American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-26

Mans Greatest senefactor-the Cow,
She Pays Debts and Saves Home.
maker that il is now an annual crop.
Irish Cobbler was the variety grown,
and with good culture 300 to $50 bush
els per acre were produced annually
Az many as 5000 bushels Of potatoes
are often grown OF this farm in n
season The growing Of these crops
led to some direct sales in the city,
and until the last year or two a small
but profitable direct market-garden
business was carried N. Potatoes
and apples are still sold direct in the
city.
The large cash sales from these
crops as compared with grain and hay,
early taught Mr.. English the lesson
which 80 many farmers are now learn
ing to their advantage. namely, that
It is cheaper to buy grain than to raise
II when the land upon which grain is
grown will yield much more-often
double-the cash value OF the grain
In other crops. II is a simple
&c proposition to decide which Is
cheapest-hOme-grown or purchased
grain. Mr.. English figured that he
could raise enough sweet corn, pota-
noes. onions. or other similar crops to
buy the grain which would have
grown upon his land and still have a
good margin left for profit.
Mr.. English is an ardent advocate
OF the use OF clover, both as a forage
plant and as a soil improver. It is
the key 70 success in his system OF
farming His average crop OF clover
Ia about three tons per acre, and sew
eral times he has cut five tons per
acre In two cuttings Not only does
It yield practically as we'll as alfalfa
under his conditions. but 1t is regard
cd as equally valuable as a feed for
3 cattle. For such ne insists IA the
l clover must be cut earlier han is the
, custom. He aims TO cut it before
I much bloom appears. Despite the low
. or analysis OF clover in digestible
q protein, his practical experience shows
that Il Is as good a milk producer as
o alfalfa.
In addition TO the grain ration men
9 toned. the cows on the farm receive
r. a good feed OF silage and ali the clover
d hay they can consume.
T. Noteworthy Farming.
a. This facility OF adapting his farm.
v ing to the conditions of the season
c. and the markets is one OF the things
h. which makes the farming OF MT Eng
$, llsh SO noteworthy
d, In this rotation as now practiced
commercial fertilizer is used on pota
"A toes only From 500 to 900 pounds o.
Il, q fertilizer containing 4 per cent Of nj
10 trogen. o per cent OF phosphoric acid
?. and 10 per cent potash is almost al
lt ways used. being applied with a pota
to planter Tests have shown ina
rs fertilizers with corn were unprohtabll
10 under the conditions OF this farm. bu
le that manure gave very s~atisfactor!
Ia results. or all the land to be seeded
It. to clover. 400 20 500 pounds OF ny
Mt drafted lime (this form is used becaus.
70 It Is easiest to apply. though its drs
as cost is higher than other formsl Is ar
rs piled once in three years. In all thes
a applications no liked rule is invariabl
he followed. but the needs OF the crop
and the season are always considered
st A definite system followed as closel
st as good Judgment will permit is tn
ID. very best kind or farming
70 The results OF is years work alon
g n these lines has been the developmeT
ay OF one OF the most successful system
Is. OF farm management In the whole r.
DIS gion.
In Every COW In the dairy is now
vi profitable one. All the "boarders
have been dropped. Without materis
ly increasing the expenses OF n
his farm. the income has been practical
.ng doubled by supplemented receipts fro.
ow the dairy and by cash crops for II
rth city markets. especially potatoes.
red While the income from the dairy hi
Ike been increased. the expenses ha'
vas been reduced by growing a larger pa
II OF the rations on the farm. Succulel
ice feeds and feeds high In protein ha'
Fer, made this possible. especially corn I
'rm ailsge and clover hay.