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Show ALFALFA FORAOC III Avallabllllir in Sul.. Hint, for nr. Alfalfa, If rowel on suitablo p-nund, will In alt klnda of weather out) lei 1 any other foraire crop jot knounto man. kind, it nqulrcs n sandy loam sU! with n gruclly snbsoil. Tlda kind of form i Hon la hmlod'for alfalfa Iwnuw it ondi Its roots to n drptH of fifteen to twenty fttt IhjIow tlio lurfacc, simliii; out n vast number of branch roots, and herein Um Its ureal mltantaito for siib-talnluir siib-talnluir nnd lcet pln up Kfo"th In arid dhiricts and tlironsli lonjr contlnueil rpt Hi of droiuht It inaki from tuo to four crop! oteh enr, und in uUtricts that are will adaptM tolls growth It v 111 miko an nvcrogo of six tons of luy c ich ) ear per ucro. Hut to nmku tbo lirst kind ot result It must Ik) Iiirvestcd eaibthno at enctly tlw right rtntjo that 1h, wlien It la partly In blpwom- anil it iidvls to bm-uriKl lib Jnt in Ilttlo exiiotoiro to tho raj s of tlio sun aa rapei-llo rapei-llo If miviI In thU manner it makes tbo rhhest food forlunies, cattle shop Qudanlno on tbe Vtbolo list of forage I lanbt. Ono of tbu rcmarl ablo proper ties of a1fnlf.tn nn animal foml l tin fact Urn- It will fatten farm nulinalsof any kind Onognat advantage In substituting ton pritty largoexlinttho nsuof nlfnlfa In tho ftrdlni; of all kinds of lhe stock la fonnd in tho fact that tbo jircluctlon of corn xbtnsts tho fcrtlllt) of tho soil ntnvry rapid rate, while tbo bnalnc-Hon bnalnc-Hon of nlfalfit has ,jiut tho opiwilo cfl.vt. Tho corn crop mutt 1.0 pbinted ccr ) car, while tho alfalfa, v here it Is will tot, will bold for cani from ono sowing It la claimed that tlii'ro Is no kind of animal food thatghes UlUr rcaultsln tbo ibilry tlinn nlf ilfa doe, and hogs enn bo pastured o i It In tbe same way they aro iiaaturcd on clover. bow Alfalfa In tbe samo ny that, cloicrteid Ilis umiall) been sowed. It mds ruin tuough to glo It n good start, and It ahonl 1 bo mowed thofiirt thno nt a sbigo of growth curly inough to destroy tbo crop of weeds that may start with tho nlfalfa. Tbla plant, like) clover, Is dungorous In its groin atnto for i itlicr catilo or tbei p, thev are llublo to onrfivd, though with strict iiro this IhbilltycanlioaicrteiU'y crazing cattle cat-tle nn 1 sheep fur short periods of thno on tbo grooving nllulfa, but tho main ohjett In tbo production of alfalfa Is to make good hay. Montana Fuiulog and Ltvo btotk Journal. rinvvr for 1 oullrr. Wo know that rbrt er U of great alno to tlio ugrlcnlturltt for firtltlzln, purpurea, pur-purea, Inasmuch ns the gronliy jlmt storisupin tho soil iiuantltlca of liitru-gc liitru-gc n in UiKiulcnt of that which la appro-priitivlforthodoieloruient appro-priitivlforthodoieloruient of Ita own orgnnltm. Wo also know that clover forms oho of tlio lit fncdi for milk cows and ildll J cattle, but It la only vrlth-In vrlth-In n ccmparatlvcly recent period that Ita excellcncu for all domeitlo fowli has n-vn cipecbdly coinmcnteil uiion. CIo-rr CIo-rr formsnialuable grcri food for stun-lucr stun-lucr fi cdlng, but I wish now to call principal prin-cipal nttintlon to its ltuo fur winter feeding whin proinrly prcsirved. It Ik found In such abundauco on most farms that a quantity can bo laid wdtlo for for winter's lino without Incurring tho least cx)icU30. To stturo tbo best ro suits It is (urcntlM to cut It when In Ita most licurlihlng sbitc, which is while In full bloom If jircervcd while jetlm nature, or allowed tn stand until it has gono to seed, I jccli of its feodlng nluo la lost. There aro two w i)s in which it can bn Lipt la gooft condition for winter ne. Wo can loale wo of pouia sort c f a tlio or w e tan euro tho cloi cr into ha A good Icinioiaryeilo can bo n.ado out ot n tight Hour barnl, lined with piper cr other mitcrlil to exclndo tbuiurn marly us possible, The Joicr ha 1 bet ter bo cut two or three IiiVl es In length, aa It can bo laid in much inoro solidly In this shapo than If packed wbolo. lio barrel sbonl 1 bo filled to lis utmost 1 1-puclty, 1-puclty, nnd lie prcucd until It w HI re-eclvo re-eclvo ni inoro. Then i ut on liay nud a boanl cm rr oi cr tho w holo. Homo hca y weight will ulao boVervIccablo to compress com-press tho mats. A few barrels ) ut up In thli way will furnish un umazlng lot of fodder that will 1m highly rtllthc Iby tho foli licit winter. Country Omtlo man. Mi t l.miUi.s fur n .lot). A )oung ncmnu, whono dUlingubdied carrlugo was hlddon beneath her mack intoah, and whoso well kept locks were crowned with a soft ft It eap, tame In to cugagQ u took An elderly w omau w 1th a lorgnette had come for tl a rniuo purpose pur-pose Tbo latter bocamon little Impatient Impa-tient over tbo delay to which tbo was subjected und began n little liniithsii lion on her own account bhe adi anecd to the lady In tlu umekltitoeh, whoto he a 1 liapH niid to bo turned av a , und inquired tersely! Can yon cook" Thojouhj woman tumel hcratton-ialied hcratton-ialied gaxo ujiou bertt tbo lorgnette. Thin 1.1m said polltelyi "I can coolt Hut I am not looking for a situation' Mw York orld. |