Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-01-23
.ll0NEY IN ALFALFA.
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Young Farmers Of Iowa Are Deeply
Interested in Glover Crop
ENTHUSIASM CREATED AT AMES
President Grout Of Illinois Alfalfa A..
socia!ions Compares Results and
Net Profits to be Gained
Over Other Products.

| all OSlc. HOW udNc uOIC CHdl ullJ
acres growing alfalfa and expect to
increase the amount. At the Illinois
experiment station q careful record is
kept of the alfalfa fields, and it is
shown an average of 4.s tons is the
crop per acre, with the average price
SIS ton, which makes each acre
produce $72. 1t costs $12 to take
care of an acre Of alfalfa, so the net
return is $50, which is 6 per cent
on $1,000.
1T costs $14.o7 to take care of an
acre of corn and 1t produces forty
two bushels, high average, it will
yield S23, which means q net profit
of 50. Compared to the $50 alfalfa
profit, that looks small. The net
profit on an acre OF oats is $3.50, and
on wheat So.
You can grow alfalfa in Iowa and
you need to in order to make your
land produce what it should. You
can produce twice as much on your
farm by raising alfalfa, and to pro.
duce twice as much on your present
land is better than owning farm
TWICE DIS large.
Fifty farmers are working in con.
junction with tho extension depart
ment of the college and are trying
alfalfa. Prof. W. H. Stevenson Of
the agronomy department is eager
to secure the cooperation of num-
bers Of other farmers over the state
and will work with them in the ex-
periments. 4
Iowa Freight Rates Too High.
e. G. Wylie, freight rate commits.
sioner says: IAN indication of how
high the rates have been held in in.
terror Iowa is found in the fact that
the reductions ordered by the inter-
state commerce commission on traffic
from the territory east of Illinois,
and destined to cities on the Missou-
ri river, has resulted In a number of
reductions Of rates at a point as far
east of the Missouri river as Valley
Junction. For instance, the sepa-
rately established rates applied to
the through transportation from Rock
Island. ILL.,, to Omaha, Neb, are now
on second class, Al cents; third class,
80 cents; class B, Is cents; class C,
10 cents; class D, II cents; class E.
10 cents. and became effective De-
cember 30, 1911. No more than these
rates will be charged as the so-called
proportional rates from Rock Island
ILL.,, to Valley Junction, Iowa, on traf-
tlc having origin at such places as
Cincinnati, Ohio; Evansville, Ind:
Hagertstown, Ind; Hamilton, Ohio;
Lawrenceburg, Ind, and q large num-
Der of other eastern places"
No Demand for Auto Permits.
Not more than 1000 applications
for licenses for motor vehicles have
been received at the office of the
secretary Of state, this week.
Mr.. Hayward attributes the slow
ness with which the applications are
coming in to the cold weather. Few
people are operating their machines
for pleasure at present, he believes.
Only 5000 licenses have been issu-
ed, for total Of 10000 cars owned
in the state.
Clean Up, inspector 10 Coming.
]. H. Sasseen, inspector for the
state dairy and food department has
started out to clean up grocery stores
and other places that sell milk. Com
missioner w. B. Barney has supplied
the department with number of the
governments official score cards,
which will be used in making inspec.
tons. The card has a possible 100
points. Mr.. Barney says the milk
licenses Of all shops that do not score
IS points or better will be revoked.
Starts Ice Cream Laboratory.
The first exclusive college ice |
cream laboratory in the world has
been opened at Iowa State college
for the students enrolled in the dairy
short course. Prof. NJ. Mortensen.
who ranks as the foremost ice cream
expert in the country, planned the
laboratory months ago, but it was
completed only this week and the
short course men are the first to use
1t.
Cold Causes insane to Try Escape.
The state board Of control is con.
fronted with IN unusual problem
during 4 cold snap - it causes the
patients at the insane hospitals to
attempt to escape. The colder the
weather gets the moro attempts there
are to escape. The superintendent
have had to double their guards in
some instances. The approach Of a