246 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA. 
This is 6% interest on $60,000. Thus the land 
yields return on a valuation of $200 per acre. 
Are these fanciful figures? Not at all, but plain 
matter of fact business. And while we are estimat- 
ing profits by sale of hay and grain, we do this only 
because it is the easily-done thing, urging all along 
that the hay and grain be fed on the farm and the 
manure returned to the land, when net profits will 
often be much greater than indicated above. 
Such Profits in Actual Practice-—And are there 
many farms now ready to yield corn and alfalfa in 
this fashion? No. Most farms need thorough un- 
der-draining first. Hardly any of Illinois is well 
enough drained for alfalfa, neither is much of In- 
diana or Ohio. Iowa has more dry land, perhaps. 
Nearly any farm that a man might choose to make 
into an alfalfa and corn farm would need much work 
before he could safely expect any such returns. He 
ean find an acre, or a field that is all right; let him 
then determine that ere he is through with the thing 
it will all of it be good enough. Make it a legacy to 
the children to leave them a farm so well under- 
drained, so well limed, if lime is needed, so fertile 
that they can realize these results. It is easy; there 
is no step to be found out; the way is clear and plain 
and the land will pay for the work as you go on. 
Rotation in the Dairy Region.—In northern Ohio, 
Illinois, Wisconsin and New York dairying is a great 
business. Here alfalfa is especially desirable and 
90 is silage corn. Here also potatoes thrive and are 
