Show PROFITABLE DRY FARM CROPS Many Farmers Waste Time In Raising Winter Wheat Alfalfa Is Good Paying Crop Many farmers waste their labor raising slim crops iif spring wheat for market when the same labor put into winter wheat would double their income in-come Tho difference In yield between spring and winter wheat taking a general average Is represented by the difference between 65 and 100 Wnlter wheat It I the best paying small grain crop wo have and fall rye Is a close second and some years Is Just as good Oats and barley are payable pay-able crops as a rule only In extra good years Cows corn and cane are a payable combination and if We add every year a few acres of alfalfa which will grow anywhere In good deep soil we have a good foundation for a large stock farm The best paying crop In tho line of fruit Is pie cherries and the easiest varieties to raise are the I Montmorency and tho Morello I Broom corn Is raised In Kansas and Nebraska and on tho plains of eastern east-ern Colorado It Is a good crop and can often bo contracted for before planting plant-ing Flax Is found to be very profitable profit-able In some of the dry states of the northwest It grows wild in Colorado the seed Is used for the making of linseed meal and oil Alfalfa is a very profitable crop for on the dry ranch all we have to do is I to cut it It costs one for labor not i I over oro dollar a ton in tho stack When we need more of it all we have to do Is to plow a few more acres on home hillside or anywhere else and plant It There is no limit to the amount of alfalfa a man can raise if anyone wants to pay for my time I will put the whole stato Into alfalfa from Denver to Kansas City The only obstacle to planting alfalfn whenever you want It to grow Is In your mind There Is no natural obstacle ob-stacle it is getting to be a perfect weed and will soon be coming up allover all-over your garden whether you want it or not Corn is a payable crop if you plant It right plow deep and plant thin and the best varieties raised for seed bring three cents a pound Hops could be made a payable crop on the dry farm they should be planted plant-ed about six to eight feet apart and bo thoroughly cultivated |