New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-08
ALFALFA IN TEXAS
IN UNF1ILING 'hoi :
p.,grns Cost Of Farm m L go
Years. II Is Sad

Ferl - slfslfa visions OF the "es.-
spes'1 ..-.-,.,s hourlGless areaS-"i'" -.
sTn -.,-srs 70 the farmer In count
houa-'''-- - numerous crops-a pI'ear a
les - -hat prosperity which Is "'e
e'lo. md has always been me o. ,d'''' =
loae :, whora the tTaHnlels o. ''le -.
The n4o' Ts-,+ What does the EssteI''el
Sc EAso'. lis crop. which Is the sunJ',e'
know 0-.ssos Of the great states III ''e
q iree - in the West beyond the
MISSISSIPPI --t.-1, farmers are get
inc -. ~ dollars a vea- Is a native
tfe - rs cultivated in Europe "'i'i7
--ss- s-assr doulina'ea '-.e -
z-st,n and Cclt were FuoJe.' -.
80 ,orsons. The SpanlaTo ms .
ROM -. hemisphere. planting j III '9'''l'L
abo-:t sixty years do
"a -icH lands Of ire &oi' 20
SOW Il .,-+5oert. and vas 'here hl-e ~
81 '-'.s q clover Thence alIa-Ia Io'''-'
IS 124-'e'--- :. esr7i-zrid regions this sloe
rs ~ - Mountains, but only I'D re-
O. ;hs = rs actual agricultural value
cent se'-s - and - no place more 50
been 7ecf-
t-is1 2. :. ..-o botanical order Or ECU
il -. ms paaD. sweetPea- cox pea
-. - reich. That fact VIII nTlTs q
cover -, that alfalfa really Is to ne
o.ea- -s when il is then remeID-
S'7'e- 8 +s what may be TlE1tfuiiy
49, - ,,.,.l-l..srre u the land values III
ca and southwest, giving al =1ue m
''.' =, wheat. corn. other cereals, the
s-,r.. and fruits. something a inc To-
= 4.i- -1- II hv the farmer may ne gam
s-- alfalfa II its productivity NeeN
- <sr Il may he relied upon TOT 'l'e
- soo5 =-r~'y for cattle, Tor the Tta3-
= -ae5-5 c7r INC DEVELOPMENT o. otIier
ard so~ making productive LANDS o.
-, chat rrf-r- otherwise IL uns4ife" -oT
arr other purFo=s
=, s-e-lfs ~oo- strikes deep i Is ccnse-
-ue-re5 <o- the clsv O. damp soils
' -ss former nor getting the necessary
.-.s--re-t and in the latter sometime -
-s---- -r- and A. others = ran lless ma,
-. .r --e possession Of al the qualities
= -,slrs for IFS value as e forage or nay
- IN Texas thu sol and atmospheric
..,sf-ierz are rsculiar3~ favorable for the
--.s.ss- and best rrcductiTi---
s--oHD CROP PAIs FOR LAND
al l7ea- farmers say that q. second
- ---7 O. alfalfa has paid for taslT
's-5 that 70 the cautious buyer from
=. r-re- west and The East sounds lie
- -o765srrial promises OF TIE gold brio *
- --aa--aass nan. bur II is al true . lts
80 = sl-7s--z in demand. and The lowest
= ,.s- ,z 80 z ton and - much as 50
hss xs1 paid
s-rska Is rot = oue-Cror-a-Eear plant
- s-s- .es- nav bring forth only Two
N -4-ae CROPS. The roots are at work.
sests7r rhe lowest level IN search Of a
-5s--s-,,' ag- not c~ers bundsnt sup0l- q
moisture. This -skes time The soil. for
-s-ssrr growth. should be eighteen or moro
4a. 54er. I. is al Of that IL every
section or TINS state In the middle dis
.---- where The rainfall is dependable, the
ss.t laa- O. -az~ soil produces from
---ae - rsra crops --ear- IN the Feccs
valley and tie valley Of the Rio G-sudes
there there Is irrigation or dry farming,
-.r r-ors u7s~ he sad 10 average IN NUM-
aa- g hiEa e or higher than elsewhere
r-- ~ nan zh0 takes a piece Of paper
s-5 pencil n figure where he VIII come
c-- r DC settles in this state take Alfalfa
Is Dis Frs Venture lie VIII Be- asked 20
rsy freu So II 5-zH al acre. according 10
liz location and condition Of The land
- lover the cost me chances arc tie
-rste- WI ee tho expense Of preparing Il
t- c-c2 purposes The first year there
-z~ tr three crcrs-ce-rainlv- not fewer
;-al Two The forage ViU bring a. the
net ron or more 10 81 acre
A. tHa foregoing rate for the first year
,l4 Returns MI. ne So su acre This may
e al ssea u0 IN expenses. namely. ior
51gs machinery. clearing the land,
--Eiavns1- of men emo. II IN sn irrigated
acton for t--i-ati pr- This Is placing the
sulsuon before the prospective settler IN
su7 sa1l- - r.=eouraEinG a light as pos
aka L should ne reckone5, however. tEst
'af s-ler wiI have planted enough veEe-
ass sH6 placed enough cattle on his land
o 1-9ride = wholesome living for himself
sz' his family and MS help.
las first year VIII also have made him
'srAsr VIII flc crop, VIII nave taught
IN NAT clcse attention Is necessary. q II
d rro5tsbie farming. that alfalfa viii not
s-oV without cultivation. He IS al ready
~ ihe second -esr. and while awaiting
-' tins "a the work 40 begin he Viii turn
"- aass into -rc fields Tor fatreuing. for
- ~ not harm The crop. Even poultry
III flourish III the fields
FIELDS SIX CROPS a YEAR.
70 most q To districts where alfalfa IS
'---'ai51 i reaches i-s prime the second
"a. men tle-e should he a. many as six
s aa1 The Weld la ready money VIII
- a-glH iH earnest i has been said that
t- GTe1er-E cultivated alfalfa VIII yield
-'-s a. acre AZ each cutting That Is
--9 AID bears cl- what any conservative
'S'- interested IL the DEVELOPMENT Of
-~ez VII tel the prospective settler-that
-, eepeaos n1 Che man behind the
S-sh- But Il there should be ONLY ton
- d. each c-rtiug The second Years
~ ze-- Tor So an are. but the farmer
- mere taaa 81 q J0n 4 lie IS within
-. % nlsrket. without the expense Of
--s hau!
s.-- % twenty acres and iudepcu-
So -9i seem a. idle boast when
possibilities are Understood Tho 81,
!. -ieio, uot counting other sources
ca he sad 10 ae the n-oDlis,
/ ma mo Is determined tssr f3Iflrneut
90 excess O. las assurances II has
40 se SD "Earever il has been
re- TEST b-t This productivity
10 H.is as success IN any Won't
es--- Crops daEt grew without
49,. -4lte lelt .a-tcr unless rro7-
&c 10 fodder ''-
a.. Aork is =sperisTr-- ra.e-s,,.- -r...-.
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