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FARMS.

FOR SALE-CHEAP-3 FARMS IN MONTGOM-
cry Co. Md. all fronting the It'll st. pike. bet
Sandy Spring and Washington; Of 20 acres.
! Of 1855 acres, price 500 per acre.
Also a farm Of $40 acres, all wood lands, $40
per acre. within 3 miles Of steam and electric
cars
ap23-3t C. II. PARKER, 435 AZ st. s.w.
FOR SALE-OR EXCHANGE@FARM OF 200
acres, 100 clear, 10 acres wood; II miles from
Baltimore. Is from Annapolis and one mile from
B. and A. Short Line r. R.; house with 10
rooms, barn. stable corn house, hen house, etc
Addcesa Mr. ROSEN. s27 9Th s.e Washington.
d, G. mh12-SSts
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BUSINESS PROPERTY.

FOR SALE-ON 18TH ST. Sc. BETWEEN PA
ave. and G St, business property; frame; water
and gas; half square from lines; can be
bought at bargain. Inquire of owner WILL
LIAM SHIELDS, 616 A st. me-, city. ap23-3t'
FOR SALE-"BTGGEST CHANCE" NOW OF
fered for speculation" l''might say in
the city,; '14TH ST. Will go through it. only
$4,000; easy payments IL desired with low rate
of interest. Address OHIO Star Office. ap22-3ts
erty; two 3-story brick buildings, with large
frontage; depth 100 IT.; rented at S47.5O: If
sold at once S., $50.
WTLLIGE, GIBBS & DANIEL. Inc. COS 18th
ap19-6t
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q. 8, ENGINEER OFFICE. WASHINGTON
win Be received here until noon. April g. 1904.
and then publicly opened. for Portland Cement
PHEN SEWEIL, Capt. Eners. apl2. 1a.iz.l5.z8&20
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DENTISTRY.

TEETH WITHOUT PLATES; NO ExTRAcTINGi
no pain; feel act and last longer than natural
flIlng DIR. J. L. WILSON. 1908 a. nv.
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PROPOSALS.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF EN-
craving and Printing, Washington, D. c., April 25
1904.-Sealed proposals Will be received at this Of
fee until TWO PM. MONDAY, MAY TWENTY
THIRD, 1904 for washing wetting cloths, for pur-
chase Of pulp produced from the maceration Of Sc
curites etc., and for purchase of waste paper and
July 1, 1904. Blank forms and other Information
VIM NJ. MEREDITH, Director Of Bureau.
apps. 80 ,my5
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONERS d. O.,
Washington, D. c., April q, 1904.-Ssaled pro-
posals viii be received at this Office until
TWELVE O'CLOCK NJ. MAY SEVENTH, 1904, for
furnishing underground signal and telephone cables
for the electrical department Of the District of
lumbia Separate bids viii be considered for the
several items enumerated. Bids must be submit
tep I'm triplicate. Specifications and blank forms
OF proposals may be obtained at this office. II. 3.
f. MCFARLAND, HENRY L. WEST JOHN BID
DIE Commissioners. d. G. ap25-st
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI-
culture. Once Of the Secretary, Washington, D. G.,
April Is. 1904.-Sealed proposals will be received
at the office Of the Chief Of the Bureau Of Plant
Industry until TWO O'CLOCK PM, MAY
FOURTH. 1904. for furnishing all Materials and
Labor necessary in the erection of a potting she'd
Drawings Of this structure will be furnished On
application to said Chief OF Bureau. JAMES WILL
son. Secretary. ap16. 70. "a, -, 2s-ot
q. 8. ENGINEER OFFICE WASHINGTON
Barracks, d. O., April a. 1904.-Sealed proposals
win be received here until noon, April rs. 1904.
M ftan ,,nhlfclv orsanad for Portland Cement
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FOR SALE
1850 Columbia road, between 18th and
14th st. lines, Columbia Hts. 10
rms. baths: steam heat.
This house taken in trade and can
be sold at an attractive figure NEW
Side lot and light.
THOMAS ]. FISHER & CO., Incorporated
ap23-6t 1414 street NV.
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SURETY COMPANIES.

We issue Surety Bonds.
II II our business. The fee IL reasonable. the
service prompt. Don't entail your estate by going
IN bonds for relatives and friends Send them to
The Title Guaranty and Trust Co.
GEORGE I. PARKER Resident Agent,
POI -227 Colorado building.
-, "a 90, fa5-71t-lS
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FOR sALE-lsa5 CINCINNATI ST. THE BEST
house on Washington Hts. for the price,
$500.
Easy payments-smau amount of cash
balance monthly First trust, $500.
Compare the construction OF this house
with any others on Washington Hts. that
we're built to sell.
Double noors-1s-inc walls-plate glass
front windowe-hot- water heat
THOMAS J. FISHER CO., Incorporated.
ap23-0t 1414 F street n W.
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a BEAUTIFUL HOME in the NORTH.
2ixe5 to 15-ft. alley; three stories and
cellar; EIEG ANTLY DECORATED; q
Desirable home in every particular:
Any ONE WANTING A FIRST CLASS
HOME A POSITIVE BARGAIN. Well
dasipned and splendidly built.
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FOR sALE-vERY CHEAP; 3-STORY AND BATH,
Or BRICK DWELLING; 2-STORY BRICK STA
BILE; LOT 2Ox95 TO ALLEY; sTH ST.; P. Q.
So, $50.
FOR SAIE-SACRIFICE FIGURE, S 500; 12R.
AND BATH BRICK DWELLING: 20TH ST. g
AND n NV. WOULD EXCHANGE WITH
SMALLER HOUSE
T. B. WIMER. REAL EST, 1901 st. NV.
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FOR SALE
Best Resident Sites.
We control the sale of the finest lots.
On 18th street
On New Hampshire
Near Sheridan Circle
On Mass avenue.
Most of our people have owred the lots for a
great many years, and have authorized US to ad-
vertise and sell
THOMAS J. FISHER & CO., incorporated
ap23-10t 1414 st. NV.
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HOTEL APARTMENTS.

CHAPLIN APARTMENTS,
NO. 1915 CHAPLIN ST. NV.
ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF.
Two to three rooms and bath: every modern I'm
provement for the convenience and comfort Of
guests; prices moderate.
ja25-6 q. d. HALL. Manager.
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BEAUTIFUL NEW HOUSE, MACS.
AVE EXTENDED, 2bxi00; stone and
brick; three stories; fourteen rooms;
steam heat; three baths; Kitchen on Arst
Aoor. OWNER. VERY ANXIOUS TO
Sell. Will ACCEPT ANY REASON.
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COUNTRY BOARD.

MoNTRosE SCHooL-A DELIGHTFUL SUMMER
home for girls and small boys, Situated In the
most heathful part of Maryland; terms very
moderate. Address Miss HARDLY. GAINESVILLE
Maryland. apl6-26ts
LINGANORE HILLS INN.
Near the mountains. win be open for guests
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NEW HAxPgH1RE AVE. 3ust north Of
house, three baths; heated By hot water;
soufheast exposure; BEAUTfruL PARK
III FRONT; especially adapted FOR snter.
tsininS. COeT WRHEa 0WSER oven
go, GOD. Lot ~ submit your ofter Cor
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
Peculiar Sentences.

He was stabbed in the fracasA
She sat down upon his retur1
She tainted upon his departufe
He came in upon her PERMISSION.
The steamer Mary Ellen was burned
to the water's edge this mornipfEA ana
every soul on board was iosGS exceps
the chambermaid. who saved Rerseif
by swimming ashore. She was lPaded
with pig iron and insured for sa$ 600.
Advertisements eE.I,ed from p ex-
change:
Room for rent by lady IA feet
square.
Bicycle for sale by gentleman
with a leather seat.
Wanted-two young men whoi will
be treated as one of the family.
A piano for sale by a young pady
with mahogany legs.
Rooms for rent by a family WIFI
southern exposure.
! Shoes shined on the inside.
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TO whom This May concern.

This certities that have made ar
with E. M. Plumb, OF
Welsh, La, by which he is to fully
control the grass growing on my ioo
of-land near Welsh, viz. the N. w.
of section 20, for the year 1904 ANY
person or persons wishing to cut grass
for hay upon said land, can arrange
With Mr.. Plumb regarding the same
Respectfully
WILLIAM EPLER.
WELSH, LA, May IL, 1901
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
Letter to Armstrong Machine Company
WELSH, LA.

Dear Sir: Mr.. President of
a cotton-mill at Union, s. Che don t
want to see his name in print-had
al 70 and 81. 25. Took the S1.25;- and
got skinned. He'd have got three
Quarters skinned if he'd taken the
other. =, or
The S1.3o was full-gallon; the Sl.25
was 19 per cent short The tull-meas-
nre naint was adulterated 40 per cent;
the short-measure paint was adulter-
ated as per cent, besides benzine In
the oil, don't know how much.
Devoe Iead-and-zinc wasn't sold IN
the town then
It don't pay to monkey with paint.
Devoe costs less than any of EN-
not by the gallon, of course; by the
house and year. That's how to reckon
it. Go by the name.
Yours truly,
| F. W. DEvOE & Co.
AZ New York
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worlds Fair Rate, May to Dec. l,
rnnA

worlds Fair Rate, May to Dec. 1.
1904.
j Welsh, A s33.55; 1927 80; g $22. 80.
BY class ga" it rs understood to APP
ply to season tickets, on sale April 10
To November 10, final limit December
15, 1904. Glass "B" applies TO sixty
day tickets, on sale April 20 to De-
cernber 25, final limit 60 days not later
than December Is, 1904. Glass 'C'
applies to ten-day tickets. ON sale
April 81 to November 3d. final limit
ten days from date of sale, not later
than December 5, 1904.
In addition to the above there is al
SO a Coach Rate during the month o.
Nav. These excursions will be run a
periods of about ten days on basis o
about 10 per cent of the regular on
/ way fare for adults and so per cen
for children. Coach tickets will no
bs honored in parlor or sleeping cars
fDate of sale for Coach tickets, Ma
III and May 81, 1904, final limit, goo
to leave St. Louis seven days iron
date of sale. Coach excursion, Wells
rate: "D'' adults, $500; "E'' child's
$1,000. J. f. TUBES Agent
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ri solution of Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership formerly existing between
&. Benoit & Son is hereby dissolved
by mutua consent, s. Benoit retiring
therefrom. G. Benoit will collect all
the outstanding debts due hxs- said
firm of G. Benoit 81 Son.
Welsh, La, May 6, 'o4. c. BENoIT.
S. BENoIT.
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snecial Excurslon via. x. c. $. by.

Lake Charles to Sloan Springs,
Ark, May 5th, 1904. Round trip rate
of $12. So from Lake Charles for tick
cts with 81 days limit. Excursion
trains will leave Lake Charles at 1886
n m. and 1925 a. m. on May 5th, 1904
s. G. WARNER, G. P. and T. A.,
K. G. S. Ry. Kansas CITY, MO.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

Ine Instance 70 20 IS WY 5'0.'0'
and, as the japanese army has been g.
ND to the present very slow in MOVING,
It win be a good while before this plan
can he carried out, unless decisive
events occur in the natural course oil
things south of Lao Yang, as every
thing seemed at first to indicate
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
china OPENS Ports.

pekln: An imperial edict voluntarily
issued opens to the commerce OF the ,
world the ports OF Gilman Flu. wei oAl
En- and Chou Tsun, on the Shan Iuhs
Deninsula,
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-Raa...ax.Nntice.

Taken up one Dark Red Bull aoouV
hour years old; no brand; which VIII
lnroceed to sell to the highest bidder,
Is aturday. June 20, 1904, between legal
Aonrs on the farm of Jules Benolt,
B,nIess owner proves property ana
costs of keeping and advertising
TREVILLE LOGNIoN.
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Or. MeVicar Des

New York: Rev. DR.. N
VicaT president of Union
OF Richmond, Va, and WI
gaected with the BaptiS
Isionary Society, is dead &c
He will be buried at laEte
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-, az 40 st. Louis and Return.

| Only $500 st. Louis and Return
| On May 3tst, via Mobile and ONO
h r. from New Orleans. For tickets
1r particulars apply to
MR.. F. E. GUEDRY, d. T. As Ne"
orleans.
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world,s Fair. st. Louis.

@Yrekets at low rates now on sale,
11aor particulars apply to any Mooiie
Ohio r. r. agent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

rs lnSIltutc.
>1.e Shortest and only ling
= - over it's own trackddsonville,' Is
& q. y = and boze g. Vain
. 60 Three Soliy
fling auditor of
INHSSs s ap Co., was here
ARRIyIN0 An Ruftslosffe accounts of the
SSazsEzs4yyINS i Is Bot this place.
NV alter F'foWt7sc has taken position
Il the Grand Canal plant, and w. K.
Yer is now the night Waterman at the
Y mill.
Nm. Hendry, the engineer at the
Grand Canal plant, was in town Sat
\ urday. He reports that mosquitoes
are plentiful, but seems to be com
forted by the fact that there are also
some pretty girls there.
John Franklin, Gillett and T. H..
Walton were in Lake Charles last
Friday attending to legal business.
A petition was circulated here Nom
day 10 obtain signatures against the
division of the parish.
Frank Eppley is engineer. with Ed
Bowman at the Hutcheson & ,Scrog-
gins plant.
Work on the school house was com
menced in earnest last week.
~ E. j. Church, secretary OF the Wea
yer Normal College. located at Tur
&S eek, st. Landry parish, was il
~ 1day in the interest of tn
" Mr.. Church was forme
n of Roanoke
Booze & Wainwright Wei
Isl are to start on we'll this wee
che Booze plant Mr.. Wainwright
,rrived Tuesday from Lake Charles.
h w. T. Hutchinson was visitor t
Roanoke Monday.
Miss Della Bleyius, of Glenmora
is here visiting friends and relatives
Paul Jones is engineer at the Berr
plant.
II. E. Werren spent Sunday in th
country.
The Scroggins Bros. SUCCESSFUL
dynamited well on the w alton plac
soThe Story of an Outcast," Mark
1-5 is the subject for Sunday evening
May %, at the Congregational churcl
Solo and congregational singing IL
subject for morning is Entering in
the Lives of Others, or The Power
Personality. Mechanics, farme
and business men, their families al
friends heartily welcomed to the
aervices. They are helpful, inspirir
and uplifting.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
Eiaht ut Cns..st e q:

LONDON: The Central y ]ws CORE
sponde,at at BAKE caE-sasia, repor.S
a serious fight between Afhlen lss 2 ', ~
Turkish troops 40 CheiouSt Q @
district of Musha24-,EE:7 z. v $3.50, a.
"a ..,,,,,,a thS. W las had their
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

a patterson has shipped rrteen
/. q 1,,.ard chickens to New York from
oraenville 1t required three cars ana
80, bushels of corn to feed them en-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

When an old maids sister has
b,aby boy. the ancient maiden fire.
guently says: His mother cant do
q thing with him when am around.
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Insist on GettIna q.

Some grocers say they don't Keep De
land Of 10 OF. brands, which they know
cannot be sold to customer who has once
used the l6 OF. pkg. Defiance Starch Tor
same money.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

Errors, if any, should be reported
within "a hours, accompanied by orig
inal list. Unless list accompanies
bundle ours must be accepted as cor
rect. No goods held over 90 days.
Terms cash. Positively no credit.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
Superior Through and Local y
LOUISIANA. TEx9S, MH
81 VELD MEKIG
IND PACIFIC CO45aeo
s,n between 27th 1904
hool books and supplies at the
nal Stationery Store.

CarsM he
New oe1nno
Puum
nesaas' aar
Noon II
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

80 New orleans Every Saturday p, M
For further inforHnaf e a Apply M
= '-.- g.GW ORLEANS, y
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]. D. KIr1BALL.,
Horseshoeing.
90

All Kinds of Repairing a Speciality.
Shop located on North Adams street
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

9 cred the hrst gun
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22

for the entire year; 100 acres of en-
closed pasture will run 80 sheep one
year; 100 acres of average range will
run 40 sheep one year. Applying these
figures to the problem OF stockgrow-
ing in the arid regions, taking the
proportions given above in round num-
bers, 100 acres of irrigated alfalfa
will carry 146 steers for one year
and it will require something over
eight sections (5,12O acres) Of dry
range to carry the same number Of
cattle.
The money lost last winter, in win
ter losses by the sheepmen and cat
tlemen of the state, if spent toward
retaining and seeding to alfalfa
would raise sufficient feed to have
fed every hoof of stock in the state
six months.
The feeding of cattle and sheep
alfalfa means the retaining of another
dollar per head on sheep and $40 per
head on cattle at home. The growing
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22

that amount. Alfalfa at 81 per ton
and wheat at 81 per hundred will fur
nish sheep for market cheaper than
screenings at st. Paul. Lambs fed
on alfalfa will produce one to two
pounds more wool than when on the
range. Brood sows will do we'll on
alfalfa pasture all summer.
To give an idea what an acre of
alfalfa will do l quote from some fig
that / compiled for a farm paper
some time ago. 1t is not acreage that
your profits, but the num-
Der of fat cattle or sheep you turn off
in the course of a year, and this annual
product is not in proportion to the
number of acres you range over, but in
proportion to the amount of stock food
you turn into cattle or sheep. 1t is
commonly said that it takes about 30
acres of average dry range: to carry
a steer a year and there are places
in the arid west that one steer would
do well to live on 100 acres. One acre
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22

the %succulent qualities of green grass
as green grass. 1t contains largely
in June, keeping the digestive organs
open and active and has a cooling eff
fece upon the blood. Fed to COWS,
alfalfa maintains the flow OF milk
equal to June for nearly the entire
year. 1t can be chopped fine as wheat
bran and mixed with corn meal to
form a balanced ration and such a mix
ture is worth more, pound for pound,
than the corn meal.
Where alfalfa grows to perfection
it is a cows paradise, and such a
land is sure to flow with milk and
honey, if a man does his part toward
such a sonsummation, as it is the
greatest honey plant known. It is
superior to white clover or buckwheat
and under favorable circumstances
will give honey from June to October.
Alfalfa will grow one and two o
on any land without water that will
produce winter wheat. 1t can be
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22

point OF the banker is worthy of th4'
consideration of all the men in this
business in the state of Montana.
Until a few years ago the banker was
able only to collect his loans during
the wool and shipping season, which
usually extended from the LIST of July
to the list of November, and after
then it was a long drawn proposition
for the banker to carry the loans.
Since alfalfa has been extensively
grown in a large number of localities
in the state it has encouraged the
feeding of sheep and cattle so that
they are in marketable condition even
during the long, dreary winter months
and has distributed the banking busi-
ness from the loaning standpoint
more evenly. This has enabled the
banker to distribute his loans so that
his surplus money has been earning
interest a longer time. than under the
old method. 1t has enabled the state
to be settled up with a class of peo-
pie that have added value to the coun-
ty tax roll, at the same time affording
a. business to the farmer that uniform
ly made them money"
The merchant under the alfalfa
system will do business every day in
the year and have a pay day in the
winter when he needs it most.
A loss Of rs per cent on ten or
twelve thousand sheep land that is
a common affair these days) would
pay for and seed to alfalfa a half sec
ton of land. That would winter the
whole 10000 and still be a source
OF profit as an investment afterward,
with good prospect that it would dou-,
BILE in value. At Billings the land un-
der ditch at $75 an acre is cheaper
and easier to pay for than the adjoin.
ing dry land at 81 an acre.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22

of 100000 tons of alfalfa (and that
is not a very great propositfon) means
a payroll of 100000; it means a rural
population Of at least 1000 people;
1t means the support Of as many more
in the towns.
The growing and feeding of alfalfa
means much to the banker and bust
ness man. In speaking to a proml-
nent banker in Billings he told me that
his bank would receive a round $780,
900 through alfalfa feeding this win
ter. Under the range system every
body had to wait until shipping time.
Mr.. Moss letter may be Of interest;
/ will read it:
"The value OF alfalfa from the stand,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
THE POSSIBILITIES OF ALFALFA
Address Delivered by /. D. O,DOnneH 2
Before the Stockgrowers' Convention at Miles City.
Before the convention of the stock

Before the convention of the stock
growers of Montana, which convened
in annual session at Miles City at
Miles City Tuesday, 1. D. O'Donnell
of this city made an address on the
subject of alfalfa growing and feeding
in the state. Probably no n through
out the United States is a higher author.
ity on the subject of alfalfa growing
than is Mr.. O'Donnell. For years he
hasSmade it a study and experimental
upon the fodder from the standpoint
of a feeder of both sheep and cattle.
Throughout the country Mr.. O'Donnell
is known far and wide as the alfalfa
king of the west" and the town of Bill.
ings is known among people residing
thousands of miles from the city as
the home of the gentleman whose
authority on the growth and feeding
OF alfalfa is never brought into ques-
ton.
Mr.. O'DOnnell's address at Miles
City appeared to many as a revelation
and even stockmen and farmers of the
lower Yellowstone valley were amazed
at some Of the facts and figures pro-
duced by the speaker. In part he
spoke as follows:
What l may say of the possibilities
OF alfalfa applies with full force to
the possibilities of irrigation, as it
is by far the best forage crop raised.
To give the impossibilities OF alfalfa
would to my mind be a much easier
task, as there are so many varied DOS.
sibilities I hardly know where to begin.
Alfalfa is as old as the hills. It
has been cultivated since civilization
and was familiar to the Egyptians and
Persians, 1t was known in Greece
$50 p. G. The Romans esteemed it
highly as q forage crop for the horses
Of their army. It's cultivation has
been maintained in Italy to the pres.
emit time. From Italy it was intro.
duced into Spain and by them carried
into Mexico during the Spanish inya-
sion. The Spaniards also carried it to
South America, where it now grows
Wild In places.
From Chilli It reached California in
1864, and fields sown at that time
are still producing after so wears Of
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22

ground into meal and fed to hogs and
chickens. Alfalfa in money value Ia
worth IS per cent more than clover
and SO per cent more than timothy.
One acre will pasture 80 hogs for six
months. Ten mich cows can be fed
on less than two acres for the entire
year by soiling. Three pounds per
day makes a full feed for fattening
lambs, four to five pounds makes q
full feed for fattening aged sheep,
IS pounds makes a full feed for fat
tening steers, a lamb will live and
thrive on two pounds per day. Steers
will put on from one to one and me.
half pounds per day on straight al
falfa' and with a grain ration double