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[Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>]

At 2/14/2007, you wrote:
> I have one. I got it cheap from a guy who was moving. I'm sure some
> things are out of date, but all the stuff I ever want to look up is
> there. Of course, now I imagine it's all on the Net too. I got used to
> having one when I was working in labs....

I have two and the CRC matmatics book along with a Machineries handbook.



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Subject: [Homestead] Alfalfa
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> There are a few people who grow it within 100 miles of me, but it
> doesn't have the same quality as the stuff they ship in from Ohio and
> other places up north.  Perhaps it has to do with the drought  
> conditions
> or needs irrigation in the summer or something.  I'd be interested to
> understand why it's not grown much here.  Most folks that buy  
> alfalfa go
> in on shares and make runs to the Northland and bring truckloads of it
> back.  It's actually cheaper to buy it that way than to buy it from  
> the
> feed store.  It must need a lot of soil moisture..

We grew it in Marquette County, Wisconsin, on sandy soil. The prior  
owner sold so much alfalfa he installed a hay wagon scale. I think  
your Georgia area gets more rain. It typically requires lime added to  
the soil every few years. On our farm it was an oats, alfalfa, corn  
rotation. The alfalfa made several cuttings of hay, then it was  
disced in and planted to corn. The nitrogen that fixes in the plant  
is released upon decomposition.