Show AMERICA AS ALFALFA FIELD not only means better borago for live stoc but alo larger crop and better farm it begins to look aa it the united states la to become ono vast alfalfa field wherever you go east or west alfalfa seems to he the one koplo of interest among banners and the view of alfalfa fields along railroads indicates that this crop Is grown as well as being talked about everywhere there are to be found spots oab alfalfa and time will unite them william II 11 saylor la the denver field and farm indeed it Is a question of time and moro thorough knowledge of how to grow the crop under varying conditions afi soil and climate when it will set corn back into secondary place as an dav cial food it will nol only bring us better top age tor our livestock but it la going to have a revolutionary effect on ameri can agriculture and on american farmers it will mean better soli larger crops more meat and milk sold on our farms more manure and IQ short better farms and better already we find this to be true th alfalfa farmer in any community stands out conspicuous for his intelligence its feeding value Is shown in his sleek fat cattle alfalfa make be perfect all round farmer who turns out a finished product almost ready for the table and not merely raw material the corn farmer too often turns cut corn tor the feeder the starch maker the distiller or the glucose factory to make a profit on the miller and the baker get a profit out of our wheat to say nothing of the speculator and the former gets the byproducts besides but the farmer who grows alfalfa with other suitable crops it desirable produces his raw material manufactures it and sells it more direct to the ultimate consumer sets the bulk of what the consumer pays besides all this he has the byproducts left as a big source 0 profit in his farm operations american farming needs this system we want to get away from growing crops and selling them in the rough tor others to make money out of them we want to get that money back to the farma where it belongs by turning out something that will go as direct to the con sumer with as little opportunity tor further rake offs as possible alfalfa converted into meat dairy products and eggs are bringing about this great change the one natural place to grow in all the world Is on tha irrigated plateaus and we ought to be seeding more of them down to this great legume |