The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1905-10-17

the culvator but of what crop which the farmer raises this also
true? Given such conditions and the moisture controlled and applied
by person who has good Judgment who fully understands the
alfalfa plant and its and the results simply wonderful
Crops from fifteen to sixteen of cured hay have been realized
from of alfalfa where approximately the above
conditions prevailed The available dgebe content of fifteen of
well cured alfalfa hay equals that contained hundred and eighty
bushels of corn Yet who will that because
our climatic conditions such that cannot raise two hundred and
eighty bushels per acre The dgesb content of two alfalfa
hay equals that in hirseven bushels of There is much
protein or muscle bone and snew forming food in this amount al
alfa than there in the hseven bushels of while of heat and
fat forming material there something less has been fully dem
onsaed and capable demonstration by anyone who will give the
plant fair test that here Panhandle soils and under the eli
matte conditions ruling here average and oneha three
tons OF alfalfa nay can be made per acre per year and that without
irrigation sub-rrgation.
Alfalfa aprooed plant deep feeder the tap root extending
deep INTO the soil An average OF eight to ten feet Tor the roots to
penetrate DEPTH while under favorable conditions
subso mari loan underlying soil is best adapted the needs
of the plant will not thrive land where the rock mpene
most drought resisting grains They the deep rooted variety
Our rooted wild plants and weeds seldom suffering
dry weather We have varieties rooted plants here
plains lands All of them especially drought resants Who
the buffalo clover the tumble weed familiar bear grass
plant alfalfa.
Alfalfa belongs great family egumnous plants Many
grow by aid Of the nitrogen gathering bacteria which attach them
selves the of the healthy plant and branches
full development hence the store nitrogen the soil where the
egumes grown increased rather than diminished Here let
call attention the important fact that the elements which
absolutely te and development all plants
bon supplied by the air and hydrogen by water All the
other must be supplied by the soil to such plants grass
corn the oghums and in fact to most plants except those of the
egumnou family The supply of nitrogen limited soils yet
the air nearly Is cent nitrogen its organic form In this form
however the plant asmiae it, but to the of the gumes
microscopic plant organisms attach themselves These called ba
terra They live part the and juices of the plant but they
also absorb and transform nitrogen from the air i'll the soil into form
suitable combine with other elements for plant food and give up
the plant this supply of nitrogen for its nOushmnt OF the nj
rogen thus drawn from the goody portion left the
and leaves and in the bacteria ubecs and thus adds
the soluble nitrogen in the soil Thus gumnou plants such clio
alfalfa beans the veces enrich rather than
mpovh the land Just think for moment if you pu
chase nitrogen in the market i'll the cheapest form i'll which be
obtained commercially would fifteen pound Yet
that price is found profitable to purchase and fertilizer in
some OF the intensive farming and gardening operations ton of al
falfa approximately fifty pounds of nitrogen five times
much contained i'll ton of barn yard manure Yet the nitrogen
contained the ton of constitutes its chief value fertilizer
Consider for that resting upon every of your land