"Don't put any of the rotten manure anywhere but 

 on your alfalfa plot. 



"Don't depend on 'culture cakes' or soil from some 

 distant field. 



"Don't let water ever stand on it. 



"Don't let it go if a thin stand, but disk in more seed; 

 don't be afraid you will kill it. 



"Don't replow the land; disk it. 



"Don't wait for it to stool; it never does. 



"Don't try to cut for hay until the alfalfa takes the 

 field. 



"Don't sow on any land not well underdrained. 



"Don't leave your land rough; use a roller or a plank 

 float to level and smooth it 



"Don't give up.^' 



