Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-21
MILLS COUNTY FARMERS MAKING
MONEY FROM HAY AND
SEED.
PER ACRE YIELD SHOWS
GOOD NET MARGIN
Some Growers Make Profit of $116,
Proving Culture Exceeds Corn and
Wheat in Best Years-One Farmer
Cut Over Six Tons Per Acre-Othsr
Heavy Yields.


to the seeding and production of alfalfa
is increasing rapidly in this part OF
the state, due entirely to the eNcellen,
; returns those who pioneered in alfalfa
growing, have received.
Charley Slater, who lives east OF
town one mile has ten acres of alfalfa
and from 1t he cut two good crops this
year. all of which he found a ready
market for at good price-s1o pei
ton in the stack. Then he took the
third crop for seed and threshed forty
bushels of the finest kind of seed from
1t or about four bushels per acre.
c. NJ. Follett, northwest of town. has
six acres in alfalfa. From It he Gu,
about fifty tons of hay the first two
crops and then threshed thirty-one and
one-half bushels of fine seed AS the
hay is worth about $40 per ton and the
seed $3.50 per bushel, his total crop on
the six acres made about 500 good
and strong or about Sis per acre.
S. R. Stone, who also lives just east
Of town, had in between nine and ten
made him about four and one-half tons
of hay per acre.
Forrest Chantry had six acres from
which he cut fifteen tons of hay the
first two crops and saved the third for
seed. He threshed eighteen bushels OF
seed and says that he has about six
tons of threshed hay which he con-
siders mighty good feed for hogs and
cattle.
Over Six Tons to Acre.
John Inc, between Hastings and En-
erson, has five acres just off Indian
creek bottom land that he cut this year
for the first time. He cut it four times
and got from it thirty-two tons Of
excellent hay.
Clark E. Hilton. who lives just east of
Malvern one and one-half miles, had
about nine acres that he threshed.
From this he got three bushels per
acre Of fine seed and has left about
nine tons OF straw which he considers
better feed than timothy hay <or his
stock. He had a small piece that he
sowed late last fall from which he cut
about four tons to the acre but did
not thresh. Mr.. Hilton is enthusiastic
over his alfalfa crop and thinks 1t a
winner
H. T. Beattie has about seventy acres
in alfalfa and is one Of the most en-
,husiastic growers. He has been get
ting four crops per year from his al
falfa the past two years and this year
he saved the third crop on twenty five
acres for seed and cut the rest Of 1t
four times. From the seed crop he
.hreshed 102 bushels Of fine seed and
had about twenty-flv tons Of alfalfa
straw which he says is fine feed. From
the twenty five acres he cut about sew
enty-flv tons of hay from the first two
cuttings and from the balance about
five and one-half tons per acre from
the four cuttings. Mr.. Beattie cuts the
first crop little early and SO gets his
four crops easily altho he says the third
and fourth crops are usually not so
heavy as the first two. He prefers home
grown seed
D. E. Whitfield has fifteen acres Of
alfalfa on his farm south Of Malvern.
From this he cut seventy tons OF hay
the first two crops and then saved it
for seed, but owing to some reason or
other the seed did not pan out very
we'll and he threshed but nine bushels
of seed but he had about ton to the
acre of mighty nice threshed alfalfa for