The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-06
North Dakotans Have Opportunity
to Win Wealth By Raising Alfalfa

done scarcely any OF the Simplest things
needful to its prosperity. This, too,
while thinking he was right and taking
no little pains. His ignorance may In
a single turn havs been the CAUSE Of
failure, or he may have gone wrong
at every turn; In either event the re-
Election ID on him rather than en- the
grade, 1t may, like others, In the hands
OF low-grade farmers, fare poorly In
deed.
II at First You Don't Succeed.
In the hands OF q novice, alfalfa
after one or two unsuccessful attempts
TO raise 1t has not as q rule. had q
fair trial, Such failure should only
serve to make the experif1ehter more
determined, n no householder who
has two acres of, ground and keeps 3
horse, a COW, q pig, or poultry, should
be satisfied without having a part 81
bis ground on this greatest OF eli
forage plants, for soiIing, Tor hay or
for pasture. Failure may come from
various causes ana be the result 81
innocent ignorance or Of general I'm
| efficiency, for which the locality, soil or
climate are In no way responsible. II
might come, for example, from gowin9
seed adulterated or otherwise impure.
seed reasonably pure, bat In some way
1 udludSSu 90 NAdL III was IOL k9Etn1hS
ables sowing too much Or too little
seed sowing at the wrong season 0f
the year. or at an urpFopitlous time
when weather conditions were unkIhG;
or improper sowing on exhausted or
naturally thin land, or land iTnpr0pA
erly prepared, poorly drained. i'm
fortunately situated. or foul with weed
seed; upon land so situated as 70 be
too wet; on new lands the primitive
wildness or which mas not been subs
dued, or old land robbed on Its FER.
tility and h0nus by longScontinued
| cropping. q
remarkable plant that IL is, yieldins
under widely varying conditions wells
nigh incredible quantities OF ircofipar.
able forage, some brains are requisite
to success in it's growth, TO say that
leading; but with decent treatment
under ordinarily favorable conditions
1t is bringing good fortune to thou
sands of those growers who Know II
best ana In their dealings with II use
a fair intelligence. Among It's fundas
mental requirements are a fairly fer.
tile soil, free from weed seedb, IN good
filth, with q surface palnstakinEiy
fined, leveled and smoothed.
There is little difference betweef
successful alfalfa growing and this
successful growing of other crops
Poor farming never brings Big crops
nor will poor land produce as large
yields as the more fertile. With this
crop, as with most other ventures, sue.
cess chiefly depends on the man
There are those who could not any
where raise alfalfa worth while; there
are those who do no good at any
thing. TX a a does not possess d faii
amount OF brains, d fair degrees o.
patient perseverance,, and a disposi,
ton to give his planting a fair chAnc,
In the way of SOIL seed and protection
from too close p~asturing until IT hal
a good start and a firm roothold, he Il
wasting the use of his lands, his time
his seed and his labor.
Making Proper Preparations.
Advise making proper pr~epaFatiol
ana to not SOW until prepared, wRethei
the present year, next year Of SOM
other year. This means having d fea,
sonabIy fertile, firmed soil, Ia g6oj
filth, freed from weed seeds, trash
cIods and stones, and leveled b
smoothed TO resemble a floor or gAfdei
surface as nearly as possible. II Tn
sowing succeeds the ground III In
years that follow viii be gone owe
many times with mowers; fakeb ant
workmen, and d carefully evehed sur
face will prove q satisfaction wortl
many times more than cost.
Counsel them that for success therI
must be In their soils certain bacteria
and IL not already present they mus