CAPT. JOHN C. W'EBb's EXPERIENCE WITH ALEALFA. 



Capt. John C. Webb, of Demopolis. Ala., writes us concern- 

 ing his Alfalfa field as follows: (the field mentioned is shown 

 in the photograph). "That field of Alfalfa was cut April 19th, 

 some twenty-five acres, an average of 2 1-2 tons per acre first 

 cutting. I cut it seven times that year. I cut my Alfalfa from 

 six to eight times each year, and on that field I have never made 

 less than $100.00 per acre per year, and sometimes $150.00 

 clear. I have never sold any Alfalfa hay for less than $15.00 

 per ton. This is the greatest forage feed on the face of the 

 earth. I am now seeding sixty acres and each year will in- 

 crease my acreage. Anything will eat it greedily ; grown as 

 hay I have made a crop of corn and cotton and other farm 

 crops, feeding only on this hay, not feeding a grain of anything 

 else on my place. Year before last this occurred with me and 

 I did six weeks of plowing in the summer on this feed without 

 one grain of corn or oats, and my team of twenty-two mules 

 looked as well or better when I laid by my crop in August as 

 when I cut off the grain ration. I wish to say that the land 

 above referred to was made very rich and of course this is the 

 key to all good crops." 



John C. Webb^ Demopolis, Ala. 



