Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-26
INTERESTED N
alfalfa CROP
Barnes County Farmers
Make Progress Under
New Methods.

A new farming is being introduced
in Barnes county. Alfalfa fields are
being scattered all over the county;
rotations are being laid out. The corn
acreage is being increased, and a good
part OF 1T hogged down. The number
OF live stock is being increased; many
good dairy herds have been establish
ed; many large farms have 100 to 200
hogs. Several farmers are starting
beef herds.
This improvement has come largely
as the work of Edwin Maryland, county
representative of the North Dakota
experiment station for Barnes county.
He is assisted by T. x. Calnan. who
works in the northern part of the
county. @
Alfalfa is a crop that requires GER
tain conditions to get started. Mr..
Maryland ata; In order to see tina these con,
dltions were complied with. would
help the farmer seed the alfalfa, and
this has brought the result. This
year two cuttings have been made
from these fields, and the third crop
Is knee high. =.
The first two cuttings have made
from three to four ons which makes
a striking contrast to n other crop
Of hay that can be produced. Alfalfa
:" h1niiA OHe azure pIOuuCe as InuCH
as two or four did before, and a much
better product at that. 1t is hard to
realize that so much can be secured
from an acre, as the alfalfa. ia bring
ing out of it. The farmers are watch
ing these alfalfa fields with the keen
est interest. They are studying the
different ways Of putting it in. Some
ave persisted In putting a nurse crop
with the alfalfa. The results have been
q YNnnr rrNUytl o~1 IT, .-- rAlJ
ure. while where alfalfa has been
sown alone 1T has made a good start
that has given the two to three cut
ttngs the next year. The farmers
know about these experiments and are
more ready to put it in as the county
agent directs.
Seeing the success that came from
putting in alfalfa. according to direc-
tions has made the farmers more
directions.
A good increase has been made In
the corn acreage, and many seed corr
plots are being sown.
On many farms fields have been laid
out for rotations; the following is the
most common: Corn followed by
wheat. seeded to clover and timothy
for hay the third year, followed by
fax and a grain crop, or by two grain
~AS PS' AHo SioNSi olO SiIiiolIS . wv
ing fine. A good first cutting was Sc
cured and the second crop Is nearly
ready for cuttingA Some are leaving 1t
for seed.
Many of the farmers are trying out
pastures for hogs. These include al
falfa, mixed grains, pease and corn;
the farmers are, finding that this is the
most satisfactory method Of feeding
the hogs. They are finding, too, that
the hogs are making splendid use of
the corn when hogging it down.
1t is hard to realize the progress
that has been made in the last few
years, and 1t is only a. forerunner of
the progress that will be made In the
next few years.
Through farmers clubs. each farm
er will learn what his neighbors have
done. SO in this way, the results of
the trials and experiments made at the
suggestion Of the county agent become
known to the whole community. The
progress being made in Barnes county
farming must be seen to be appre-
ciated.