cult to establish than clover and the yields of actual feed to the acre 

 are far superior. I do not wish to discredit the value of clover. It 

 will always have a place on our livestock farms because it fits so well 

 in our short rotations, but its prominence as a general forage crop 

 is giving way to alfalfa, especially where clover fails to give the re- 

 turns^and yields it did years ago. 



ALFALFA PAYS 



377 FARMS GROWING ALFALFA 

 MADE AN AVERAGE NET PROFIT 

 PER FARM OF 1200.00 



II TT 7| IT TT Tt TT TT ** TT TT ^T 



511 FARMS WITH NO ALFALFA 

 MADE AN AVERAGE NET PROFIT 

 PER FARM OF * 728.00 



$ $$$$$$ 



Fig. ii. Average results obtained on 888 Wisconsin farms 

 where farm accounts are kept. 



We Need More Alfalfa 



Government statistics, (1910,) illustrate the possibilities of extend- 

 ing the alfalfa acreage of the East and the Middle West. According 

 to their figures the New England States were growing 500 times as 

 many acres of pure timothy as of alfalfa; New York, Pennsylvania 

 and New Jersey had fifty times as much timothy as alfalfa; the 

 North Central States sixty-eight times as much acreage of timothy 

 as of alfalfa. 



Alfalfa Prejudice 



It would seem that there is still much room for more alfalfa in 

 spite of all the good work that has been done. 



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