Garfield County News | 1925-05-01 | Page 5 | Find Alfalfa Cheapest Hay Produced on Farm

find alfalfa cheapest hay produced on farm cost records kept by southwestern sou til western minnesota formers farmers show that alfalfa iq 19 not only the most valuable to feet feed but la Is also the cheapest to produce the records kept under tinder the lie supervision of the farm management division of the minnesota college of agriculture gave 1251 as the cost of an acre of alfalfa since the average yield was 22 tons per acre the cost per ton was vas factors entering into the cost were as follows man labor hours at 2 34 morse horse labor hours at machinery i kent bent seed one fourth of to total tal cost coat total 22 tons tona 1 1251 cost per ton in addition to the hay bay some borne forms faring obtained hog bog pasture from the alfalfa so that the actual net cost was somewhat less than the figure given corresponding figures for clover ind timothy on the same forms farms show in average yield of 11 tons and a cost of per ton