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Every Farm of 160 Acres Should Have at Least 10 Acres of Alfalfa. 
ALFALFA 
Alfalfa The Wonder Crop — The Mortgage Lifter 
An acre of good Alfalfa will make more profit than any- 
thing else you can grow. Three acres of corn and one acre 
of Alfalfa makes more beef than four acres of corn and you 
are building up one-fourth of this acreage by growing Al- 
falfa. You are growing your own protein in Alfalfa which is 
the highest food element you have to supply. The chart at 
the left shows Alfalfa hay contains as much digestive pro- 
tein as a ton of wheat bran. You can easily grow 3% to 4 
tons of Alfalfa hay to an acre which figures, at the price of 
bran per ton, makes an income of over $100.00 per acre. 
Alfalfa is the most palatable hay you can grow. The cow 
will eat more of this than any other legume, and every other 
animal and fowl on the farm will eat Alfalfa hay and thrive 
on it. There are 222 lbs. of digestible protein in a ton of Al- 
falfa hay from inoculated seed while only 142 lbs. of protein 
in a ton of Red Clover hay which has been inoculated. Be 
sure to inoculate all legumes, especially Alfalfa. It not only increases yields but adds nitro- 
gen to the soil and increases the protein content of the hay. 
For best results, cut Alfalfa when about one-third of it is in bloom. Young Alfalfa plants 
will not stand crowding by weeds, but after the plant has secured a start will crowd out 
many weeds. In fact, a heavy stand of Alfalfa will do much toward killing out Canadian 
Thistles. 
In seeding Alfalfa we recommend seeding without a nurse crop. Of course, you will have 
some weeds. If you are going to sow Alfalfa in the spring, sow it just as early as the danger 
of heavy freezes is past. In the sprnig of the year there is usually plenty of moisture to get 
the Alfalfa started, and by seeding early, the Alfalfa has made sufficient root growth to go 
down where there is moisture and will not dry and burn up by the heat of July and August 
as Alfalfa often does when seeded in May. 
NEW SUTTON STEEL & 
STEEL COMBINED 
BUCKHORN AND 
GRAVITY MILL 
The greatest mill 
ne made to finish clean- 
ssi iattie ing seeds. Will re- 
move noxious weed 
seeds no other mill 
will separate. This 
mill installed at Peo- 
ria. We have same 
kind at San Jose, 
without the buckhorn 
attachment. 

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With this milf we can take out Buckhorn and most all the dead grains. If you have good clover seed, medium 
or mammoth containing buckhorn we will clean it up for $1.00 per bu. in small lots, or 85c per bu. if you have 
25 bu. or more. This mill will also remove green foxtail, or pigeon grass from clover and alfalfa. 
Dodder and Dock machine. We also have installed at Peoria one of the new Rice Dodder and Dock mills. If you 



have clover or alfalfa seed containing these noxious weed seeds, we will remove them for $1.00 per bu. 
a, Ss KEY TOCUT OF WEED SEEDS 
/ Sg : 1, bracted plantain; 2, black seeded 
p: 
AY "79 6 AS 0 
3% 2s Sire 
0 plaintain; -3, rag weed; 4, ox-eye 
..3 
oZs, 0, v ise <2 Sie 
Noxious Weed Seeds Found in Clover, Alfalfa and 
; Other Farm Seeds. 






daisy;*5, red clover; 6, catmint; 7, ° 
crabgrass; 8, field dodder; 9, sorrel; 
10, dog fennel; 11, chickweed; 12, 
lamb’s quarter; 13, green foxtail; 14, 
prickly sida; 15, vervain; 16, madder; 
17, yellow foxtail; 18, clover dodder; 
19, heal-all; 20, yellow trefoil; 21, 
spurge; 22, curled dock; 23, lady’s 
thumb; 24, buckhorn; rounded face- 
grooved face, shown in 29; 25, mus- 
tard; 26, alsike clover; 27, ox tongue; 
28, pigweed; 29, buckhorn; 30 Canada 
thistle; 31, campion; 32, wild gera- 
nium; 33, pepper grass; 34, camomile; 
35, mallow. 
