The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-06-21

commenced after planting that it
must be kept up at great cost or weed
seed will keep on coming, and even
tually choke out the alfalfa during
some rainy spell. In the Piedmont
belt seeding is best done in Septem-
Der to last of October. Sow seed on
smooth, loose soil, and press in the
soil with roller. IF you have no
roller smoothing-board will do fair
ly we'll as press the seed in if done
just right.
About Inoculation Wherever plen-
ty of stable manure is applied new,
or has been used in considerable
quantity during last few years, you
need not worry about inoculating;
your lucerne will not need anything
of that sort. But where commercial
manures are used OH land of uncer-
tainty as to incubation, no doubt
about it being safer to have the seed
inoculated by a reliable firm, where
inoculated soil cannot be obtained at
reasonable cost.
Caution.-Now there is a. great
deal Of rot, passing around through
the stereotype press these days that
no doubt leads the novice into the de-
llsion that the mere seed sown on al
most any soil will mysteriously bring
forth a wonderful crop, all brought
about by the magic properties in the
seed alone.
Anyone possessed of a reasonable
amount of common horse sense ought
to know that unless the stuff it takes
to grow alfalfa, is there available
and in the right preparation in the
soil You need not expect the seed to
gather up something form the soil
that is not available In the soil. Per-
haps the writer has lost more money
on alfalfa during the last 35 years
than all other seed combined, simply
from the lack of experience we now
have. A good rich loose clay loan Of
all soils is best for Alfalfa. Any old
salt lands that have been manurel
heavily for years. make fine soil
for Alfalfa roots goes down deep into
this ground and utlizes the rich salts
that have leached and gone too deep
in the soil to be reached by the roots
of ordinary crops.
Good crops Of T.ucerne or Alfalfa
and Ruta Baga turnips furnish all
stock and poultry on the farm with
good nutricious and healthy and sue
culent food the year round. All stock
love Alfalfa, either green or in hay.
Many years back our minister to
France-Gen. Davie-stated that in
portions of that country the poor
people used and eat this Lucerne or
Alfalfa as greens.
From early in the fall until late in
the spring all stock, poultry and peo-
pie enjoy turnips and when the last
of March comes, Luceme is ready to
take the place Of winter turnips FOR
all stock, and keep this food supply
going again until turnips come again
in the fall. For winter feed for hogs,
turnips and COTTON seed boiled togetn-
er at the rate Of one lb. cotton seed to
four lbs. of turnips make fine food
for hogs. In order to learn hogs to
eat this ration mix in a little bran
or meal to start with, then gradually
take out The meal and bran. In feed
in" Alfalfa to hogs or Young colts
and calves cut it when young and
tender; we commence cutting a patch
(sown last falr close to the barn this
year 9th Of March. 1t was then
from 10 to ii inches tall, and will
continue to cut this patch about
once every 80 to IS days which will
give a growth of not less than sixty
inches during the year. Do not try
to grow this crop unless YOU do it
right.