Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-06-06

was infested with johnson or Means
grass as the alfalfa would not flourish
when in contact with this kind of
grass.
In the sowing Of alfalfa, continued
Prof. Smith, ii Is absolutely necessary
that you have a good porous subsoil,
and II is best to SOW on land on which
an oat crop has been grown. This crop
should be followed with cowpeas which
should be removed by September LIST,
and the land should then be thorough
ly prepared to receive the alfalfa seed.
great deal of barnyard manure
should be used, at least ten two
horse loads IL II can be obtained! In
case of scarcity Of manure the cowpea
crop should be turned.
At least thirty pounds Of seed should
be sown to the acre and he thought the
best means of seeding was to sow fif;-
teen pounds one way across the field
and fifteen pounds the other way, the
advantage in this method being the
avoidance Of skips. f.5& : N H'
Prof. Smith laid especial stress on
the necessity OF inoculating the land.
Unless the land was thoroughly inocu-
lated 1t was no use to try to raise al
falfa. There are two ways of inocu-
lation, he said, one with soil taken
from an old field Of alfalfa, the other
with cultures In order to prevent the
killing of the inoculating bacteria, care
must be taken to keep the inoculating
material out Of the sunlight It was
best he thought, to inoculate the alfal-
IA field on a cloudy day. The amount
of incubation material required de-
pends upon the land on which the seed
is to be sown Sometimes 200 pounds
Of inoculating soil was SUFFICIENT, but
La two-horse wagon-load was much
more desirable.
In fertilizing an alfalfa field, continu-
ed Prof. Smith, one should proceed as
IL bent on raising banner crop OF
cotton or corn. Basic Stag Is much
better to use than acid phosphate and
cotton seed meal Is preferable to nj
trate of soda. He thought 1000 pounds
of lime, 1000 pounds Of kainit and
400 pounds Of cotton seed meal
| should be used on an acre OF alfalfa
Enough fertilizer should be used the
first year to last four or five years, anc
while an acre Of alfalfa will cost $50
/ 1t does not cost any more than an acre
Of cotton or corn for the reason thai
II requires no work after II has beer
sown properly and on red land an acre
of alfalfa will last from five to sever
years.
In concluding his talk to the prospec.
| tive alfalfa growers, Prof. Smith sale
that alfalfa was not negro PROPOSE.
tion." It requires more than average
care to grow alfalfa successfully. i
must be watched and worked witt
much intelligence. All depends upoI
the selection Of land, incubation ant
fertilization and neither Of these three
important points can be secured with
out careful work.
| He favored the organization Of al
alfalfa club because he Is sure tina
lbetter results can be obtained on CO.
operative basis. The government Il
anxious to promote alfalfa growing II
South Carolina and he, as represen
Itative Of the department Of agriculture
is anxious to promote the growth o
alfalfa in this and other communities
Following Prof. Smiths address, th'
meeting went regularly into prelim
/ mary organization with Mr.. G. II
IO'Leary, president Of the Board o
Trade as chairman, and the perma
nent officers of the club were electe'
as follows:
N. s. Black, president; J. M. Brice
vice. president; 8. M. Grist, secretar!
and treasurer. Each mmber Is to pa!
an entrance fee Of 81 and to sign TIT
following pledge: srii
II hereby agree to plant one acre o
alfalfa this fall, following the direction
furnished by the Yorkville Alfalfi
Growers Association.
(Signed) -.'
The following are members Of th'
Yorkville Alfalfa Growers Assocfa
ton: ....
John r. Hart, Robert witherspoor
J. Nc Brice, Claude M. Inman. Sam N
Grist, T. Cleve Dunlap, p. w. Love, J
B. Scott. ]. r. Scott, w. B. KellaI
John E. Jackson, w. r. Carroll, M.
Willis, A. Y. Cartwright, N. 8. Black
A. L. Black, G. II. O'Leary, w. J. En-
gle, Starr Stacy, r. r. McCorkle, ]. w
Mcfarland, M. A. Mcfarland, Hugh g
Brown, ]. c. Wilborn, F. G. Riddle, J
A. Harshaw, Martin L. Smith, G. Z
Spencer, Lee Campbell, w. II. Hern
don, John ]. Nichols.
Before adjournment the presiden
appointed a committee consisting OF 9
M. Inman, ]. B. Scott and w. B. Kel'
ler to look after the purchasing o
seed and other necessary supplies.