Alfalfa Seed Yields 
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; A comparison of both crown development and habit of growth of northern and 
I southern types of alfalfa at the end of the first season’s growth. The southern 
type is on the left, the northern at the right. 
I making mowing difficult. If cultivation is neglected, a field of 
alfalfa in wide rows will become a veritable weed patch. 
The principal arguments in favor of seeding alfalfa in rows are 
to secure a uniform, thin stand and provide a means of regulating 
irrigation in furrows between the rows. If the rows are not too far 
apart, the plan succeeds fairly well. In rows twenty inches apart, 
, the stems will interlock and support themselves so that the crop 
j may be harvested fairly well. But even with twenty-inch rows, the 
I ground may be somewhat rough. 
j A more suitable method for seeding alfalfa so as to regulate the 
application of irrigation is to sow the seed in closely spaced rows 
or drills, say six to eight inches apart. At intervals of about every 
