Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-01
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dNy luEIIer udHIASe COuAO ffeSu1l. be.
fore I had found anyone to do this
me and offered to cut the clover for
hay If l would give him the crop. AS
I had expected to have to pay some-
n for doing the work I closed a deal
with him at once. Every one ridi-
! culed the idea of sweet clover as hay,
for there were hundreds Of people
who would take oath that stock
would not eat it. =.
Nevertheless this rancher went
ahead with his clover cutting and
put n hay up in good shape, the
same as he would handle alfalfa,
some ITS or 200 tons from the two
cuttings. His horses and cattle did
eat 1t all winter long and the sur
prlslng part of it was that they
thrlved on it, in spite Of the fact that
the first cutting was started several
weeks too late and the stalks had al
ready begun to harden. This so far
as l know was the first use made of
sweet clover in our section. From
this field we could probably have har.
vested a $4,000 crop Of seed had we
oeen wise enough and had there been
any market for the seed at that time.
Sold Seed for . Cents a Pound
The following season 1 had some "a
acres OIL sweet clover in a field adjoin.
ing the So-acre field. BY this time
the news had begun to percolata into
eur section that in some parts of the
country there were people foolish
enough to sow sweet clover for mas
lure. hay and fertilizer crop. But
our people gave no great amount ~
credence to this news. However. IA
the clover in this 2O-acre field SEEM
ed TO be fairly we'll seeded. T han
the crop harvested and threshed with !
an ordinary grain threshing outfit.
Wn1ch merely Knocked the seed nods
rom tne stems without hullinr the
seed; found a market for this seed
n Denver at . cents a pound. SO
a - as i Know this lot Of sweet clover
Fey DC was the FIRST ever shipped out
70 ~ 10y sa.leS, although a neighboring
year before without beinr aha ~ .tnS
a. market for it. Ivy
>1'VOo Worth Of Seed from No.+v
Acres
IN 1917 a neighbor harves+oa
so-acre Held adjoining the first aa,d
mentioned. This was also n ',,oi,sn-
tesr. crop as even yet no one had the
aa,.n 70 SOW this seed. He secured
q WONDERFUL yield of seed.
no,nd Sa'G1so 2 $500 per hundre6
nwnar ms 4o.acre field netted tina
sit mn over $4,000. People BEGAN to
wher anu axe notice, especially so
Germs naid u our largest sheep con-
straw stacks and stnbble ana w,ntovsn
q !aree band of sheen on - rr;nsisu
dition. spring IN prime con-
BY the fall of 1914 thu u.. ~ III.
r.anL as a crop had Increased 80
an Besides a confederate sns.-
ne. usea Tor pasture and nv thsra
MT sulticient acreage harvestsd 81
=. least four cars Of seed ~ +ho
dit,on ~ eastern markets. in a.
Local nso me large amount saved fGr
OF seed lnat year tho largest Weld
Der Acre 9 triile over 10 busheis
farmers haa : led Of 80 acres. Our
eot grow sweet clover an a,,. tneS
ana that which haa pOoE.
t;on ,sogEed from excessive. @srs9naS
49, aor the above Yield ,va.Nr.tiisa
oass such land, land whichs M.soe on
= ss.u!!y resisted every effor+ ~ ~
vaa rroauce through q lons nsr,aaae
Wa and further thtat swsns nas,,o.
refnsr n.oIltaole crop, yieldiSr s"h..
1t fha =. pasture or hay or Ined 49,
to an eve .ne .iine building up the soii
Futher, It has sa Ter extern that alfalfa.
once stock hss pen discovered an
sweet cios.n n.a become accustome6 n
hs.ence to Alfalfa n y an pre-.
'Aa' lney did remarkably vs,i ns ~ end
clipnins, n.ra article will treat y !.
tp.Hs q cutting for Ia 49,