CHAPTER VI

Alfalfa [ 59-70]
Adaptation to eastern needs 59
Fertility and feeding value 60
Climate and soil 61
Free use of lime 62
Inoculation 62
Fertilization 63
A clean seed-bed 64
Varieties 65
Clean seed 65
The seeding 66
Seeding in August 67
Subsequent treatment 68

CHAPTER VII

Grass Sods [ 71-79]
Value of sods 71
Prejudice against timothy 72
Object of sods 74
Seeding with small grain 75
Seeding in rye 76
Good soil conditions 77

CHAPTER VIII

Grass Sods (Continued) [ 80-89]
Seeding in late summer 80
Crops that may precede 81
Preparation 83
The weed seed 84
Summer grasses 85
Sowing the seed 85
Deep covering 86
Seed-mixtures 88

CHAPTER IX

Sods for Pastures [ 90-97]
Permanent pastures 90
Seed-mixtures 91
Blue-grass 91
Timothy 92
Red-top 92
Orchard grass 93
Other seeds 93
Yields and composition of grasses 93
Suggested mixtures for pastures 94
Renewal of permanent pastures 96
Destroying bushes 96
Close grazing 97

CHAPTER X

The Cowpea [ 98-107]
A southern legume 98
Characteristics 99
Varieties 99
Fertilizing value 100
Affecting physical condition 101
Planting 101
Inoculation 103
Fertilizers 103
Harvesting with livestock 104
The cowpea for hay 104
As a catch crop 106