. North Dakota .. . A thirty pounder NORTH DAKOTA. Thanksgiving birds from this State are in large demand in the Middle West markets It produces a better crop of hay than timothy forall classes of live stock. It comes the first thingin the spring and is the last grass to stop growingin the fall. It is more palatable than any othergrass, either native or tame. Under favorable con-ditions it will grow five feet in height, and willclosely resemble an oat or rye field. While thisgrass produces well on the poorer land and underharsh conditions, there is no other grass that willrespond better to goo
. North Dakota .. . A thirty pounder NORTH DAKOTA. Thanksgiving birds from this State are in large demand in the Middle West markets It produces a better crop of hay than timothy forall classes of live stock. It comes the first thingin the spring and is the last grass to stop growingin the fall. It is more palatable than any othergrass, either native or tame. Under favorable con-ditions it will grow five feet in height, and willclosely resemble an oat or rye field. While thisgrass produces well on the poorer land and underharsh conditions, there is no other grass that willrespond better to good conditions, to good soil, andto the application of manure. Sweet clover is a legume crop rapidly cominginto favor in North Dakota for both hay andpasture purposes. The soils, being sweet, growthis crop very readily. Contrary to the generalbelief, horses, cattle, sheep, and swine when theyonce become accustomed to the use of sweet cloverseem to prefer it to anything else, with the excep-tion of alfalfa or brome grass. Sweet clover haywhen cut an
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