The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1907-08-17
MONEY IN ALFALFA
J, Uhe SoilscfkMississippi Well adapted.
: 70 This Product

This, note and comment fond ii
EE$the C91arlestod News and Courier, IS
$50 sfuji of sl1ggestson for Mississippi.
E8Aaf Fit j here reproduced and cont
!16tnded to consideration as another
ssSessnpe! to that estate Of agricultural
s4ndseendence ard wealth that this
.sYate Is moving towards with such
E148ution and promise:
"Dast year eight thousand tons Of
sAay were brought to Charleston ard
sssexf df in@this market. The pr5ce Of has
..Ssat ttye present time is said to be fs64I.
1925 to $50 a ton here As good or
,Esttcr Nay can be grown in South
fCarolipa and sold at q reasonable
snrof4t 81 S12 ton It Is well within
ssshe mark to say that more than {.
[sin;f1on dollars IS sent out OF this
sMate every year to buy hay that
sfAaght 10 be grown in otr fields and
ssyalftbe grown If osaT people only had
gTthe sense TO appreciate the situation
Mad the industry to develop one 81
yhe Araost sorely neglected Of our ag-
fSdxditpral opportunit5es.
4 I'VE have been preaching alfalfa
sk{sar years as the best OF all forage
fSeaes, but our farming friends have
sSbeen livery slow ia the motion" and
24zaly a few experiments have been
EApAde in trying this new crop. new t.
Es3s1th Carolina, but old in other
:S5sa4tes and clearly proved by the ex-
made here as well as adapt
al TO our soil and climate and very
Bsa9o6tabie withal. The work Of the
ENNp erimeht station at Charie5toH
S$sbpws that different kinds OF hay car
Eklf grown in the coast country with
- nj 81 al II
E<tput fwe tons to the acre. worth at
E3sxauseg. prices bout $I25 the acre
Il what the government opepatots
cse succeeded in doing any intell>
0Nt4sfaffne can do, and instead ct
ayingso pound Of Northern or West
kaefA hay for sale IN this market, th5
ksAlhsfs of the coast ought to be ship
kAa nay for sale in other markets
6eeidsyS raising saough for their owit
fAEN We shall never be independent
Eantff w+iearn to live at home
9 Mhs sprairie region OF Mississippi Is
afaNxaabtY adapted to the growth OF
kANfalfa. and can he prohtaibly grown
sssneHyfflxre in the state. The yields
kHaad places noted by Our Charleston
4acuntenpoeary ar not extrayagant OF
FY4e<sptiAnai, and except for the con
s<aeutionai prejudice OF farmers
@aga iysss innovations, the hay crop OF
sztssissippi would soon be very
ESunnsideS able asset IN the wealth o.
she state.
IN acre in alfalfa will return twice
N6e9nueh money. ordinarily, as we'll
gpa acre of cotton, at ten cents q
r xseasnd. and ii costs less to produce
I'D harvest it, Moreover there Is
Z. afaays good home market for the
,fsEoduct, and it is out of the way be-
Ffcre Che cotton harvest begins. It
ssssald seem, therefore, that hay-n1ak-
Fsng ought to become a part OFF the
mississippi farmers plan, especially
In The prairie section, dividing the
JanF egmally with thes taple.
This states agricultural resource
S. ses snsxtially, the basis OF its wealth
and il Is the part Of wise economy to
tSEselnp flfe opport4nitis suggested
issn every darestion that promises pro-
F6t. AhaJfa is a good suggestion
saAHelRssl Star
II a aenaber of planters in the Delta
/. and. In this county, make yearly crops
OF alfaffa, and have found it to be a
E.pery paying product. But the plan
Eshas nos as yet beeome tobe univer-
,saiyy adopted, and tons Of hay are
purchased by our planters in this
ssrSarlest esaerytyear 1t is as necessary
40 plant alfalfa as to raise our own
hogs, sS1dsit is to be hoped that plant
sors Wili ali adopt this plan and sug.
sEostinn.