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Thp New OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Sunday Morning. April 14, 1929
There Is Glorious Qrow&h In Our Increasing ' IlegMune &rops
High Authority on Alfalfa
Growing Talks Over Radio
On Benefits and Practices
O. T. McWhortor, County Agent of Washing
ton County, Gives Facts Concerning What
Has Been Done in Boosting Grimm
O. T. McWhorter, county agri
cultural agent for Washington
county, has taken a losg lead in
promoting the growing of Grimm
alfalfa In the Willamette vaney
conferring benefits of monumental
proportions.
On Saturday, April 6, Mr. Mc
Whorter gave a talk over KGW,
of the Portland Orezonian. at the
noon hour, his subject beins "Al
falfa in Washington County. Ore.
mn oicemts from this broad-
raxted address, being as follows
'Since 1922 almost 4500 acres of
firimm alfalfa have been planted
In Washington county; greatly
aiding dairying by supplying a de
oeudable source of high quality
legume hay in winter and green
feed during the summer months,
rutting dairy feed bills and mak
ing dairying a more profitable
pursuit; alfalfa also being used
as' pasture by swine raisers and
as green feed by poultrymen; and
,12.000 to 15.00 tons of hay U
now produced annually from the
alfalfa fields.
I How It Was Started
ii Sherman Hyre of Hillsboro. who
-planted hie first trial plot of al
ifalfa la 1920. haa pef haps done
ftaore than any otfcer .man In
! Washington county to demonstrate
successful methods of alfalfa cul
ture to that locality, and in 1923-24-25
many field meetings were
held on his farm by the O. A. C.
extension service; caravans some
times came from adjoining coun
ties, and individual callers were
numerous.
Mr. Hyre selected deep, well
drained EOile, seeded Grimm alfal
, fa without a nurse crop on a thor
oughly prepared and firm seed
bed, and inoculated the seed with
.the nitrifying bacteria so neces
pary for the best alfalfa growth,
and finally seeded the crop about
corn planting time. Sandy soils
may require earlier seeding.
Unsuccessful trials at alfalfa
growing prior to 1920 had includ
. rd seeding that crop with oats.
wheat, barley; and Inoculation
'was not practiced. Therefore suc
cess was bo seldom that alfalfa cul
ture as a countywide practice had
v made no headway previous to the
" flemonstrations by Mr. Hyre.
Returns From Alfalfa
Alfalfa yields in the county vary
from three and a half tons for
three cuttings on the less, favor
able soils to as much as seven tons
annually on the more fertile soils.
Terbaps the average conservative
yield per acre can be placed at
tihnnt three and a half to four
tons annually.
Ben Heesacter of Verboort com
munity reoorts that In 1928 he cut
two and a half tonsi an acre for
th first croD. a ton and a half
from the second and a ton from
the third, all of which he sold at
$20 a ton, making a gross income
of 1100 an acre.
L. W. Guild of the Farmlngton
community reports that he saved
his first crop for stock feed, and
sold his second and third crops
totaling three tons at $17 a ton.
giving him $51 an acre gross for
his second and third cuttings.
In Washington county, however,
we are not so much concerned
with the raisins of alfalfa hay
for tale as we are in raising It
for eow fee. DaJryingMa tie
backbone of the county's perma
nent agriculture. It Is argued that
the profitable fruits and berries
of the county will be raised on
farms where dairying Is practiced:
that where barnyard manures are
returned to the soils the highest
yields of quality fruits and berries
are obtained.
Important to All
Alfalfa Is therefore of impor
tance to practically all branches of
Washington county agriculture;
especially to the lgrestock Indus
try ana to laose icrmers wno en
gage In fruit raising on dairy
farms.
A few of the farmers of the
county who are depending on al
falfa for dairy fed are: GeoTge
Blersdorf tc Sons. Cornelius; Jas.
Batehelder. North Plains; Edw.
Fruendenthal, Hillsboro; J. J.
VanKleek, Beaverton, Rt. J; W.
T. Putnam 6 Sons. Hillsboro, Rt.
5; A. J. Evers. Verboort; Chaa.
Herb, Banks, Rt. 1; Montgomery
Turner. Banks, Rt. 3; L. L. Craw
ford, Manning, and the list grows
too long to continue. "
R. Hornbeeker of Hillsboro, Rt,
S fs making use of alfalfa for hog
raising on a larger scale than Is
usually practiced here; many oth
er names could be added. Alex
'Chalmera of Forest Grove, RL 3
produces alfalfa to use In his
feeding program with Shorthorn
cattle. Henry Beach of North
Dates of Slogans in
(With a few possible ehanges)
Loganberries, October 7, It IS.
Prunes, October 14.
Dairying, October SI.
flax, October 21.
filberts, November 4.
Walnuts, November 11.
Strawberries, November It.
Apples, Tigs, etc Nor. SI.
Raspberries, December S.
Mint, December t.
Beans, etc., December It.
Blackberries, December St.
Cherries, December SO.
Pears, January t. It If.
Gooseberries, January IS.
Com, January SO.- y
Celery, January S7.
Spinach, etc, February S.
Onions, etc February. 10.
Potatoes, ote February 17.
Bees, February S4.
Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. S.
City Beautiful, etc March 10.
Great- Cows, March 17. . -Paved
Highways, March 14.
Head Lettuce, March 31.
Silos, etc April 7.
Legumes, April 14.
Asparagus, etc April SL
Plains raises alfalfa for sheep
feeding, as do others of the coun
ty. Poultrymen of the county of
ten allow poultry to run on grow
ing alfalfa or cut it and place it
in feed racks for poultry to feed
upon.
Roils for Alfalfa
Deep soils having excellent nat
ural drainage are the ones recom
mended for alfalfa. Tile drained
lands and those having the water
tabl close to the surface are not
so good, nor . are those with a
more or less impervious subsoil.
On poorly drained soils or those
with a more or less impervious
subsoil the result Is most often
failure, involving I033 of time and
money. Be sure the soil Is right
before planting alfalfa. Your
county agent, successful growers,
or O. A. C. experts can give proper
advice.
Lands of a sandy nature are
ideal alfalfa soils if drained deep
ly through natural processes. The
crop thrives on practically all
Washington county soils where
the drainage is correct.
lime and Manure
Alfalfa is a gross feeder and
cannot thrive on poor or vforn out
soils; but soils that have run
down in fertility have produced
fair returns of alfalfa per
acre, wnere lime or Darn
yard manure has ben used.
'Lime or barnyard manure or
both are seemingly essential for
the best results with alfalfa."
However, there are several suc
cessful fields of alfalfa in the
county which have had only barn
yard manure. It Is advised to use
ground llmerock at rates of not
less than 2,000 pounds per acre.
This is the safer procedure to fol
low. Since last fall some 10 to 12
carloads of lime have been shipped
into Washington county to use
with alfalfa plantings.
About llmerock, do not go by
the rule of guess. Ask the county
agent, or inquire of the college
Ground llmerock is supplied at
your own state lime plant at Sa
lem.
Preparation of Soils
Preferably, plow In the fall land
to be seeded the following spring.
Work lightly in the spring till
about corn planting time, when
most alfalfa is seeded. This con
stant shalow cultivation destroys
the weeds, conserves the mois
ture, and prepares a firm seed bed
with about two inches of loose soil
on top.
Do not work soil too deeply,
losing moisture. It is important
to hold the moisture over the
whole field by frequent shallow
cultivation.
Can one plow the land in the
spring and then seed alfalfa? It
has been done In Washington
county but far too many who have
tried it have lost so much of the
soil moisture that poor stands or
failures have resulted. The gen
eral trouble with spring plowing Is
that one waits until the ground is
too dry before plowing, or the
plowed land is let lay and dry out
after plowing.
Methods of Seeding
General recommendation, 12 to
14 pounds of seed per acre broad
casted; rale of O. A. C. experts.
In Washington county, farmers
usualy run over the prepared soil
with a eultipacker; leaving the
soil in tiny ridges. If this is fol
lowed with the seeding process
immediately, before the small
crevices left by the eultipacker
till with toil, the seed mostly falls
In these amall crevices en firm
dirt. Then follow with a spike
toothed harrow with the teeth
slanted back and cutting just
enough to level the soil and fill
the crevices; covering the seed to
proper depth and leaving: the
greater part of the seed In rows
and on firm solL Deep harrow
ing to cover should be avoided.
When drilling the seed eight
pounds of good seed . Is often
enough.' The difficulty with most
drills Is that they seed too deep
ly at times, too shallow at other
times, and that some' drillholes
drop the seed too thickly or be
come clogged. Most drills seed
ing eight pounds per acre do a
poor 'Job, and uneven stands re
sult, for small plots, the gardes
drill does splendid work: the rows
are usually seven or eight Inches
apart.
Grlatm Variety Only
Grimm alfalfa, with its branch-
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Drug Garden, May S. '
8ugar Industry, May IS.
Water Powerr, May It.
Irrigation, May St.
Mining, Juno S.
Land, Irritation, etc., June. t. -Floriculture,
June It.
Hops, Cabbage, etc, June St.
Wholesaling, Jobbing. June St.
Cucumbers, etc. Jury 7.
Hogs, July 14.
Goats, July SI.
Schools, July St.
Sheep, August 4.
Seeds, August 11. .
National Advertising. Aug. II.
Livestock, August SI.
Grain Grain Products, Sept. 1
Manufacturing, Sept. S.
Woorworklng, etc. Sept! II.
Automotive Industries Sept. 22.
Paper Mills, Sept. St.
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UMPOUA VALLEY IS
HDB ALFALFA
New Crop is Rendering the
Dairying Industry There
Profitable Line
The Roseburr Review of the
10 th, under heading. "Dairy Men
Prosper," has the following as its
leading editorial:
Says a correspondent in writing
to the News-Review and talking of
the dairying Industry:
"I am convinced, after having
tried It out. that dairying will pay
as well, and in most instances bet
ter. than any other phase of farm
ing on our soils on which alfalfa
can bo crown. My reasons are two
fold: The Income is steady end
sure: the soli is growing mo
fertile rather than being depleted
"The writer quoted above knows
what he is talking about. The
dairymen in Douglas county are
reasonably prsoperous and there is
no reason why more dairy herd?
could not be equally so. The great
number of different kinds of farm
ing that are possible' because of
the soil and climate condition
here is one of the principal reas
ons why the TJmpqua valley
is
destined to be a very great agri
cultural district.
H FOLD GOOD
FRBP.1 Tf !E LEGUMES
The legumes are better than the
four leaf clover for luck; they
bring four fold benefits to the
growers with a lot of side lnci
dentals of advantage to boot, for
good measure.
J. R. Beck, county agent for
Polk county gives these four
First, they are soil builders; sec
ond, they make hay and silage;
third, green pastures; fourth, cash
seed crops.
Mr. Beck mentions another
function of legume feeds; says
veterinarians have the opinion
that such crops grown on' well
limed soils aid in preventing the
development of sterility in dairy
cattle. If this is the case the pro
duction of clover, alfalfa and vetch
on 'soils that have been treated
with limeroek will assume added
importance.
ing tap root, is the recognized va
rlety for Washington county. Va
rietles with the single deep, pen
etratlng tap root have not proven
very successful.
Buy from reliable dealers; get
certified or registered Grimm
seed. Inoculate by the soil meth
od or the use of artificial cultures.
Sowing without inoculation Is a
waste of time and money In most
cases. The O. A. C. station or
seed houses have Inoculated cul
tures. Use according to directions
on the package.
Inoculation is sometimme pra-c
tlced by spreading about 300
pounds of soli per acre from an al
ready Inoculated field.
A common method in Washing
ton is the use of the O. A. C. cul
tures according to direction, to
which is added about a cupful of
sifted soil from about old alfalfa
piams wnien nave oeen inocuiat
ed. This doubly insures inocula
tion. . ,
Care of the Fields"
Following cutting ot the first
crop in the second year of the life
of an alfalfa field, the field should
be cultivated with an alfalfa cul
tivator or n spring toothed har
row. We do not use dise harrows
In Washington county; the discs
are liable to tn'lufe the alfalfa
crowns.. Do not cut the sell foo
deeply; the object beta to loosen
the top two inches of soiL kill
tne weeas, ana conserve moisture.
Alfalfa should In fact be culti
vated after each cutting. Sher
man Hyre at Hillsboro follows
this practice after each cutting of
hay, and one field now eight years
old seems to he about In Its
prime. . , . '
- Neglect of cultivation will show
up in decreasing yields, weeds and
grass choking out the alfalfa. Up-
cultivated fields often become un
productive or are ruined in two or
three years.
The O. A. C. recommends land
plaster at 80 to 100 pounds an
acre annualy on producing fields.
In Washington county a few far
mer! are trying superphosphate
at rates of SI0 pounds per acre
applied In the fall; applied every
three years.
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Governor Patterson Grows
Alfalfa, and is Planning on
Large Increase of Acreage
Polk County Legumes, Clover and Alfalfa,
Reach High Acreage Levels, with 125
Farmers Now Having Fields of Latter
The following article is fur
nished for this annual Slogan
number on Legumes by J. R.
Beck. Dallas, efficient county
agent of Polk county: '
Dark green fields of clover and
alfalfa dot the landscape wher
ever one may drive In Polk coun
ty, and the observer will quickly
realise that the acreages of these
two legumes are greater than for
years and probably exceeds pre
vious totals. Clover seed prices
consistently above 20c and the
great feed producing characteris
tics of alfalfa are the two factors
that have stimulated these acre
age increases.
Just ho w many thousand acres
of clover there are In the county
no one can say, but we are fairly
sure that the acreage of alfalfa
has grown from less than a hun
dred in 1928 to nearly a thousand,
and the present rate of increase
is around &0 per cent annually.
Three Great Benefits
Clover hay feeds many ot the
fine Jersey eattje of -Polk county,
and then the owners thresh a seed
crop off of the acreage from
which the hay was taken and
have a mighty lucrative cash
crop. Then the third considera
tion, that of soil fertility, is con-
stantly.in the back of their minds
and perhaps has a greater value
than the other two crops that can
be accurately measured.
A. R. Cadle of Rlc'kreall Is one
of the Polk county farmers who
considers the clover item in his
rotation Indispensable; then
Frank Farmer feels that it is vi
tal to him for his sheep. Others
equally successful second these
arguments and add others of their
own.
The removing of clover from
the possible crops for Polk county
farms -would be a serious blow.
and the writer certainly hopes It
win never occur. "
Would Make Great Story
If Grimm, alfalfa could take on
the attributes of man then its
rise into prominence would read
like a story from Horatio Alger.
Considered Impractical as a crop
in western Oregon up to six or
seven years ago. it is sweeping on
to gjeater acreages in all of the
vauey counties eacn year, ana
Polk farmers are certainly grasp
ing the possibilities presented to
them through this crop in a posi
tive way.
Yields of three to seven tons
per acre are found on almost ev
ery planting, and these plantings
run all the way from one acre to
35 acres. W. O. Morrow of
Greenwood-doubled the yields on
Largess in Lead in Legumes
THERE is largess in the lead the Salem district is increas
ing and has been maintaining in legumes
Millions annually m our growing seed business ; a weaitn
of advantages in keeping up soil fertility; other millions in
the value of the hay and soilage and sijo crops for live stock
and poultry.
Two thousand new acres
year wilhin a nfdiua of 15 miles of Salem; the increased and
increasing acreage in Austrian peas; several hundred acres
more in ladino clover for the present season, and other ex
pansions in legumindus crops here
These all show the increasingly acauired notions in the
"noodlei" of our leading farmers concerning the advantages
of the nodules that mark the distinguishing feature or tne
crops that get the nitrates from the air and deposit them in
il a m 1
me grouna to restore ana iceep up its ierumy.
There is no belter illustration of the trend of progress
here towards & W that is coming when the Willamette
valley win be the richest section of the earth, and the most
uniformly prosperous and one of the most populous; with a
population drawing for ts support from all the corners of
tne earth.
Legumes make up the foundation crops of a persistent
y prosperous airriculture: and all these steps are sure ad
vances of prosperity for Salem and her environs and hinter
land areas calculated to keep her going and growing glor
iously.
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tion, weighing lnVver .seven tons
in one season. Robert Pence of
Rickreall -has averaged nearly'
five tons per acre on a seven acre
field foT the past three years with
out irrigation
Zielesch farm at Parker has the
largest planting in the county
with 40 acres in and 20 odd more
going in this spring. One of the
interesting things about these alf
alfa plantings is that nearly ev
ery farmer is planting more, once
he has tried it out, and there can
be no stronger testimonial than
tnau
Governor Grows Alfalfa
Uses for alfalfa are varied. Gov
ernor I. L. Patterson has been
using his for hog pasture, but is
planning on a much enlarged
acreage for other purposes. Byrd
Walling of Lincoln pastures
sheep on his in the spring, then
cuts a bay crop. Wm. Garner
of Smithfield uses his for pout
try pasture, and so it goes.
Over here in Polk county we
say that any farmer that has live
stock should try out his best soil
with alfalfa, and we feel that at
least 600 farms should and can
grow It Already 125 are grow
ing it successfully.
To list the growers of alfalfa
In Polk would sound about like
125 of the successful farmers of
the county, for you will find
most ot it growing on such places
On the other hand, some of the
-very best farmers are skeptical
Last week while talking with t
certain prominent and wide awake
farmer, I asked him how it hap
pened that he hadn't put out an
acreage of this legume, and he re
plied that some 15 or 20 years
ago a neighbor of his had tried It
and about the second year the
weeks took It.
Alfalfa Tour in June
This same man has been driv
ing past fields, that I have men
tioned above., for the past five
vears and has seen them con
tinue to thrive and produce
large crops, but the prejudice of
earlier impressions is hard to
overcome In some. Once he is
convinced, I am willing to bet that
when he starts a field he will do
the job right up right and not put
It on on some poor piece oi im
properly drained ground and then
go off and let It root, nog. or
die. Some of those who jumped
into the planting of this crop did
it without proper planning, and
they have given themselves and
neighbors the wrong impression
in Grimm alfalfa fields this
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MILK OUT OF
LEGUMES MMB
Salem District Leading Sev
eral Lines in This Ben
efcial Field
The boom in legumes-goes on
In the Salem district. H. O. White
of D. A. White ft Sons, leading
sedmen and dealers' in and ship
pers of seed- supplies; estimates
that there will be an additidn this
year of. 2000 acres In the plant
ings of alfalfa within a radius of
15 miles of Salem. That makes a
remarkable growth.
Nearly all the vetch seed In
America is grown in the Salem
district. There will be 100 cars
or more for shipment this year.
In red clover, the acreage will
be about the same this year as
last. There will likely be above
100 cars of seed for shipment this
year, as the price is firm. It is
around 25 cents a pound -to the
grower; has been higher part of
the time last year, and lower 'some
of the time. The red clover crop
for the district this year will bring
around three quarters of a million
dollars.
Many Legumea
Our growers produce many le
gume crops. We send hairy vetch
seed as far away as New York
Baltimore and Philadelphia.
We rrow all the white clovers:
Alslke, Sweet, Whit Witch.. Bok
hara Hubam, but have not been
able to work up a boom In this
as there is In some eastern dis
tricts.
Our Hungarian vetch boom
keeps up. We grow Canada field
peas; mostly for "hogging off."
An addition to the ladrino do
ver acreage, to tne extent or iuw
acres, has been or will be added
the present season. The seed Is
now growing scare.
We grow some soy beans; about
the same acreage this year as last
A good deal of purple vetch Is
erown here on contract: a seed
for a cover crop for the California
trade.
The Australian Pea
Australian peas, making a good
feed and cover crop, something
new here. Is coming In strong. So
far, it is being grown for seed pur-
poses, to ship. D. A. White & Sons
are seeking contracts for growing
300 to 500 acres of It. this year
the extent of the seed that is avail
able now. The contracts are going
out mostly around' Salem and Al
bany. They expect to have grown and
to assemble enough seed this year
to entend the acreage Indefinite
ly here next year. The Australian
pea looks like a winner.
Our legume industries in the Sa
lem district are running into the
millions. Our leadership in vetch
and several other lines is pro
nounced. Legumes are going a
long way towards redeeming and
insuring the steady prosperity of
our Industries on the land.
Oregon has hot gained suffi
cient population in the last 10
years to warrant the formation of
congressional district in South
ern Oregon, and it Is just as well
as there would be nobody to run
for the job. Medford Mall
Tribune. M.A. Hyde Co.
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Over-Half a Million Acres
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Grow Good Grimm Alfalfa
Increasing Now at Rate of Five to Seven
Thousand Acres a Year; Lime, Landplas
ter, Great Contributing Factors
In Alfalfa Boom
Alfalfa is gaining in importance as a crop in western
Oregon, according to G. R. Hyslop, agronomist at the experi
ment station. Estimates indicate that the acreage is increas
ing by from five to seven thousand acres a year. The reason
for this sudden expansion in the acreage is based on a number
of years of very carefully worked out experimental data and
an organized extension program in several counties which
has shown farmers the success of the crop.
Twenty, and even ten years ago, there was not sufficient
data to warrant very general recommendation for alfalfa out
side the sandy bottoms in western Oregon. Conditions are
different now, insofar as alfalfa and its culture are concern
ed, and the conditions of competition with other crops have
also materially changed.
Johff C. Burtner of the depart
ment of industrial Journalism,
Oregon State Agricultural college
furnishes the following for this
annual Legumes Slogan, number
of The Statesman:
t
It. is no longer so easy to get
stands of red elover on many of
the soUs that were successfully
producing red clover a few year a
ago. One reason' for this condition
is that softfef ttt&e soilsJiivi (be
come rather acid, and another is
the presence of the clover root
borer, an insect that is seriously
destructive to long-lived stands
and good yields of red clover.
Clover Less Competetive
With less competition from the
clover on many of the better
land3, therefore, alfalfa with Its
large yields, fine feed quality and
the production o f considerable
green feed, hay or pasture growth
during the dry part of the sum
mer, has become very attractive to
a number of farmers, says Pro
fessor Hyslop.
Grimm Alfalfa Standard
The Introduction of Grimm al
falfa Is one. of the outstanding
factors in the increased alfalfa
production. This variety, which in
trials has shown its persistence
and its ability to maintain produc
tion through a' long period of
years. Is now pretty generally
standard in western Oregon. It is
usually more successful than
most other kinds of alfalfa that
have been planted and which fre
quently get thin or kill out in the
course of three or four years.
Another very important change
in conditions is the development
of the state lime plant, which is
producing agricultural lime at a
cost within the reach of a large
number of prospective alfalfa
growers. With this cheaper lime
available, It is now feasible In a
great many places to lime the land
and grow alfalfa where is was for
merly not much of a success.
A third important factor in the
increase of the alfalfa acreage is
the study of the effects of land
plaster on the growth of alfalfa on
some soils. Another contributing
feature Is the supply of high class
inoculation material provided by
the department of bacteriology of
the experiment station , which
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lawn and flowers nice by the right use of a good f ertil
Ize.r LAWN GRASSES
We have the finest clover and grasses on the market,
including Fancy White Clover, Kentucky Blue Grass;
Chewings, Fescue, Meadow Fescue, Creeping Bent, Col
onial Bent, Shady Nook, etc
.
You will find it pays to sow a little each year
on your old lawn to keep it in shape.
&
makes cheap and efficient Inocu
lation possible.
"The long-lived, hardy, disease
resistant Grimm alfalfa, cheap
state lime, cheap applications of
landplaster or other sulphur car
rying agents, and inoculation have
contributed much toward making
western Oregon farmers alfalfa-
minded," says Professor Hyslop.
Passed Demonstration Stage
The extension program which
has been carried out so thoroughly
by Couhty Agent McWhorter in
cooperation with seed dealers in
Clatsop county, and by County
Agent Fletcher in cooperation with
the Eugene Cooperative creamery
of Lane county are examples ot
very important county-wide at
tempts at the development of
more alfalfa. These and other
county agents have discussed the
alfalfa production, have made ar
rangements to get a dependable
supply of seed, have assisted In
the pooling of orders for lime, and
in some cases for landplaster, and
have frequently made arrange
ments to get the inoculating ma
terial. With all of these aids, it has
passed the demonstration stage
in a number of counties.
050,000 Acres Possible
One wonders how far this in
crease In alfalfa acreage may go.
It Is possible to expand it far be
yond the expectations of many in
terested in the question. A study
of the soil survey reports shows
more than 650,000 acres of soil
types in the ten Willamette valley
counties that are or may be put
in condition for the growth of al
falfa. Naturally it will be many
years before there Is demand for
such an acreage, or stock enough"
to consume its product, says Hy
slop.
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