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1923: Beaver Creek Township tops in alfalfa production

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Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society

The following appeared in The Rock County Herald on April 6, 1923.
 
Beaver Creek Leads in Alfalfa Acreage
 
County Agent Roske Finds That Acreage in County is 1560 Acres, With 350 Acres in Beaver Creek
 
“Rock county doubled its acreage in alfalfa the last two years. In 1920 there were but 850 acres in the county. In 1922 there were 1560 acres in the county,” contends county agent Roske.
“The largest acreage of alfalfa is in the southwest part of the county. Beaver Creek leads in this with 350 acres; Martin township follows with 255 acres and Springwater with 181 acres; Luverne township also has 181 acres and Clinton township has 160 acres. It is expected that this average will be doubled again by the end of this year.
“Farmers have left orders at the Farm Bureau office for 3000 pounds of this seed already this spring. This seed is being secured from farmers in other parts of the county that have state inspected fields and the seed is known to be pure as to the particular kind, either grim or South Dakota, No. 12.
“We would like very much to keep a check on the alfalfa planted this year so as to determine the increase in the county. We know that five acres of good alfalfa is the most valuable five acres in crop that can be planted. Five acres of alfalfa will take care of 100 swine from May through the season. If five acres will take care of 100 to 150 swine one can readily figure up what that five acres is worth by comparing it to the amount of feed necessary to grow the amount of swine out during the same period.
“Besides the feed item, the condition of hogs that are grown on alfalfa should never be lost sight of. It produces the bone and stretch and that thrifty condition of swine that the farmer most desires when he places his swine in the feed lot in the fall.”
         Donations to the Rock County Historical Society can be sent to the Rock County Historical Society, 312 E. Main Street, Luverne, MN 56156.
Mann welcomes correspondence sent to mannmade@iw.net.

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