1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
K49 
ALFALFA IN KANSAS. 
A reader in Kansas sends us the follow¬ 
ing report from Cottonwood Falls, and says 
it is a fair statement: 
"While July brought a drought and hot 
winds which ruined many fields of early 
corn yet it seems now that it has also 
brought a fortune to a good many of the 
farmers in the way of an Alfalfa seed 
crop. While corn was suffering for want 
of moisture the dry weather coming at the 
time it did was just the tiling for Alfalfa, 
as it retarded the growth of the plant, 
causing it to blossom heavily and the seed 
pods to fill well. The crop will ripen 
in a few more weeks and if favorable con¬ 
ditions continue and wet weather does not 
interfere witli the harvest, Alfalfa growers 
here say the yield is likely to be the largest 
this country has ever produced. Alfalfa 
has been the most successful crop this year. 
The hay crops have not only been good but 
the quality has been fine. Many farmers 
secured two hay crops and are now saving 
the third cutting for seed, while others let 
the second crop- stand for seed. In either 
case the prospects for a seed crop are alike 
—good. E. B. Johnston, who has a 50- 
acre field of Alfalfa several miles south¬ 
east of town, said yesterday that the first 
two cuttings from the field which were 
saved for hay yielded 70 and 80 tons and 
were of the finest quality. The third crop 
was allowed to stand for seed, and from 
present indications is likely to make five 
or six or even eight bushels per acre. With 
bay worth .$7 or $8 per ton and good seed 
bringing $10 or $12 a bushel, it is not a 
difficult task to “figure” a fortune out of 
Alfalfa this year.” 
CROP CONDITIONS IN SOUTHWESTERN 
IOWA. 
There is practically no hay in all the 
West over immense areas. The drought 
and dry weather has been most severe and 
worst in years. Some local showers, but 
so light that ground has not at any time 
been wet down as deep as potatoes were 
planted, and air has been so arid that it 
absorbed rains before they fell. Never 
have I seen hay as short. Where a year 
ago farmers got a' hundred loads this year 
they got from same ground 20 to 24. A 
year ago I got 135 loads, this year 24. 
No Alfalfa here of any account. Late in 
1900, November and December, it rained 
and rained so this country was continuously 
flooded for over two months. That is corn 
husking season here, where it is nearly a 
six weeks’ job. It became cold and mud so 
deep only one ton per load could be got out 
of fields at a trip, breaking harness and 
single-trees, and after farmers got half 
through husking it started in snowing and 
weather closed in on half-husked cornfields, 
and snowed continuously until February, 
thawing only enough to settle snow in corn. 
The ground remained unfrozen under snows, 
and with frozen crust and ice no one could 
get out balance of corn crop. Heavy wind 
storm in September had blown corn down 
badly, so half was directly on ground, un¬ 
frozen, and this spoiled badly, so that one- 
third or half the crop of corn was ruined 
last year, rotting and deteriorating under 
the deep snows. In February it cleared 
up and melted snows gradually, and they 
all went in ground, and until last night, 
August 13, we have had practically no rain 
at all ; the sunny skies were continuous, 
the dryness of air so great no dews formed. 
Polished farm tools could be left out for 
a week at a time without a particle of rust 
forming on them. Hay was all put up 
without a drop of rain, same with harvest 
and two-thirds thrashing done in fields 
without rain. Small grain crop is large 
and there is considerable fine straw, espe¬ 
cially oat straw. Pastures are bare and 
dusty, stock short of pasturage feed. The ex¬ 
cessive rains last Fall and immense amount 
of snow water that went into the ground 
in February has held out in moisture in soil 
to save probably three-fourths of corn crop 
in this section. But this is an average; 
the corn crop is spotted, some corn will 
not make half crop, some full crop. Feb¬ 
ruary and March and every day since Feb¬ 
ruary 25 has been practically Summer, and 
all young things, little pigs, calves and 
poultry, have basked in sunshine without 
shelter since, absolutely refusing to be 
housed, because weather has been so fine 
for outdoor life. With half last year’s corn 
to husk in March, Spring seeding to do in 
April and the full run of farm work since 
has made a busy year, but it has been a 
drought-fighting year, and most of us have 
cultivated crops excessively, and done all 
we could to save the corn, the principal 
crop. 
Middle of April freeze destroyed all 
fruits; scarcely enough specimens for ex¬ 
hibition left. Small fruit was either frozen 
or burnt up; grapes loft 00 per cent of a 
crop, this is all our fruit left and the 
orchard people have a good year to prune 
and renovate orchards and get ready for 
next year’s crop. The exceeding drought 
has eliminated fungi, leaving clean foliage, 
insects few and parasites numerous, fruit 
buds setting densely, and plenty of snow 
water in soil to give apple trees good 
growth. Immense areas of corn fodder will 
be cut as a substitute for hay, and help 
out where short grazing prevails now. An 
unusual amount of rape seed is sown in 
corn for early Winter feeding. All farm 
work is well in hand, since every day could 
be utilized, and weed growth could be easily 
kept down on account of dry weather. 
Since beginning these notes we have had 
over seven inches rain in three days. We 
practically had none from February until 
August 13. Much corn will be saved and 
a full crop in many localities, but much is 
past help. Extensive corn fodder making 
will be the next move. Hay will here be 
$15 to $18 per ton; near that now. 
Harlan, Iowa. w. m. b. 
Controlling Flies. 
What is the best way to treat manure 
to kill flies? Would spraying with kero¬ 
sene kill them or hinder their breeding, or 
chloride of lime? The fly has become a 
pest, and how to keep him in check is what 
we want to know. l. e. s. 
Sharon, Conn. 
Kerosene, chloride of lime or lime will 
help destroy the young flies, but they will 
injure the manure. The best way is to 
keep the manure cleaned up. Either work 
it into the soil at once or keep it inside 
a shed behind screened doors and windows. 
The flies breed in manure; if kept away 
from it there will be few of them around 
the house. 
Killing “Paint Brush.” —I see on page 
741 an inquiry for a remedy for Buffalo 
clover or paint brush. We have found 
that an application of common salt at the 
rate of about four quarts to the square 
rod is sure death to the plants. We get 
the best results by applying it in the heat 
of the day, and one application is generally 
sufficient. a. h. p. 
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