Productive farming . Fig. 57.—Tush power sweep rake used in taking ha- to a stack in the field. tPlant Industry.; they are the best part of the crop. With a little care alfalfacan be cured in perfect condition, because the time requiredfor curing is not long (Figs. 57, 58).. Fig. 58.—Hay-stacking machine. The hay is taken from the sweep rake (Fig.65) and lifted to the stack by liorse-power. Notice the horses at the end of the rope.(Plant Industry.) Ten Alfalfa Rules.—For the sake of brevity let us sum-marize the chief points in alfalfa management. The followingten rules are quite comprehensiv
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Productive farming . Fig. 57.—Tush power sweep rake used in taking ha- to a stack in the field. tPlant Industry.; they are the best part of the crop. With a little care alfalfacan be cured in perfect condition, because the time requiredfor curing is not long (Figs. 57, 58).. Fig. 58.—Hay-stacking machine. The hay is taken from the sweep rake (Fig.65) and lifted to the stack by liorse-power. Notice the horses at the end of the rope.(Plant Industry.) Ten Alfalfa Rules.—For the sake of brevity let us sum-marize the chief points in alfalfa management. The followingten rules are quite comprehensive.8 114 PRODUCTIVE FARMING 1. Lime the soil by applying about one ton of lime peracre just before sowing the seed. 2. Inoculate the new alfalfa field by spreading and har-rowing in about five hundred pounds per acre of good soilfrom an old alfalfa field when the sun is not shining. 3. Have the soil as free from weed seed as possible by usinga bare fallow for a few weeks before seeding. 4. Be sure that the alfalfa seed is perfectly pure and freefrom weed seeds. 5. Use plenty of seed, about thirty pounds per acre, sow-ing it both length-wise and cross-wise of the field. 6. Use good fertile soil and apply some high-grade fertilizerabout the time of sowing the seed. 7