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GHOPLIN, County Agent Alfalfa has been called "King of the Hay Crops" and It justi fied this title for In this part of the country It Is the best produc er of hay. In recent years Al falfa has made annual crops, of' quality hay for as long as nine years. Since Alfalfa is planted for production for several years it justifies the amount of labor j and expense in preparing a good seedbed, adequate liming, ferti lizing and Inoculation. i The Wilkes county PMA "Triple A" has Included Alfalfa as a special practice for this year In Wilkes county. If you are planning to plant Alfalfa, get a purchase order from your Triple A Office. If you need additional information about this crop con tact your Farm Agents. The fol lowing is a brief discussion for planting Alfalfa: Soil Selection Alfalfa is very sensitive to poor drainage and will be short lived if planted on a soil that has a high water table. The field should be fairly fertile and rea sonably free of weeds. Timing A soil sample should be taken and sent to the Soil Testing Lab oratory, State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, North Car olina, for definite lime recom mendations. Lime may be spread on top of the land but unless it i is worked into the soil about three or four inches it will not maintain the Alfalfa stand. Most soils in Wilkes county that have not been limed previously will re quire one and one-half tons of finely ground dolomitic limestone per acre. Fertilization Fertilization is the key to suc cessful alfalfa production. If pos sible apply 10 to 15 tons of table manure disked into the soil then apply 700 to 1,000 pounds pei acre of 2-12-12 fertilizer which contains borax. One ton of ha} removes about 11 pounds of phosphate and approximately 4 5 pounds of potash. Thus, you may see that a normal yield of 3 tons of alfalfa hay per acre removes the equivalent of 400 to 500 pounds of 0-9-27 fertilizer. Of course, the soil supplies part of the total requirements. Fertilize accordingly after the first year. Seedbed Preparation A good seedbed is not only firm and well pulverized with organic matter in the top layer of the soil mt it also has the prop er amounts of lime, fertilizer and stable manure worked into the soil. The best way to get this condition is to spread the lime, then cut a cover crop, preferably a legume, into the soil with a heavy disk. This pulverizes the soil, mixes the lime in the top four to six inches, and leaves enough vegetation in the surfar to prevent the soil from baking. The land can be settled by light ly disking with a tandem disk and harrowed with a drag har row. The manure should be ap plied before this operation. Us ually a settling rain or two oc curs between disking and seed ing time. It is desirable to either disk lightly or use a drag har row to smooth the land, and to kill the weeds that have come up since the first disking. This should be followed with a culti packer or roller to get the seed bed firm. The fertilizer can be drilled into the soil anytime be tween the heavy disking and the firming of the seedbed. On slop ing land, and operations should be on the contour. In fact, con tour strips of alfalfa alternating J with small grain and row crops on a large field are effective means of controlling runoff and erosion, and at the same time, in creasing the organic matter and nitrogen content in the soil for a successful rotation. Needing Sow twenty to twenty-five pounds of inoculated Kansas or Oklahoma Common seed per acre md cover lightly (not over one lalf inch). A cultipacker equipp ed with an alfalfa seeder attach ment is the best method. How Bver, many successful stands of ilfalfa have been secured with a cyclone seeder or with a grain irill. Many drills have special al falfa and clover seed hoppers on them. When seeding with any method other than the cultipack sr, it is advisable to sow one half of the seed in one direction and the other half at right angles to the first. The seed should be covered with a cultipacker. How Bver, a spike tooth harrow, weed er, or brush may be used and should be followed with some type of roller. Use Kansas Com mon or Oklahoma Common va rieties. Inoculation Inoculation is one small step which is both inexpensive and easy, yet necessary for success. Commercial preparations are available and directions on the cartons should be followed care fully. The seed should be inocu lated and sown during a cloudy day or late in the afternoon and covered immediately because ex posure to the sun kills the inocu lum. Late summer seedings are preferred. The seeding must be made early enough to get the plants established -before cold weather. This usually assures a better stand and eliminates much of the danger from weed compe tition. In addition, the plants are ready to start growing early the following spring, and the first cuttings of hay are much larger. For Wilkes County seed during August or the early part of Sep tember. 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