The Sauk Centre herald., 1928-03-15
Alfalfa Valuable Crop
for Northwest Farmers
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$50 worth of alfalfa hay. Just
think that over. Isn't that an
inspiration for the one looking for
a golden opportunity. Well, it is
right here in alfalfa. There is a
blessing with this golden oppor-
tunity however, because there is
hard work connected with it. 1t
means that every grower of al
falfa appreciates his acres of al
falfa. He is going to take better
care of them and he will be well
repaid for his extra attention.
The cow, the l'g and the chick
ems have been our most depend
able money makers on the farm.
We have to take good care of them
and they will pay well. There has
been little or no money in raising
crops and selling them except
through the feeding of it to tn
above. Now, alfalfa is one Of the
crops that makes all of these thrive
better and better. You can grow
it and these three will pay you
better and better. Then if you
should have some alfalfa left over
you could sell it at a profitable
figure. Your neighbors could well
afford to pay you good price and
at the same time they would make
a profit feeding it to their pigs,
cows and chickens.
There is no better hay grown
and there is no record in history
of there being any crop that will
win for the farm when all other
crops fail like alfalfa. We have
tried many things in recent years
and have come now to the real aid
alfalfa. 1 have been on thous-
ands of successful alfalfa fields on
farms during the last few years in
Minnesota, where the farmer
thought that alfalfa could not be
grown successfully. We have it
growing successfully on all our
high and we'll drained soils. We
have it growing successfully in
every county. Thousands and
thousands of dollars have been
spent trying to get it started. Now,
we have come to the point of un-
derstanding where there is no use
of experimenting. We have facts
that are SO and more years old.
Over 80 per cent of our good al
falfa in Minnesota today is of the
strongest and most hardy va
rieties-Grimm and Cossack.
Minnesota being a great dairy
state will find it most profitable to
raise alfalfa for hay and hog pas
ture. The seed crop is great
gamble and something costly. We
have enough livestock to eat up the
hay from over one and a half
million acres each year. The dairy
men with alfalfa that is raised on
his farm will be able to stay in the
economic battle of butterfat pro-
duction longer than the man who
has to buy his protein. Protein
is high in price. It will remain
high. Alfalfa is the essential to
more efficiency in dairying in
Minnesota. 1t is more in need than
better sires, better barns, better
equipment or any other one thing.
Give a good herd of cows alfalfa
hay and they will soon pay for all
else that your heart desires.
There used to be an old saying
when you saw horse that was
full of life and energy. "He is feel
ing his oats" Nowadays, the say
ing lis, "He is feeling his alfalfa "
There is no plant food that will
give the real all-around pep and
power that alfalfa will.
We have not come to the place
where we use enough alfalfa. We
should make it the base of our
home grown rations. 1t is the
cheapest that can be produced on
the farm.
Many farmers are buying alfalfa
hay this year and find it really
chea per than many other feeds that
will supply the protein that they
need to go with their corn and en-
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