Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1905-03-01
to $4,000 than to raise scrub worth

$25.
"Man has captured the traditional
wild boar, long. headed, razor-backed,
his tail hanging between his legs like
a coyotes, and by graduation and the
slow process of development con-
verted him into the sleek Berkshire
or well-rounded Poland China. Man
has taken the wild OK, lank aud lean
}. sided and long-horned, and by the
same processes converted him into the
bountiful, milk giving Holstein breed
or the beautiful, symmetrical, fawn.
like, butter-making Jersey, or the
huge Durham, with his mountains oi
flesh. MAJ has lassoed the wild
horse upon the plains, coarse, shaggy
and small boned, and by the magic
touch of his hand, under the guidance
of God-given intellect metamor-
phosed him into the ponderous Nor
man draft horse or the fleet Arabian
courser. He has taken the heavy
crimson apple and given it in matri-
mony to the little, white, marble
faced, dimple- checked apple until the
offspring we have seen the Maiden's
Blush.
eff these are gems in the diadem
of mans inventive powers, may l
now introduce to you plant that is
the crowuing glory of mans djscov-
cry while making triumphant strides
up the highway of agriculture. AL
falfa is calamity killer, mortgage
| litter, drouth resister, an income
producer and redeemer of the arid
lands of the West, lavish in benefi-
cence, in that it draws support main
ly from the atmosphere and the
cornerstone upon which is being laid
the unfailing prosperity of the
West, luxuriant, abundant, unfailing
fulfilling every desire as well
as every promise. No sooner
had man begun to deplore the
fact that the continued cultivation OF
his soil was depicting, exhausting
and rendering it worthless than he
became acquainted with further
fact that the legumes, of which alfalfa
is chief, not only draws the main
supply of plant food from the atmos.
phere for it's own support, but stores
it in the soil, enriching and restoring
it rather than exbausting it as dc
other plants.
"This plant takes the nitrogen
from the atmosphere and it is con,
verted into fine beef for tie use o.
man. Not only is this plant {
legume, restoring and building up i'm
poverished soils, but it is a perennial
When the seed are once sown they
possess the ground; when once es.
tablished they grow practically for.
ever, like the trees of the forest, and
will be left a rich heritage to the
children of those who planted. Not
only legume and perennial, bu,
its roots are great and silent subsoil
ers. | have seen single root nearly
as large as your body, with thirty
two stems from its single crown
They go down to five, ten, fifty ano
over 100 feet into the bowels Of the
earth, it is equal to an Artesian we'll
1t loves water and bores to reach it
"Not only does it gather its food
from the atmosphere, but it gathers
the rich mineral elements from the
subterranean strata below, bringing
them up, not only for its own supply
but depositing it into the soil, for its
greater fertility.
"When we consider the wonderful
root system of this plant, and wher
we consider its nature, are we sur
prised to hear of it's wonders? Car
it be matter of surprise, after know.
ing these things, that it is cut three
four, five and sometimes seven times
per annum, yielding upon an average
four tons at the cutting?
"There is nothing more interesting
than the converting of this sappy
plant into the dry, palatable
sweet-scented, new-mown hay, owe
| which all animals 90 into ansf q acins