It makes good green pasture for hogs and horses, but as green pasture it is not the best for cattle and sheep owing to the liability of causing bloat the same as clover. Nebraska grown alfalfa seed is gaining an enviable reputation for purity and excellence. Under irrigation it is not a sure seed cropper, though the second year is liable to produce seed of more value than that of the land upon which it is grown. Eight to ten bushels (480 to 600 pounds) is considered a good seed crop, fourteen to sixteen bushels are not unusual, and as high as eighteen has been been reported. Owing to its use in the arts the price of seed is not liable to fall below fifteen cents, and has reached thirty cents for choice North Platte valley grown seed. Dry land farmers are learning that while the 3-ield is not so great with them as under irrigation, it is a surer seed crop. Under dry farming the most successful seed growers plant the alfalfa in rows and cultivate the same as other'crops. Alfalfa seed weighs sixty pounds to the bushel.

Grain Crops Oats, spelts, wheat, rye and small grains generally are wonderful producers and profitable crops. Corn recently has come in for a reasonable amount of attention. The latter is not always harvested in the regular way. Hogs and sheep have been found to be excellent corn harvesters.

Vegetables

Potatoes, or "spuds," lead all others combined in quantity and importance, although cabbage was early a commercial crop. Recently pickles ( or cucumbers ) have been grown for the Heinz people. Onions have been produced on a limited scale. They yield several hundred bushels per acre, and are usually of a high market value.