The Holly chieftain., 1898-12-02
oUNDAY SCHOOL EVERY SUNDAY AT
~ 600 4. NJ, at the school house.
4sy lG. HAMMER. Supt.
raowERs COUNTY DIRECTORY,
rAaalmo ~ ,aa,oAT.o..
by LIN. campbell.-


We have treated on the values deriv-
ed from wheat, oats, harley. corn, vecc-
tables and fruits. In these we have
few equals If any. We will now take
np alfalfa. the king product OF our val
lev. There Is but one production of
crops in the United States. and that is
coslon' and tropicals, that the writer is
not familiar with. Tobacco raising
during the latter 6O'tys was very vslu-
able crop. and many other crops have
had their period OF great valns and of
snort duration. which We might recall
but deem It unnecessary ut present.
We have thought to see the day when
the many thousand acres of alfalfa in
this valley would be like many other
crops. see Its life Of value end; but in
stead We see gradual yearly increase in
is value, and We will make the broad
assertion tha. there Ia no crop known to
agriculture, thst vii pay the per cent
"f profit that willslfalfa. Once sown. it
lives for all iims 70 come, and like tile
.s.ucer on mans bQCix. ths 40re you cut
II the w0r5sH Sfows r needs no sds
ditionAl fertilizer. sase plenty Of water.
II dives down into the bowels Of the
earth 70 great depths. very few forest
tree. 90 deeper. There is no doubt in
my mind that there ars many alfalfa
roots in this valley todav that are 80
feet long. rhev have been taken mp 20
feet long. these l have seen. I took up
one mvself, only twelve months old.
thst measured six feet. They do not, Az
general thing, sprsngle ont under the
surfare, a. does the forest or fruit tree,
bu, their main course 10 straight down.
with small nbefs projecting out from 8
TO IL inches. I have never seen FOOT
that WIS moro than /! inches through
and. that was at the surface. aud tsper-
ing down TO the 4ise ofa cambria need
10 at its extreme point thave the first
alfalfa. of twelve months growth and
afier. to see die from any cause save ex-
cayation or being cut of at least six In
chea under ground by plow. We are
not desiriohs Of getting rid Of this plant.
but like the black locust, once set it is
very difilctlt to get rid Of II has M
equal a. an improver. and 10 very poor
crop when depending on rain for tnois-
turs. We claim for it. one good itfiga-
tion for every crop taken of. and to olr
tain food results four crops should be
taken every season. namelvs every six
weeks af'er the hrst cutting, which gen.
erllly occurs about June lst. Aftef
these fotir crop. which ~,ll. afler 80
dav stand IN stack. measure out tons
per acfe, ofihe best foraee known to
tho agricultural world tcday. A 6ne
pasture viii follow. equivalent to anoth.
Or ton pAr acre. Il is vstv dangerous
frr any stock thai, ,chevs the cud TO PISS
tnre upon while igA growing condition.
there Il no plant hpovn that stock Is
any fohder OF, both 10 Green and cuf.
ed state; neithsris there any that his
the bloatins qualifications. Horses and
hogs 1t nsver hurts. Plenty ofalfaffa III
either state for your horse and he Will
keep fat and do . satisfactory days work
without any grain ration. / haze one
spah Of irh.sss that we're born In an al
fsifa pasture and haye been thefe con-.
tinualiy. since, sie now fosrtsen years
old and I win PIT them agsinst any
grain fed team Of their sge end sixe. for
Thess horses haze never
eaten 100 pounds Of grain per wear, and
very few days nrsses them without BE-
ing wofked and they. s,e not for s.le Or
trade either. f
For hoss alfalfa IL fins pstHts.
They ars tsry fsnd Of and By diving
. small gain fstion daily. good fssdln
uan b otkatnxl. AlfaHs alone viii not
make tasst tint ~ill fly itssK. nor il Il
profitable alone salt y very import
6nt Ectos for any kind Of seek III sllsi-
n 10 any stas-, j have known sbfps
~ cattle, min COWS ef ~ hsIghbors,
uhal pasture on sllAifh without bsoating.
80, >-s~ 80 >.,~. 'SanH~-a- - f-..vil