The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-04-25
FACTS ABOUE ALFALFA.
A North Carolina Fas MR. Gives His
Experiences About 1t.

A North Caro5ina Fa,mor Gives BIS
EXPERIENCES About 1t.
The many letters l have reosiVsd ,
asking tor information about alfalfa
indicates urahatIDg interest In this
valuable plant, snd induces me to rel.
serate scme things hsve slreacy
sritten and also give your readers Tie
benefit Of ny iu:ther experience.
AS stated il, former articles, there
is much fer u, to learn about al1alIs
before in can be generally successful IL
North Carolina and cther States Wlte
like siols, climate and vesthsr conc1-
lions. Il is also quite probable that
the plant requires different treatment
IL different localities even IN oui OWL
State.
For instance, at Hillsboro, where
the soil Is a red clay, have never
succeeded with fail seeding, while az
Goldsboro, where the soil Is 8 sano7
!osm, fall showing now sppeaIs to be
decidedly preferable to spring showing
MI. J. s. Dsvis, who has charge OF ny
farm at Goldsoo:o, put IN al acre Ia
alfalfa last spring, bat it failed to
make satisfactory growth, p:esr M
ably op acc uau OF too much ram. Ee
p!o we'd the plat up and resolved 1T t. e
stu ct September. 4 letter from him
states the stand is gond and that ths
altaifs is now foot high. he so|er
inccu!sted seed and the inocu!stson 0
shs fress have evsr seen. Many oI
she plants have di zens Of nodules on
:be roots.
Lsst fall T also put 10 lot OF lard
1t Hillsbo,o ti,at bss been growing Al
talta for she list five years. DEF
Weather followed TIE sowing ard tns
alfalfa DID not come up until lste ir
October, too lhte 20 uaske sl.faciens
,rousn to wishstanding the Wiptsr,
80 70 soved the land 5nis weak. Th!s
i; the second time have hsc to sov
sltalfa In the spring sftsr fall seeciHe
HI 5000. Others there who grow
aleslsa ssy tbey do lot succeed 01tn
ISL so qing. Juggling from my ezQei'
ierce I thi alfalfa should bs soNed
n the spring In the warm EctioSs, IL
sections where cotton grows oss. anc
10 the cooler sections, like the Piec'
mcnt and mountainous paris OF NORTH
Carolina. II will do best planted In the
spring.
recently read an an article from 2
Gentleman LIVING near Charleston, S.
c., vho is grosirg alfalfa successful
y He says he plsuts it in rows aboui
s|eiVs to fifteen inches apart, so~ing
lsen5y pcuads seed psr sc.e, anc cn!'
sivstes to kesp down crab grass. HI
ssys it cannot be grown successfully y
in bis section in any other way His
Yields are very heavy. several tons pei
.c:e. I mt ntion this SO farmers living
IN sections waere crab grass WILL
| choke out alfalfa can give this plan Z
trial.
Now Is the time to sog. The sprirs
aas nos been favorable for earlier seed.
ing. In most ssc5ionsghe Land hasoeer
800 net and cold to risk putting It In
ssrlier, Prepare the land throughl5
ay plo wing and narrowing so as to gef
a good seed bed and there will be &C
trouble about the seed coming up
Without thorough preparation 0: the
land it will bA useless to plant alfalfa
AS advised in former articles, the lane
snculd 30 fertile, well drained, anc
yell drained, and well lined II at al
scid. There is prcbsb!y no plant bep
sfsad more by good application OF
lime to the land than alcalfs.
From experience also advise SOW.
ing inocp!a.ed seed In advising thi!
know an rreading On disputed
ground. Many havs pronounced the
'cuiture'' inoculaaion worthless, bnl
my own experience With them css
bsen very satisfactory I have the al
.alfa, as fine as I have ever seen, ano
with ABUNDANT nodules, which Is the
best evidence that WITH ne 1t Is q
success. Do net, however nisunceI
stand the Cffi;e OF incubation and
suppose it will accomplish all things
4 Nos 80. It cannot take the placs o1
thorough preparation, phosphyrif
acid, potash, and other essentials ir
growing alfalfa. or any ether cop
incubation without these will avail
nothing. Z. B. PARKEh.