New Britain herald., 1925-07-03
GROWING
 IN THIS VICINITY
FIonriSheS 0u Farms in Berlin
 aud Soulhinston


 'A'"'~ ihs p,e,ent owpsrs same into ,"As' r~iob st n. hoinssteAd H~nrr S"'nsA ;n-o "wnet. oams hom. with HHifu' d Alfalfa seod pAi' ot .tn'"y 'aa, w,l'rsd Ssttleton nad '.oreht ".cg from California, targe- n anrios,tJ
 Q 'r~' 'Nam,nna ths seed. Mir. 'avAss threw Y ou; behind the .Hns. Aui ;orsot al about t. The .""t .p,n".d .ud :or fitteep or "-nI ,-Ars grew without attention .,' tG'.i"anoa lt was not until fif- 's~a ,rar ,Eo hat 40 effort was nahr Id xros .ne croE .or ha.
 inci5aH.a,ll, mia skme lect,uE Is ar;;"S Attsrrpu 10 Connecticut iO ',rou alfalfa Ths ola Jarvis farm "-arhy kre~ aifaifs tor many yeats and a, ens .iIns n said 10 have had he stg~rs see~E- of the crop In h's 'ixta The farm has since been :,cNk"u up but soms plants stili mrviV. from tho old Saedinss
 Alfalfa U oow SroWn ou ;,Il lla1 an m. RavAss farm Adapted 10 ths 'ror Mos, ot ths innt has heavy ,uns"i Anr much of Il :. tn2 wet for .uc"-s>'ui nitalts growing Alfalfa ts . ar-t"rr-d 10 clover because it pro. tI"es thr-s crops year, whereas ,,os-r produces bu' two crops q
 
 .'sDtA t~turns sood yields Tor seven T -'xrt y.ars from A single seeding .hn. clover shouid hs seeded every wc years Ever last year, with a .,,~nrin+naily dry summer, tbree rror. nf alfalfa ~e"o cut m this '&'m
 h. sr,I m"iho3 Q. inoGUIat,oN is ',.-j Ant All new seedlings are inocu- Aed unIeas the land has previously gronh ai:a''a, attempts 10 grow al- 'A,.s without ;roCUla'ion produced cry nt.'e results.
 Lime has heeE used ou this farm ever since il has been manufactured n CouHnr, icIt. Previous to that fine btick!arf ashes from the Bcr- In yards had been used 10 grow letter crops of clover, Although the Savage brothers ;ised lime regularly, they base much of their success with alfalfa on ti-' practice O a liberal Hse 0. acid phosphate. Ii is applied q, the time O. seeding or on the ureI lous corn crop,
 Corn and potators are used in rotation with alfalfa or clover. The land is usually planted to corn for two years and then resocdcd 10 the lay crop. This means q fairly long rotAtlon in the case of alfalfa but with clover the rotation is COmplct- nd in four years. In seeding 10 CloV- nr the continuation is alsikc and red rlovnr and timothy. This mixture IS seeded in the spring with barely a hs arliiess variety being preferred. Alfalfa is also seeded with barley and small quantity of timothy is us- ua'ly included 10 insure a stand of hay on the wet spots,
 Alfalfa is considered without an .uual as feed for the dairy herd. The Savage brothers have an eX- rclnnt herd of purehrcd Jersey rattIe, The alfalfa stems that the rows fail to eat arc fed to the horses Being heavy in protein, a'' 'alia is tho highest grade roughaS' -r6vn on Hartford County farms
 Elamr> Poor seed toOr Failure
 Much of the failure in growing ufalfa in Connecticut is duo tO poor ."od. thinks ]. E, Lewis of Sou'hing- 'on. Nr. Lewis has been growing aI- .rlta for @n yrars and insists on only .orthrrn grown hardy seed.
 Nth"Huu ho ha.. tried seed of both '.o- rouumon %H1 Grimm varieties, 'Ir. l"A,is h3e hren ahlc to so" littl" l,an'aGr in thn Grimm. Nor'h"rn ~oNu >"rl of tho common variety, .e thj1i.> will prolu"" about as wei! n ,hc GIlmm. bat southern grown ,.d is lil:, Iv to t"il in Connecticut Nr I.Vis is now GrnN inC %o acres "t qlfalta. "n ct which ie soolod in Ili'N I1ll N II'', IllF ltl " " l'l'N ''' g ojGhr pnmds ur alfHlfa, six "oun,lS of n'Iiur rrl clover. three roun,ls of n1sjl;, c}n, nrHn1 q pounds f uu1'l'. Tho hay i@ grown for ~r'n n~ Mir I,'vS has become con i0rrl 'h2t ].c co) mako better prof "e ir 4rnn,u- c'ovrr and alfalfa hay 'nr market than tFror~h feeling to ,ily Curs llo GUlS a r"a " sHlr or a'' of in" Meh quality hay hr ,'0 ris'
 T"" n! ou omo fields thrco "ut- tu~e of n'f.U1 vcre n11la lac sum m4r nltNorgN other grasses made utl" growth -(tor thr first Cuttlug live 'o thc extremely dry Wnther. r Ir onie GenorUv admitted that nc "ror wifreercd the drouth nf the '4st summer so sncG"ssfully as did ''ofa
 Coforo eocnnc alfaifH. Mir. Lewis kHe nains 10 thoroughly inoculatc he seed Soil from an inoculat"d field is used. ahout thc same amount H soil IS Q; srol. thc soil is run ''f'Nl-ll t N''ililN St'i'''. n lb lIlS |lI' ''s hcng s"l,cicrt1y fno and the aAt and soil arc n'I>od in a paste "ach sAei carurs with if enough ot 'he hac;erta 'n give 'ho new p'anI 'avnrnhin S'art
 w lewis is firm believer in th, f"ftDia'ns vamo of aifHlfa He says 'hat Uhare ronIil.one are fa' orahlc foA gcod growth 0f alfalfa and th, orop remairs on tho soil for som 'iMn ;ha '.1. N''>y hat is scclod witl '''si'a w't'1 'rcor"Nt!y grow 2 foo NiEh"f than :'wo'Nv seeded vltnou' a'a!a A'4;ta is used in rotation n Nr. Lewis 'arm aml no finds tN2' rnst snv crop will make hottol rro":h follow ing alfalfa tnan af-nI oh"' hav crops
 PHo>nhorns and potash are er. Ni.d "a :hF sol hafore son,lir- 'hs "aV nlv'ura. This ie to ri," ths
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