The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1922-03-22

grass crop IN North Dakota. IhlS
crop is popular because of its benefic-
ial effect ON the soil by way of adding
fertility and eradicating weeds and its
value as livestock feed. Many
farmers believe sweet clover to be the
mpst valuable crop grown in this
section of the state because it makes
possible the growing of more and bet
ter grain crops and livestock. 1t is a
crop that can be eaisly handled on
the large farm. Where the grower
Of sufficient cultivated crops is i'm
possible. Alfalfa fills the same place
on the farm as does sweet clover, and
it is being given more attention each
year. Successful alfalfa growers be-
lieve that it is a sure crop providing
Grim seed is used and seeded on good
ground properly prepared. AS hog
pasture or as a hay crop it has no
equal. AS livestock feed one ton
of alfalfa is equal to one ton of bran.
Failures with alfalfa or sweet clover
can usually be traced to lack of pro-
per precautions in selecting seed or
in preparing the seed bed.
Corn, while not being considered to
any large extent as cash crop is
gaining a foothold because of the
large amount of excellent feed 1T
furnishes and the condition in which
it leaves the soil for the succeeding
crops. Probably no crop grown in
Ramsey county will furnish so much
valuable feed per acre as corn. Corn
silage an! sweet clover hay sup
plemented with home grown grains in
small amounts will form ration for
livestock that is cheap and high in
all the desired nutrient. Corn to
be harvested by hogs or "hogged off"
offers the most practical method of
fattening hogs according to successful
hog raisers. The variety most COM
monty grown with good results in this
section of North Dakota are Rustlers'
White Dent, Minnesota No. IS North
western Dents which are used for
fodder or corn silage. For "hogging
off" North Dakota White Flint and
have given very good results.
The selection of northern grown seed
of high terminating power in very
essential in corn growing.
Diversified farming means more
and better livestock because the
crops usually grown in the rotation
10 improve the soil, furnish an abb
undance of the best livestock feeds.
If care is used in selecting the crops
to be grown they will furnish balanc
ed rotation for the livestock.
The absence of colts on farms
throughout the country has prompted
many to ask where our work horses
will come from. It is safe to say
that not enough colts are being raised
to furnish horses for Is per cent of
the farms. This condition is quite
universal, Authorities state that H.
900 more horses We're being used on
the streets Of Chicago on January
LIST, 1922 than on that date in 1921.
The same condition holds true to
certain extent in farming sections.
Farsighter farmers are palnning on
breeding their best mares and feed
ingout the colts so as to have mar
ketable horses to see when the price
reaches the peak, but remember the
market has always demaned horses
we'll grown and in good condition.
This means the growing of more
good feed, and the feeding of less
straw to growing colts or other live
stock.
When all things on the farm take a
slump and the mercahnt has to put up
a sign stating that he will extend no
more cerdit, the old cow is invariably
called to the rescue. Such is the case
at the present time in many places.
The old COW is doing her best, how
ever the production in most cases is
somewhat below what it should be,
due to the fact that not enough good
milk producing feed is available for
for the old cow. In many cases cows
are not producing at profit, when la
Dor and feed is considered, but the
steady income is the redeeming fea-
ture. Many common cows are not
capable of producing at a profit and
should be disposed of but a greater
percentage are capable and will pro-
duce according to the opportunity they
have. Here is sweet clover and corn
silage has its money value.
Hogs are often referred to as "mor-
tgage lifters," and rightly as if they
are properly handled, but during the
past few years when labor and other
production costs have been very high
1T has taken very careful breeder
and feeder to raise hogs at a profit
if he has harvested and threshed the
grain for them or bought it from a
feed store. The farmer who has paid
mortgage with his profit from hogs
has been the one who has found it
possible to grow sweet clover or alta
liza for pasture and corn or some other
fattening crop to be "hogged off. y
He has had his hogs working for their