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Show ALFALFA AS FOOD" flfjB FOR .WESTERN SHEEP. LjlB The ranchmen whose sheep feed nn roekj mountain langes an I who dwell In river bottoms whhh can tie Irrigated arc going InrRelv Into Hie growing of alfilfa on which to teed them The sinie Is true of farmers or ranchmen as thej urn sometimes citled Itvlim on uplanl farms Ir certain perilous of Knnsis Nibrnska an I some others of the ttilns Mississippi Mates In whhh IrrlKatlnp waters c innot be applied I hose men are Mil ling 111 el alfalfa Is a wnnderfulls gnol fond fir pr Tin. big w hen fed In sheep This Is truo of It esiwelalls when It bis b. en cut nl tho prni.r stage nf development, and when It has been properlj cured I mil recent sears It wns supi-osed that It would not pav to grow nlfalfl where common or medium red clover could be grown Those who contended thus dinned tint hernure clover wns a roue linn plint and nlfalfl was not 111 the strict sense nf the term therefore nlfnlfil shoull not 1 glown Those men nrgued as men too often do from seeing mils one Site nf ll question Tiles fOrKOl or ill I net kmw that alfnlfa his grnter power lo grow under some conditions than clover to wlthstsiid hird winters that It has Krester power lo grow In summers hot and drs and that because of Its rapid growth It pro 1 ices on the an rage much more fool than il;cr from i given arel Th'se greil qualities linked with the fact thnt It is n protein foul niako It eiieedlnalv deslruhle tint It shall lie. grown In everc area where corn Is lirhcly used as a fodder or ns i ginlii The growing of nlfilfi lis nisei been wnnlerfullS hlndere I be the prevHIlllllJ belief thit the onl a ill .tillable for growing It Is where the so I is sandv nnd where the water table though several fret below the surface Is vet not so fir down that It cannot furnish more or less of moisture tn the alfalfa during the crowing seBson on the prln Iple of rapll larltv rhe truth Is that alfalfa wl grow more or less vlgornulv on an) soil with a falrlv llbernl c las content hi ll when underlild with eliv not too stiff In etnr arter forpenrlmtlon bv Hie roots or the nlfalfa This tneins therefore that mil lions of ncres of nlfalfa wIIIIim grown In lhe States which now k on clner In good form and other millions will be grown under conditions where romnipn clover cannot bo const lercd a d'elded success Of ejurse on upland soils s n h as have been described nlfalfa celirot be ex peeled to grow as ll does tn the class nf sons first described and espechills where Irrigating waters can lie applied to them If nlfalfa can bo grown on inlands mid with success It will be n glet lioan to hive It grown tn ill corn (.rowing ureas t'orn Is one of the girtitest fool plants that our people will ever have but It Is nlso one of the most abuse il Millions nl bushels are th-own awas every scar by feeding il out of balance, nnd bj men who would shrink from the sin of wilful waste Ansthiug. Iheieforc, that tends to Increase1 tho suppls of protein, tho great balance of the corn diet Is well worthv ut tho attention nf all fanners who live In what nre cnnsldeicd corn-growing corn-growing Sttes The results tint will set lie achieved In this linn will lie great he S nnd comopllcii at the present limn that Is, greit lies nnd Hie IdeuB rormed In regard to It h the multitude Wing In Ohio la In lova with It for certain areas eef the Ilurkeve Slnto Hoard Is eniun eircd of It In W Isconsln Certain farmers In New ork uro maklrg a sictess In growing It there, nnl nw In Minnesota It Is bfing grown tn certain areas where even clover dors not grow with much success suc-cess 1' tins the great udvuiltago over led tlover lint mentioned previous!), tint when once established It will nnt perish In drs sensons na soung clover will Surelv then u eruside In favor of alfnlla. growing would be In order In all tho ugrl-I ugrl-I tultural papers of the lotted Stales Jiui hrw shall nlfilfi be grown' Tint Is an Important question and ouaht to he answered Hut It Is probnlile that no one method will be repium applicable, tn all situations The following plan, however how-ever will usually succeed well. Select lanel rleatl and rich If possible hen not rich iniike It so bj fertilizing ns It grow nil gool i ml stronir the llrst senr, rnless It does there Is d inger especially In eoll rllmates thnt It will not go through tin- llrst winter I siinlly I in I la so weedv Hint the i Ifalfa, even when It follows a hoed crop will have mmv weerls In It when sown alone that will tend to choke It Iti prevent that the mnwr shoull bt run over tho trnn two or three limes In the summer I'ech eut-tlnr eut-tlnr may bo close Close culling stnrtn fresh sprouts out from thn roots lr thn alfalfa Is not rut thus the ten s after a while will assumn n sellow tinge which Indicates that the leaves are pimping morn water than the roots can supply hen thus mowed the crop of weeds may be allowed lo lie as a mulch unless so rank In growth there is clanger that thev will smother the vouiik 1 hints lhe sicd may he sown nt the rate of ilfieen pounds rer acre on urdluary soils Sometimes It trns be an advantage tu sow a larger quantity ss It Is greatls important that Ihire shall he a rood stand of nlfalfl The sied mav bn sown b hand ni with a hand machine, and coe ered with a harrow or It mas he sown and more e s-pecialls s-pecialls em lo te soils with u sraln drill that Is suitable, the seed being burled tn tlm depth of two Inihes or to a. are iter depth In tho prairies of the West It is heller to put In even smill seeds to a considerable depih Itui it Ib not alwnjfl necessary to sow alfalfa without a nurse crop In se,me Instances It Is perfeells snfe In bow It with a nurse crop The writer Ins sown II thus In Ontario with innrkrd success Wherever clover Is a sure sutcess with a nurse rrop. It Is vers probable that nlfnlf v will nlso prove a success In some Instances In-stances the nurse iron shoull ht harvested har-vested for has lest In the ripening stngea It should draw too heavily on the mills, turn 111 the soil In all the .Northern Slates alfalfa nurht to In. sown In tlm spring hut In some of lhe ( emral and bnuthrrn Mutes It mas le better to sow It In the fall In any case It ought nl. was s to enter tho winter tn govl shape that Is tn sav, the around should he rov trod to the derth of several Inches with the j ruing growth of lhe nlfalfa lo pre. vent It from being Injured by the cull s a fno I for sheep alfalfa Is c hlefly useful In the solium form nr In tho cured form Psualls there Is more or less danger In pasturing sheen nn II, a fact hat should not he forgotten -Prof Thomas Shaw In Sheep rtrerder. Docklnc and Castrating Lambs. These ore two Hems to which the Pork-master Pork-master will give careful attention but which nre vrry frequentls overlookel hy those who hive but a few sheep Wo de sire therefore, to Jog lhe meninrs of our reiders who are Interested with reference to these two questions The docking ought to be dons within the first feiv class of the life nf the lamb and the castrating within the perhd Indicated iinllss the laml s are to he sold for muitm In tho early part nf the season in such an event It le. not nt res arv lo give attention to either As soon as a eounc limb has heeorne so strong tht Its hold upon life It aiisured the tall should be in orr shout an Inch and a quarter or an Im h and a llilf telow tho root It ought to be cut mlth a chisel, ord when so tut Hits mav he don In placing Its hull on a bliek of wood The person who holds It plates Us back against his breast g libers tho Ie6S In one hind nnd with lhe other pulls tho skin nf the tail towurd the body A second neron uts off the tall with a sharp chisel struck b a piallet The tkln aitumes Its natural pusltlin an I closet 'down over tho end of tho tall, thu makings neit henllng over the wound A ? f H. .BsssB knife mas be used when netessirs, and . t!-T '- f 'Ibbbb1 without limine the limb thus mmg Until oJasH lambs srlloin bleed tn death when thn S (i '- f J'Bbbbbbi mil In severed, hut thes should ha ft' f li bbLH wntchrd nnd If the blood Is nnt soon k r ,!, .U'tltT.Tfl stilted n hot Iron shoull he nppllcd tn thn hj f, J'IbH wound If lambs are cnstruled when I , , .H soung there Is lie, belter was to do thlsi I Oi. :i JH than to hive the operator rut oft the low. r ft4 t .ItasB er eiortlon of the sac containing the tes- J,, io JbbH llrles squeezing them nut with the (Inger 'I, . ' !, nnt thumb, mid pulling them nut one nt KMl ) s' fcVftssB n time wild the teeth Hut they can. n( WAYM "bbbB course, be drawn nut with the llngera FfTiU IvIbbbI when the cither methol mas seem repug &.( vt U M mint rhe limb should he held ns when SP? it LbH the tall Is bring rut but In cnstrntlnir the ffi , b J '.".? person holding It stands Colmau Iturak i IV ' B World V I , sH |