1910. 
THE HU RAI. NEW - YORKER 
fiQ7' 
ANOTHER ALFALFA SERMON. 
Results From The Crop. 
If you want an Alfalfa sermon from 
text all through to “finally” go to Ham¬ 
let Worker, whose farm is just outside 
the city of Syracuse. Mr. Worker is one 
of the Alfalfa pioneers of that section. 
We have given before now his method 
of seeding and handling the crop. We 
are interested now in what he thinks 
about it as judged by 20 years’ experi¬ 
ence. During the State Fair 1 went out 
to see the Alfalfa on Mr. Worker’s farm. 
In one field there were two narrow strips 
where the crop had been killed out. One 
strip marked the course of what was evi¬ 
dently a seepage of water from the near¬ 
by hill. The point was that Alfalfa will 
not stand wet feet. It must have good 
drainage. Mr. Worker says he can cure 
that strip by laying a run of tile drains 
in it. The other strip showed where the 
Alfalfa had been killed by hauling a 
stone boat in Winter. With all its vigor 
and strength when mature the Alfalfa 
must be nursed carefully while it is 
small. 
And it is worth nursing. On Mr. 
Worker's farm there have been several 
“rotations” of Alfalfa—that is, after be¬ 
ing cut several years the stubble was 
plowed under, other crops planted, and 
then Alfalfa seeded once more. The 
effect of this is noticed in every crop on 
the farm. All have shown the power of 
the Alfalfa to enrich the soil, both 
through the manure and by what it ac¬ 
cumulates and leaves in the soil. No one 
could question this who saw the crops 
on this farm, and could compare them 
with previous ones. And Mr. Worker’s 
experience in feeding Alfalfa hay proves 
its value as compared with wheat bran, 
which is probably the fairest standard 
for comparison. Practical feeders say 
that 10 pounds of Alfalfa hay are fully 
equal to eight pounds of good bran, and 
it is a conservative estimate that a fair 
acre of Alfalfa gives the equivalent of 
three tons of bran. That is what dairy¬ 
men should keep in mind when they are 
inclined to be discouraged over Alfalfa 
seeding. 
Around Syracuse the soil is just suited 
to this crop. A few miles away from this 
natural limestone formation farmers have 
trouble in seeding, as they do else¬ 
where. Mr. Worker said that in his sec¬ 
tion some farmers had tried using lime 
even on that limestone formation, but 
with no particular results. Some 20 miles 
or so away lime has given results—with 
most of us lime seems to be a necessity. 
Mr. Worker does not use potash or 
phosphoric acid because neither seems 
needed on his soil. A coat of manure is 
all the Alfalfa receives. Mr. Worker 
believes that the deep tap roots bring 
plant food up from the subsoil. This is 
deposited in the upper soil, or given up 
as hay and thus helps make the soil 
stronger. There can be no doubt, how¬ 
ever, as to the value of inoculation—- 
either by manure from Alfalfa hay or by 
means of soil from an Alfalfa field. 
Both methods have been tried here and 
definitely proved. 
Mr. Worker has sold his cows and 
will now sell more or less Alfalfa hay. 
Suppose he has 25 acres in Alfalfa with 
an average yield of V / 2 tons. At $ 1(5 a 
ton there is an income of about $1400 
from hay alone, while with 40 acres this 
would amount to over $2200. That is 
quite within the power of an Alfalfa 
farmer in the Eastern States. Such a 
man need not keep any stock except his 
work teams, for if need be lie can use 
lime and chemicals to keep up the yield 
of Alfalfa. It will be hard for anyone 
to name a crop which a man of middle 
years can grow and handle with less 
labor, for practically all the work can be 
done by machinery. There need be no 
fear that the demand for Alfalfa hay will 
slacken. It will increase, and there will 
be no competition from the West as in 
the case of grain or meat. The freight 
on hay from the Western Alfalfa fields 
is prohibitive, and the Eastern grower 
will have the field to himself. The East¬ 
ern part of the country is to have a new 
boom, for the census shows how the 
population of cities and towns is in¬ 
creasing. All this means increased de¬ 
mand for Alfalfa either as hay or for the 
things produced by feeding it, and here 
is an opportunity never before known in 
this country. h. w. c. 
“Bobby,” said his mother, “sit up 
straight and don’t tuck your napkin un¬ 
der your chin. I’ve told you hundreds 
of times-” “There!” exploded 
Bobby; “you’ve made me lose the 
count! I don’t know now whether it’s 
two hundred and fifty-six or three hun¬ 
dred and fifty-six times I’ve chewed 
this clam !”—Chicago Tribune. 
VERMONT CROPS. 
After the two years of drought and near- , 
famine it is a pleasure to be aoit to say 
that the dry weather which has been so 
general this year in other sections of the 
country has mercifully passed us by, and 
weather conditions have been wonderfully 
favorable in northern Vermont Spring 
work was delayed a little by hravj rains, 
but an unusually large acreage of corn and 
grain crops was put in and the haivest is 
abundant. Corn and all fodder crops are 
good, and the grass seeding, bolu Spring 
and Fall, is looking the best ever. Pota¬ 
toes are only fair and rotting bad'y, which 
may or may not help out prices. Fruit is 
never grown here in sufficient quantities to 
supply home market, but such as we. have 
the yield is fair. The hay crop was the 
best in years, and the rains have helped 
along tin* rowen crop until it nearly equals 
the first cutting in many Helds. In taking 
a hundred mile carriage drive a month ago 
(last of August) I was surprised at the 
number of new silos going up to accommo¬ 
date the corn crop. More .than once we 
could see three or four at once from the 
carriage, while the continual sight of 
stacks of hay and grain outside the barns 
bore silent but eloquent witness of the 
productiveness of Vermont fields under 
favorable conditions. Pastures nave been 
unusually good and stock of all kinds is : 
looking well, and -cows are holding up well. [ 
The only trouble with northern \ runout is 
that the dry years preceding have so cut 
down the number of cows and young stock 
that there are only about half enough cows 
to eat our fodder and none to be bought 
for love or money. Butter is selling extra 
well, and a condensing business at Newport 
is using the milk from quite a section 
nearby. The cream is taken off and shipped 
to Boston and the skim-milk condensed. I 
do not know what the profit is in this 
business, but they pay an excellent price 
for milk. $1.72 per hundred being the base 
price, with an advance if milk tests above 
four per cent. The help problem in these 
hill towns is usually solved by going with¬ 
out and doing two men's work oneself, but 
farmers are doing well and the outlook is 
favorable. The high price paid for eggs 
has caused a marked increase in the num¬ 
ber of hens kept and in the condition in 
which they are kept, and a constantly in¬ 
creasing number of colts is raided each 
year. l. c. l. 
Orleans, Vt._ 
Government Whitewash. —Every few 
weeks we have a call from some one for 
the recipe for making ‘'Government white¬ 
wash.” The following is used on some 
Government building, but of course it is not 
equal to a lead and oil paint. “Slake 
one-half bushel of lime with boiling water, 
keeping ft covered dming the process. 
Strain it. add a peck of salt dissolved in 
warm water; three pounds ground rice 
put in boiling water and boiled to a soft 
paste: one-half pound Spanish whiting; 
and one pound clear glue dissolved in warm 
water. Mix these well together and let the 
mixture stand for several days. Keep the 
wash thus prepared in a kettle or portable 
furnace. When used put it on as hot as 
possible with painter's or whitewash 
brush.” 
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AND 
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There are some things too 
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f?led hig store with pine shingles, nailing them with Zinc 
Coated Iron Cut Nails. In .Tilly 1000, just 29 years later, 
he reshingled. The nails were as free from rust as on the 
day they were driven, although the house stands within 
three-quarters of a mile of the seashore. The cut shows 
some of the nails. 
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