“Don’t pasture it.
“Don’t put any of the rotten manure anywhere but on your alfalfa plot.
“Don’t depend upon ‘culture cakes’ or soil from some distant field.
“Don’t let any water stand on it.
“Don’t let it go if a thin stand, but disk in more seed; don’t be afraid you will kill it.
“Don’t replow the land, disk it.
“Don’t wait for it to stool; it never does.
“Don’t try to cut for hay until the alfalfa takes the field.
“Don’t sow on any land not well underdrained.
“Don’t leave your land rough; use a roller or a plank float to level and smooth it.