The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-11-11

kr and handsomer. especially she En-
dan and Toulouse. and the African
stand up higher than ever.
White Pekin ducks can never be
beat for size and beauty and feather
production.
Indian Runner ducks are we'll NAM
ed. they are coming to the front so
fact and are such great producers
Of eggs which are as nice as those
Of the hen for table use. Some breed
eqs claim they will lay more eggs
in year than will hen and they
are such hardy birds.
DIRECTIONS FOR GROW
ING ALFALFA.
As alfalfa Is such a valuable crop
wherever 1t is grown successfully, and
because so many American farmers
are having trouble in getting salts
factory yields, the following direc-
tons for getting a stand Of alfalfa
may be helpful to those who ane anx-
ious to succeed. During the past
three years have examin ID hundreds
of fields that looked wsll he first
year, but turned yellow early the
second year, and never gave salts
factory yields. 1T is easy TO grow
alfalfa Is the universal testimony of
the farmers who know how 10 grow
carefully followed there will be few
failures in any ordinary year.
Manure the ground hsavily with
good qality of manure. Plow in
the fall, and If she sell is haavy
pillow deep.
On the plowed land SOW ground
limestone at the rate of one thous-
and pounds per acre. The same
amount of aiIslaked lime, or the same
amount of land plaster will do al
most as well.
Disk the land as early in the
spring as you can do the work we'll
About two weeks later disk again and
SOW The alfalfa seed at the rate of
twenty pounds per acre.
At the time of sowing the alfalfa
Sod, inoculate che field by sowing
soil from an cid alfalfa field that
you know is thoroughly inOculated.
Sow the soil at the rate of five hun
dred pounds per acre.
Harrow in the seed and he ino-
culating soil at the same time with
peg tooth harrow. II the land is
very sandy, the alfalfa seed may be
sown shallow with drill.
1t is best to SOW alfalfa without a
nurse crop. There is no objection,
however, to sowing a half bushel of
wheat or oats with it on heavy land
providing the grain is cut early for
hay. AS a rule it will be Necessary
to clip the alfalfa back two or three
tines the first year, as it must not
be allowed to go to seed. DO net clip
| il back late in the fall, as it needs
quite a growth for winter protection.
1t is not worth while to SOW alfalfa
on poorly drained soil, and ii is not
worth while to SOW it II the soil is
not inoculated. | believe alfalfa can
be grown on the heaviest and also
on the lighest land, If the soil is
properly prepared and enriched. A
stand of alfalfa should be good for
several years, but the yield is Of
ten greatly increased by top dress
ing with Well rotted manure.
1t appears to be a common btlie!
among those who have studied alfal-
ia production in the United States,
that alfalfa can not be grown sue
cessfuly for seed in any of the mid
die states; but both last year and
this have seen small patches of al
falfa on the sandy soils of Michigan
and Wisconsin that were heavily load
ed with seed. | would like very much
TO hear from any farmers who are
growing alfalfa hay or alfalfa seed
successfully on sandy land. c. Nc
Dowell, U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture.
INTENSIVE CULTIVATION FOR
TIMOTHY HAY.
How can a timothy meadow be cul-
tiva1ed? Not after the seed Is sown.
1t must be done prior to that time
and should be most thoroughly done.
According to the late George NJ
Clark of Higganum, Conn, who sue
ceoded in raising more hay TO the
acre than any other man in this