Show ALFALFA THE KING kina grown on western sagebrush desert or any other soil question of feeding for stock an interesting te one so called new clover when once planted grows luxuriantly in the farm world the question of greatest interest in recent years yeara has been the feeding value of alfalfa in spite of much incredulity and some prejudice the plant has fully proven its superior profitableness to the farni fann ers era of the western states especially tho the southwest this so called new clover Is as old na as human history it grew in central asia where the races of europe originated tho the ancient greeks and romans knew and valued it if the moors introduced it to spain hence its arabic name alfalfa meaning the best beat fodder the spaniards Span larda brought it to the pacific coast one debt at least which america owes to spain even on the atlantic coast where it Is most positively looked on as new itras it has been cultivated in a small way lor or years in new york pennsylvania and the carolinas Caroll once successfully planted alfalfa 91 1 are W X 1 I I 1 corn from a dry farm grows with wonderful luxuriance and as aa many us as 11 cuttings of it in one season are made in california it will grow in most soils on the sagebrush desert of the western states or the clay and gravel of new york it Is grown profitably in n almost every state and territory of the united states maine new hampshire and alaska being all that are are left in the experimental stage and it will grow season after season one field in new york was sowed bowed 45 years ago the wisconsin experiment station says that one acre of alfalfa yields as much protein the milk and meat producer as three acres of clover or nine of timothy or 12 of brome grass alfalfa Is worth 15 to 35 on the market and 35 36 to 60 as feed for stock larid land in nebraska and western kansas that a tow few years ago was considered barren Is paying 15 to 25 an acre in alfalfa alfalfa land in the south rents at 12 to 15 an acre all kinds of stock relish and thrive on alfalfa hay feeders in the west claim to be able to put fat cattle on the tha market 20 to 30 per cent cheaper with alfalfa as balance of feed than on corn alone careful feeding tests at the utah station yielded this result to produce pounds of beef there are required pounds of shredded corn fodder or pounds of red clover hay or pounds of timothy hay bu but only tonly of alfalfa hay |