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Grass Seed Sowing.— “C. M. H.,” Grayson 
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Wind Mills.— “R. S. K.” The wind mill should 
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Alfalfa, or Lucern in California.—“ S. C. 
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stand thick and it is finer, and more tender.From seven 
to nine cuttings can he obtained from it, and from fifteen 
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