
Heres the Sttuatiou 
and what to do about tt 
The situation is not good. Certain seed 
crops are very short. Others hardly exist 
at all. Worst is alfalfa. Next, alsike 
clover. Some others are bad, too. Many 
folks planning to sow alfalfa just can't 
get the seed for it. The crop was a near- 
failure, and is needed for re-seeding in 
its own producing sections. 
Just What Can Alfalfa Growers Do? 
l. Will they take a chance, sowing 
doubtful seed? 
2. If new seedings cannot be put out, 
can old fields be doctored? 
3. Will liming and fertilizing help them 
through? 
4. Can new seedings of other seeds be 
put onto old sods successfully? 
Point 1 is covered on page 19. To 
points 2, 3, and 4 the answer is “yes.” 
One man’s alfalfa was getting thin. 
Did his soil need lime? Topsoil and sub- 
soil were sampled. Their tests revealed 
a shortage of calcium for proper legume 
growth. So he worked the field both 
ways with a toothed roller pulled be- 
hind a springtooth harrow, just as early 
as he could get to the ground. (A light 
discing—discs set straight—would also 
do it.) He applied 2 to 3 tons ground 
limestone per acre, harrowed it in. Later 
a heavy application of superphosphate. 
(4 to 500 super, or of 0-14-7 or 0-12-12, 
depending on the need, would serve 
fine.) By annual treating with lime and 
super, he got excellent crops—his 
eighth year was still very productive. 
Ladino to help replenish old 
stands, without plowing. This has 
been accomplished with disc or spring- 
tooth or spiketooth harrow, and then 
seeding on top. Followed immediately 
with cultipacker, or roller. Broadcasting 
Ladino and its companion seeds on frost- 
cracked ground has worked fine. Ladino 
seed beds must be properly limed and 
sufficient plant food applied in the form 
of manure with superphosphate, or com- 
plete fertilizer. If lime did not get on 
this ground in the fall, it can be applied 
on frozen ground. Then soon as weather 
permits, fertilizer or super can follow. 
Ladino to help establish new 
stands of splendid hay, of pasture 
... and of grass silage, if wanted. Yield 
on fertile soils in favorable seasons; has 
equalled or excelled alfalfa in quantity 
and feed value. Its high-acre, three-way 
value makes its use advisable on the 
finest cropland, once considered too val- 
uable for pasture only. 
Ladino clover alone or with other 
seeds must be well fertilized. It is a 
heavy yielder, must be given enough 
feed, is a heavy feeder. No other leg- 
ume recovers so quickly after mowing 
or grazing. Ladino is good on drained 
land where alfalfa thrives. Tolerates ex- 
cess moisture better than does alsike 
clover. . .. Certain other seeds are to be 
sown with Ladino for the new stands 
discussed here—depending on various 
conditions. Read sowing formulae and 
other details on pages 7, 18 and 41. 
Ladino and Timothy for Hay. Also 
for grass silage and pasture. Seven 
pounds timothy with 2 pounds Ladino 
per acre. On fertile soils of good mois- 
ture-holding capacity, where the main- 
tenance of Ladino for longest possible 
period is desired. 
