Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1911 — WILL GROW ALFALFA [ARTICLE]

WILL GROW ALFALFA

Many Farmers to Try Raising the Luxuriant Hay this Summer. Rochester, Ind., Feb., 25.—Fulton county farmers will sow a great deal of alfalfa this spring. They have been encouraged by the success of W. H. Rouch, a prominent farmer and stockman, jiving one mile west of Rochester, who converted a field of twenty acres from a desert of sand to an oasis of green alfalfa. The Rouch farm is situated along one of the most frequently traveled roads leading into this city, and nearly every day one or more interested farmers visit Mr. Rouch and glean what information he can supply on the raising of alfalfa. Mr. Rouch uses the alfalfa to fatten cattle and hogs.