THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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has been prepared showing that alfalfa ranks high- 

 est in digestible protein per acre. 

 Alfalfa Is Highest in Digestible Protein Per Acre. 

 We believe every one can understand this 

 chart, which is expressed in very simple terms. By 

 careful analysis it has been found that alfalfa yields 

 875 pounds of digestible protein per acre, as com- 

 pared with 491 pounds in clover. This is a very 

 remarkable showing in favor of alfalfa. 



sod, and only 20 bushels on timothy sod. Canada 

 is not a corn country, and therefore the yield was 

 light, but the difference was still found to be in 

 favor of alfalfa sod, which yielded 24 bushels per 

 acre, as compared with 16 bushels of timothy sod 

 These findings are simply astounding, and furnish 

 another very excellent reason why alfalfa should 

 be grown on every farm. 



In speaking of the value of the alfalfa crop, 



ALFALFA RICH 

 IN DIGESTIBLE PROTEIN 



ALFALFA MOST VALUABLE 

 FORAGE CROP 



WISCONSIN HAY CBOP-I91O 



ACREAGE AVE.V1EU) VALPER A. 

 18000 2.8 TONS 31 

 767000 1.4 14 

 119.500 1.7 14 



ALFALFA 

 TIMOTHY 

 CLOVER 



TIMOTHY! 

 cum*/ 160QOO 



1.6 



14 



Protein is the most essential element in feed 

 stuffs; therefore, it will readily be seen how valu- 

 able alfalfa is as compared with clover, oats and. 

 peas, corn, timothy, or sugar beets. 



Grow Your Protein Don't Buy It. 



By careful analysis it has been found that 

 alfalfa is equal to bran in protein content. Wheat 

 bran costs about $21 per ton, whereas alfalfa can be 

 grown for $5.15 per ton, as shown by the figures 

 presented on this chart. Why should any one buy 



Hon. A. P. Grout, president of the Illinois Alfalfa 

 Growers' Association, says : "I know of nothing 

 which will do more for the development of the 

 state, or add more to its wealth, than a thorough 

 knowledge and understanding of alfalfa." 



LANE TALKS. 



"The man who makes a farm and irrigates is 

 the man I am primarily interested in, not the land 

 speculator," says Secretary Lane. "We have been 



ALFALFA ENRICHES THE LAND 



ALFALFA OUT YIELDS 

 OTHER HAY CROPS 



ALFALFA IN UNITED STATES 



ACRES 



OHIO 



IOWA 



ILLINOIS 



WISCONSIN 



MICHIGAN 



3O9.OOO 

 29.000 

 29.000 

 18.000 

 18.000 

 7.000 



wheat bran when it costs four times as much as 

 alfalfa, and alfalfa makes just as good, or even 

 better, feed than wheat bran? 



Alfalfa Enriches the Land. 



Not only does alfalfa yield much more abundant 

 harvests than the other forage crops, but it en- 

 riches the land, while it yields rich harvests for the 

 farmers. The experiment set forth in the accom- 

 panying chart was made in Canada, where it was 

 found that alfalfa sod yielded 61.5 bushels of wheat 

 per acre, as compared with 42 bushels of timothy 

 sod. Barley yielded 30 bushels per acre on alfalfa 



making money for land speculators, not homes for 

 farmers, on some of our projects. 1 find that we 

 have under our irrigation projects 1,200,000 acres 

 of irrigable land, land upon which we are prepared 

 to deliver water, but we are irrigating only 650,000 

 acres. Over 95 per cent of the remaining 550,000 

 acres all irrigable bvft unirrigated is land in pri- 

 vate ownership. The man who irrigates his land 

 should have the easiest terms from the Govern- 

 ment because he is the one who is giving the pub- 

 lic the benefit of that land. The people of the 

 (Continued on page 292.) 



