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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 of spring wheat for market, when the same labor put Into winter wheat would double their Income. In-come. The difference In yield between spring and winter wheat, taking a general average, is represented by the difference between 63 and 100. Wniter wheat is the best paying small grain crop we 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 the line of fruit is pie cherries, and the easiest varieties to raise are the Montmorency and the Morello. Broom corn is raised in Kansas and Nebraska and on the plains of eastern east-ern Colorado it is a good crop and can often be 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 to cut it. It costs one, for labor, not over one dollar a ton In the 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 state into alfalfa from Denver to Kansas City. The only obstacle to planting alfalfa 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 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. Hop3 could be made a payable crop on the dry farm; they should be planted plant-ed about six to eight feet apart and be thoroughly cultivated. |