Every Farm of 160 Acres Should Have at Least 10 Acres of Alfalfa. Page 17 

ALFALFA 
Alfalfa The Wonder Crop — The Mortgage Lifter 
An acre of good Altalfa 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 314% 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 niGeiate 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 JPEN 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 
made to finish clean- 
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, 
— a5 without the buckhorn 
pe attachment. 

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 85e 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. 
COSSACK ALFALFA 
Of all the different varieties of alfalfa, we believe the Cossack to be the best. Cossack 
is more winter hardy, wilt resistant and will produce more hay of good quality than any 
other variety. One of the greatest advantages of Cossack is its wilt resistance, A large 
majority of the alfalfa fields now soon become infested with bacterial wilt, turns yellow, 
leaves drop off, seems stunted, and ina year or so dies. This is one reason why soil 
Should not be used in inoculating new fields. When you inoculate the soil from the old 
field, you inoculate with bacterial wilt. Use Kelly’s pure culture for inoculating all legume 
seeds, Inoculation pays the cost many times over. For prices see price list 
