:--...l:y. March 14, 1905.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.
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Alfalfa Again.
(C,.ntinml from Tagc 1.)
,.f air. nn.l tho other,
' , , .,.! living win -re tlu ro is little
.... :iir ;irc found in tho interior
.,, s ;;t bottom f the heap. These
-iiiial orpr:inis!iis upon heinjr
,. to tin land keep up their
... .-iiv :ml hy breaking tip the
!. i:i-tiMu'iits of the soil rou
, ,- ;!;, in avaihihle for rlnnt foo-.l.
j " , ;it-t iv it v is inaintaiiu l for a
., finu vears ami explain the
, . j-" i iir hnit'tit of niaiiure as rom
. .1 with that of commercial fer-
! which coacs so soon as its
,. ..,;ii!ii-nt rl.-ineiits are appropri-
, ,j l.v tin growing crops, ;nnl is
, t'"iv t ransiciit.
i j r ; i v hr that the hacteria in sta
ll, i: aiii:iv working in roiijniuM ion
v tiii 'In hactrria on th alfalfa U tin-
;, , , ;ni f stahh uianuro giving
, , ii il'.'i' r -1 il t s wlu n put on alfalfa,
,. i; may !. from mo other caue.
...t pn-pareil to say just why it
tn he well adapted to alfal-I.-.
! im this I do Know: alfalfa grows
j.fir u!..r. laMe manure is ap
l,.l th.iu win ri' it is not applied.
At . ii.v rate, that is the experience
..f ;!.. ritr and others who have
UV-'WM ::l!'ali"a the ela.V sells of Oi
t '::i:!.v.
Airuir.i for I.im So IK.
I : -.- :ir-! I' tii r I reeivel asking
i- .:, ; t"! ! information in iv-.-.ri
?" i!f ealtivation of alfalfa
t:- fr: i M r. . L. .I.-viut. of ( I r t n-
:V . N. '. Mr. .loyner has a grove
t' - !. ti '.i "V twi Ivc i'lTi's set with
:.!.. kieki rx . i :.. from six t eiibt
Its- !: - in 'i r. and would like to
vl '.' -In .-!"V. in alfalfa for pastur
ii.ir n; - Me desires to know
if . i:';!h' i i.mI 1 Niicn i d under stieb
Vvx'. i :!:- ii: f-'iniat ion at my com
mand. I think it would not. Alfal
fa !ii ii i o.-rtipv the entire land. I
d.:i!-t i;' it would succeed at all in a
!i;i'!i. put. However, as an experi
ii.i nr. In could try a small plat, say
a fourth or half aero, and if the
L-r.-.uh wa- at Ufaotory. he could put
IU !:.. in t -eason.
Mr. .!. (). I.i.ftin. of Mount Olive,
N. '.. v. rote jo tin Kditor as follow-.:
"The ...rtirl,. hy Mr. T. Ik
I'ar'ir i n alfalfa struck me in a
! 'idi r place. 1 have keen reading
i M ali.dfa for some time, and pur-!"-ii!'r
tn try it in a small way. and
a- I l.iiow Mr. Parker well, and know
he h;;, nided near (iohlshoro, and
i!ior..u-hly familiar with this sec-
' " 1 ' I want to a-k him for further
'';! rmation. As he knows, this sre-l-""a
i jilni'Ki perfictly level; that
"r draina-e is not the host hy any
" Our section is one of the
; "-: productive in the State, our av-
r. en: ton und corn production ho
:' ci.,",!, rakly ahove ilie State's
' . With us, crah jrrass is the
tr .uhle we have in all culti
.r... crop,; tlujf ,,,, iM;ltter how wcdl
iitjvate a crop of any kind, when
r ue st. p the cultivation, if it is
' -r. than a few weeks until a killing
,.r the land so leiisely shaded
:' -'fnuii;!: crops that no seeds
Kml could .'orminate, erah
M - .
- MSI spintlT Uli an scot I. I-.veli
' .hivafion eontinuetl until frost,
' - MniiM r the crah trrass will he
'' -r tlii. kt r. than if the land
' the i reviuus year. Now
I t.i write another article
i!. Pro-re, she KaniuT and an
swer some questions that perhaps
others in the Eastern part of the
State would like to know. Would
he expect a light sandy soil underlaid
with a poor strata of clay, at a depth
of twelve to sixteen inches, that with
the aid of 500 pounds of fertilizers
per acre had produced 1,500 pounds
of seed cotton peracre, to he in con
dition to successfully grow alfalfa?
Some years we have a very great pre
cipitation and the land hecomes very
full of water, often completely cover
ing it; and while it is seldom that the
water remains on the land hut a few
hours, it is sometimes several days,
or weeks even, that cultivation of all
crops has to he suspended. Does he
think alfalfa would stand this condi
tion? Does he think a plat of land
as fertile as deserihed, now in straw
herries, which will he turned under
next May and sown in peas for hogs,
will ho in condition for alfalfa? Will
alfalfa sown in So:temher withstand
crah grass the following summer hot
ter than that sown in spring?"
In the ahove. Mr. Loft in suggests
some very severe tests for alfalfa,
especially as it is well known that al
falfa will not stand water, that is,
standing water. It is claimed that it
will withstand running water for
twenty-four hours hotter than it will
standing water for six hours. 1 have
had no practical experience along
that line, so give the ahove hearsay
for what it is worth. I have no ex
perience with alfalfa except on high
clay land. However. 1 shall sow some
this spring on my farm near CJolds
horo, which is very much like the
land around Mount Olive, ami like
very much of the land in Kastern
North Carolina. This partioular
plot of land has heon in strawberries
for some years, until this year I
grew a crop of Irish potatoes on it.
I have prepared it thoroughly hy
plowing deeply, ami have had a ton
of lime hroadoast on one acre. T
shall sow, hroadcast, 1.00 pounds of
fertilizer composed of 200 pounds of
cottonseed meal, 200 pounds of
muriate of potash and M)0 pounds of
1 per cent acid phosphate. Ahout
tho last of March or the first of
April I shall sow ahout 25 or 00
pounds of alfalfa seed and harrow
in with a tooth harrow. 1 am unde
cided ahout the after treatment.
Wlicii to Cut ami I low Often.
IT) the country, where T am suc
cessfully growing alfalfa, I make my
first cutting as soon as hloom he
gins to appear and get four cuttings
of hay the first year. lut I am ad
vised that in the more Eastern sec
tion of the State it will ho hotter to
clip the alfalfa (with the mower
Made set to cut some three inches
from the ground) as often as it
grows to six inches high, permitting
the clippings to lie on the ground as
a mulch. Continue this process until
ahout the last of August, when per
mit the alfalfa to. make full growth,
and cut for hay when hloom begins
to appear. Clip again after that cut
ting as hefore, until frost. By this
plan it is claimed the alfalfa will
stool out and hecome much stronger
than if allowed to make full growth,
ami cut for hay four times as I do
in Orange. By the latter process
I would got only one cutting for
hay, that in August, all the other
(dippings to lie on the ground for a
mulch. The second year the alfalfa
would he permitted to make full
growth and would he cut regularly
for hay. I intend to divide the
plot on my farm near Ooldshoro and
try one nlot each way so as to deter
mine which plan gives the host per
manent results.
Wore T situated as Mr. Loft in is,
T would experiment with alfalfa he
fort; planting heavily.
T. B. PARK LB
Raleigh. N. C.
(To be continued.)
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