Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 October 1915 — Alfalfa Started a Dozen. Years Ago Deep Booted. [ARTICLE]

Alfalfa Started a Dozen. Years Ago Deep Booted.

About twelve years ago James Swaim, north of town, secured some alfalfa seed through William Eger and 'planted it on a quarter acre of his farm. The patch was plowed up the past jveek by the owner and Frank Foltz, who was .passing by, brought one root to The Republican office to show how far the root had extended into the ground and the extent to which the alfalfa had stooled out. The root resembled that of a small tree and was about 15 inches long to the point where it had broken off and at the place it was a half inch in diameter, while next to the ground it was almost two inches across. The single root supplied runners over the surface that made a patch about 15 inches in diameter. Mr.' Swaim is now putting out a fresh seeding of alfalfa, and is convinced that it will beyond any doubt prosper in this county.