The Prescott daily news., 1908-06-09

washed off and nothing but the 1 clay remained 1t was totally devoid of plant food three years ago and nothing would grow on
 it. The first year it was Harmed
 an attempt was made to raise
 cot ton by heavy application of
 commercial fertilizer It was a l failure. The second year this
 land was plowed as deeply as possible with a two-horse blow
 and treated with a very liberal
 application of stable manure. A
 good corn crop was raised that
 season. The third year it was plowed early and deeply No crop was planted. After the weeds were well started it was plowed deeper covering all the
 weeds. The last of August it was given a heavy application of sta ble manure and plowed again. This time two-horse blow was run just as deep as the team could draw it. Following in the same furrOw came a single horse drawing a siX-inch blow just as deep as it could be run, This subsoiling process gave a seed bed varying in depth from ten to fourteen inches.
 Seeding On September 27th last year, just after a gentle rain, the seed was sown. Pre- paratOry to this the ground was narrowed and re-harrow Then a float was used This was made of three 12-inch boards about eight feet long nailed together with edges tapping like on a roof This. attached to chain, was dragged over the land with man standing on it until the ground was thoroughly pull verized leveled and packed. Then one bushel of air slacked lime was sown broadcast and the ground again narrowed. One hundred pounds of soil from an old alfalfa field had been secured for inoculation. This was now sown broadcast. The seed had been treated with the govern ment inoculation secured from the Department of Agriculture at Washington. 1t was now sown broadcast The seed had pounds to the acre. Then the land was again narrowed and floated.
 The plants-A perfect, thick stand Of alfalfa was secured. It was not a perfectly even stand because the seeding had been done by hand and was not even ly distributed. A good seeder should be used The plants grew up readily and vigorously until the hard freeze of Nov. 14 last year. They were then about four inches high. After that they did not grow any more dur ing the winter but remained per- fectly green. 1t was demon strated that rabbits as well as stock like alfalfa for this alfalfa plat beacme headquarters for all the bunnies in the vicinity. They were so numerous that they lit erally cleaned the plat of foliage before spring opened, and even ate the shoots off down to the crown. This appeared to have a beneficial effect foe when the plants began to grow they threw out several stems from each crown instead of one thus mak- ing the growth much thicker.
 What it is now-With the first approach of spring the alfalfa began to push out As it grew warmer it grew rapidly. By the middle of April it was from twelve to sixteen inches high and began to bloom. On the 18th of April it was cut with mower. It cured after one day of bright sunshine and was Tak- ed up and stored in the barn. There was no wagon scales at hand so that the yield might be ascertained, but a fair sized jag Of fine hay was obtained at the first cutting. At this writing fortyfive days since the first cutting the alfalfa is from 20 inches to two feet high, bloom ing and ready to cut again. The yield will be nearly double what it was before. It is entirely free from weeds
 This is the story of one alfalfa experim ent. It looks a com plete success. The roots are