248 ALFALFA FARMING IN AMERICA, 
to leave the question with the dairyman, merely 
pointing out to him that with corn and alfalfa he 
needs buy no protein; all that the old cow gives him 
will be his and will come from his own soil. And 
steadily, if he cares for the manure, will his farm im- 
prove in fertility. 
The Labor Cost.—The labor cost of this farm will 
not be very heavy, aside from the dairy work. Forty 
acres of alfalfa sod will be plowed each year for corn, 
40 acres sown to alfalfa after potatoes; the rest of 
tillage work will be simple and easily managed. 
Should more than 50 cows be kept more of the corn 
will be made into silage, which may cause a need of 
some dry grain not produced on the farm, mainly 
for horse feeding, 
