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Live Stock Questions 
Answered by Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Growing Alfalfa and Soy Beans 
We have about two acres of heavy 
clover sod, plowed under last Fall, on 
which we plan to sow Soy beans and seed 
to Alfalfa. Do you think it would be 
advisable to seed with beans, or wait un¬ 
til beans are harvested and then disk and 
seed to Alfalfa in August? The beans 
are to be cut for green feed. We have a 
Guernsey heifer under two and a half 
years old on test. She is giving about 35 
lbs. milk per day, milked three times. We 
are feeding her 14 lbs. daily of the fol¬ 
lowing grain mixture: 1.000 lbs. mixed 
feed, 100 lbs. oilmeal, 300 lbs. each of 
hominy, oats and bran, about 20 lbs. 
sweet corn silage, 10 lbs. mixed hay, and 
very shortly we shall have rye and vetch 
to cut for green feed. Would you advise 
any change in the grain ration when we 
start the green feed? R. w. M. 
New York. 
It has been my observation that three 
conditions are requisite for the estab¬ 
lishing of an Alfalfa field. First, the 
area selected must be naturally well 
drained ; it must be productive soil, capa¬ 
ble of producing more than an average 
crop of either corn or wheat. 
In the second place, it is necessary 
that an abundance of lime be distributed 
in order that the soil may be neutral, 
thus permitting the nitrogen gathering 
bacteria to flourish and multiply and 
function. Difficulties in the establishing 
of Alfalfa fields are probably due to the 
fact that proper consideration is not 
given to this item, namely, that Alfalfa 
plants require an abundance of calcium, 
and that the nitrogen gathering bacteria 
cannot flourish in an acid soil. 
In the third place, unless Alfalfa has 
been previously produced on this area, 
or unless the field has been coated with 
manure which is the product from ani¬ 
mals having been fed Alfalfa hay, it is 
necessary to introduce the nitrogen gath¬ 
ering bacteria either by inoculation, that 
is, by distributing soil from a field where 
Alfalfa has been produced, or with cul¬ 
tures which are now available for treat¬ 
ing the seed. 
Perhaps quite as important as any of 
these three items is the matter of prepar¬ 
ation of the soil. Alfalfa plants, under 
proper conditions, are vigorous and har¬ 
dy, but the seedbed must be very care¬ 
fully prepared in order that the plants 
may survive weeds, which easily croYvd 
out the Alfalfa plants. This is why the 
use of oats and Canada field peas as a 
crop preceding Alfalfa has given splendid 
results in selected territories. A vigor¬ 
ous growth of oats and peas checks the 
development of troublesome weeds and, 
where oats and peas are used either as a 
forage crop or cut and cured as hay, it 
is possible to re-plow the land relatively 
early in the Summer, fallow it until Au¬ 
gust, and thus get rid of any weed seeds 
which may be present. 
I rather doubt the wisdom of putting 
in the Alfalfa seed with the Soy beans, as 
you propose. It has been my experience 
that Soy beans do better in rows than 
when broadcast. If Soy beans are to 
precede Alfalfa, then I should certainly 
take off the crop of Soy beans, disk or 
plow the area, fallow it until the middle 
of August, and then make a seeding of 
Alfalfa without a nurse crop. In many 
sections of New York State good results 
in establishing an Alfalfa field follow 
the practice of seding the Alfalfa in the 
Spring and using a light seeding of oats 
as a nurse crop. This precludes the 
necessity of replowing or preparing the 
seedbed and, under average circum¬ 
stances, it is a most desirable procedure. 
It is essential, however, in any event, to 
follow the advice first mntioned in this 
reply, viz., choosing an area which is well 
suited for producing this legume,' and 
then making sure that it is limed, inocu¬ 
lated and a suitable seedbed provided. 
Care, likewise, should be exercised in the 
selection of Alfalfa seed. Kansas or 
Utah grown seed has many advantages, 
and if one can obtain the Grimm Alfalfa 
seed, it appears to be worth its addi¬ 
tional cost. 
As I figure it, the ration that you are 
now feeding, using, as a basis 1.000 lbs. 
of the mixed feed, yields about 17^> per 
cent in protein. The presence of so much 
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