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him take out this; mysterious letter and 
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joy whieli spread over his face as he road 
if. And this plain, practical ,woman, 
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A Kansas Alfalfa Grower Talks 
I notice on page 1774 what .T. N Shir¬ 
ley has to say about Alfalfa, and also J 
what was said about Alfalfa in Kansas. ! 
I think, as an Alfalfa grower of 25 years’ 
experience. I am qualified to have some¬ 
thing to say on the subject. Here in Kan¬ 
sas we make a practice of plowing Al¬ 
falfa up when it is too thin to be worth 
leaving, and sow to wheat or corn or anv- 
thing we wish. If the plow is sharp and 
care is taken to cut all roots below the 
crown, but not more than two inches 
deep, the Alfalfa will never be heard from 
again. Some (if our rich bottom land will 
produce heavy crops of Alfalfa where the 
plants are not nearer than IS in. or 2 ft. 
apart, while our rooky liill> will not grow 
planted more than 0 in. or 1 ft. high wheth¬ 
er it is thick or thin on the ground. 
Hence a poor stand would result in a poor 
yield. Mr. Shirley says his Alfalfa did 
well on land that was not well drained, in 
spite of the fact that he has heard that 
Alfalfa will not stand wet soil. The fact 
is that Alfalfa, likes plenty of water but 
cannot grow in a water-soaked soil. We 
have sown anywhere from 7 to 15 lbs. per i 
acre and have found one as good a> the 
other. Tf all the seeds in 7 lbs. were to 
grow on one acre the plants would he 
too thick. Wo have tried different meth¬ 
ods and different times to prepare the soil 
and sown the seed, with different degrees 
of success and failure. 
Keep the ground as free from weeds as 
possible tbe previous year. Stir the 
ground very lightly with disk as soon as 
danger of frost is over. Sow 8 lbs. per 
acre with wheelbarrow seeder. Mr. Shir¬ 
ley’s March-sown Alfalfa has two chances 
to grow against, many to fail. If it is 
warm enough to bring the plants up in 
March, aud stays warm for 10 days, the 
chances are good for success. Or if the 
ground is cold and stays cold till it warms 
up to stay warm, he will als'o have a fair ] 
chance for success. The point is. Alfalfa 
is very tender to frost in its first stages. 
We never had any experience with Alfalfa 
winter-killing : however, we have 15 acres, 
sown last Spring, that the grasshoppers 
kept down so short that I had to look 
close at any time in the Summer to see 
that it was alive, and we are now in the ■ 
grip of an unusual Winter for Central 
Kansas, and I am doubtful as to the out- 
eoiife. However, it went into the Winter 
looking tine, but short. F. E. spear. 
Feeding Winter Birds 
After reading what the Hope Farm 
man >aid about Winter birds. I thought I 
would write about our experience. We 
have made some effort to feed the birds 
in \\ inter for some years, but our birds’ 
hotel was much better patronized this 
W inter than usual. The regular guests 
consisted of one nair of downy woodpeck¬ 
ers. one pair of flickers, one pair of cardi¬ 
nals. four pairs of bluejavc. a few chick¬ 
adees and then came snowbirds and tufted 
titmice too numerous to count. 
There were also a few English spar¬ 
rows, but as we hinder them from nesting 
on our premises we are not much troubled 
by them in Winter. 
rile main hotel i- an open feeding porch 
iii a tree not more than MO feet from the 
kitchen window, but a shelf only three 
feet from the window was used as freely 
as the porch. The feed used consisted 
mostly of sunflower seeds, wheat, corn 
and suet. The bluejays are greedy eaters 
and somewhat “bossy”: they fill their 
mouths full ami fly away, but soon return 
for more. We sometimes think that they 
are storing for future use. We all took 
great interest in watching the birds take 
their early breakfast. f. w . 
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These two, extremely different in age, are alike in this re¬ 
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Potato 
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drops sics 
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