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Show RAISING CORN AND ALFALFA Two Crepe That Do Not Require Much Attention Will Greatly Relieve Overworked Farmer, fPy J It. WOHHT. rratdnt of North liuknta Agricultural ColU-ge.) The more thorough tillage recommended recom-mended cannot be had under any system sys-tem of single cropping without more added expense for teams and men than conditions warrntit. The farmers are working hard enough already, but they are spreading their energies over too much territory. To remedy this a considerable con-siderable portion of each farm should be devoted to corn and alfalfa, two crops that do not require attention during the early days of spring, w hen imall grains should be planted. Hy thus lessening the area to be seeded by small grains, more time can be de-toted de-toted to Its better tillage without Increasing In-creasing the number of teams or men o do the work.' Moreover, corn and alfalfa are splendid wood killers The frequent cultivation of the corn ronserves moisture as well, while the alfalfa lowers the temperature when aot winds blow. Hoth Imply the feed- ng and breeding of live stock, which acta aa an Insurance against total loss at Income when wheat fails, aa It sometimes will, from one cause or another, an-other, and. moreover, the fertility they leave on the land will maintain lie productive power. In fact, a farm la hardly a farm without live Block; nor la a farmer a real farmer who doea not keep live stock on his farm |