CALIFORNIA. 



Mr. J. J. Dean, MoDeta, Los Angeles Connty : 



I prefer the Turkestan alfalfa to our common alfalfa, as it was up eighteen 

 days earlier; is not so woody; has more and larger leaves and grows more rap- 

 idly. It is hardy, keeps green, and is not as easily injured by frosts as the other 

 varieties. For dairies it is the best. My cows prefer it. The Turkestan alfalfa 

 that I sowed June 5, 1898, I have cut nine times this year (1899), the growth 

 being about 18 inches each time. The crop was irrigated with deep-well, sul- 

 phur water. 



Mr. M. Hartley, Dehesa, San Diego County : 



I received the seed too late to sow in 1898, which was a dry year with us, and 

 so also was 1899. The creek did not run through my place, so the bottom land 

 was wet only on the surface. However, I sowed the seed in March after a good 

 rain. It came up beautifully and grew very well for about two months, when 

 the vegetation dried up on the highlands and caused the qiiail and rabbits to 

 flock in from all sides, and they destroyed almost every growing thing, includ- 

 ing the Turkestan alfalfa. 



Mr. W. H. Old, Chualar, Monterey County : 



There is no particular variety of alfalfa grown in this part of the country, and 

 very little attention is given to any kind. I secured a beautifiil stand of the 

 Turkestan alfalfa, 90 per cent or more of the seed germinating. It seems to have 

 the power of withstanding drought well, as last year was unusually dry. It is 

 hardy and extra early. 



Mr. J. R. Robinson, Lancaster, Los Angeles County : 



The Turkestan alfalfa is doing well for the first year. It was cut three times. 

 I shall save the seed for further use, as it is difficult to determine its value from 

 a single year's experiment. It was not affected by a temperature of from 100 to 

 110 degrees. 



COLORADO. 



Mr. F. E. Ewing, Hugo, Lincoln County : 



I have experimented with Turkestan alfalfa for two seasons. The past season 

 was unusually dry, yet this variety of alfalfa withstood the drought well. The 

 growth was only about 12 inches high, but the plants were strong and vigorous. 

 The crop was not irrigated at any time, and we had but one good rain during 

 the season. 



Mr. Adolph Froelich, Aroya, Cheyenne County : 



A sandy loam, broken last season, was plowed about 6 inches deep this year. 

 The seed was sown broadcast. May 9, 1899, when the ground was very dry, and 

 harrowed in. We had less than the usual amount of rain ; in fact, the driest 

 season in eighteen years. The Turkestan alfalfa began to bloom on August 1, 

 and I cut it with a scythe and left it on the ground. It soon grew up again 18 

 inches high. Part of it was irrigated when sown, and again on the 8tli of 

 August. That irrigated has a fine stand, but that not irrigated was a total fail- 

 ure, only twenty-five plants coming in a plot 150 by 100 feet. This variety held 

 its own better after it came up than our common alfalfa would have done ; that 

 is, where a good stand was first obtained by irrigation. 



