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Mr. C. F. Miller, Harmon, Morton County: 



Alfalfa has never been tried in this neighborhood to my knowledge. The Tur- 

 kestan alfalfa was sown May 2, 1899. The plants came up within ten days and 

 grew vigorously till injured by frost on June 1. During two weeks of warm 

 weather they started again from the roots and grew until December, when 

 growth was checked by frost. 



OKLAHOMA. 



Mr. C. L. Boyd, Redmoon, Roger Mills County : 



A black, sandy, bottom soil was broken early in February, rebroken at the 

 time of seeding, and harrowed down fine. The seed was sown broadcast. May 

 5, 1898, and the land was then harrowed and rolled. Tlie (luality of the Tur- 

 kestan alfalfa was the finest I have ever seen. I sowed along side of it a plot of 

 the common alfalfa, and there was a marked difference between them, the Tur- 

 kestan variety growing much ranker. I think the Turkestan alfalfa the more 

 valuable variety. 



Mr. W. A. Row^an, Gallienas, Beaver County : 



A sandy soil was plowed, well pulverized, and put in fine condition. The seed 

 was sown broadcast, May 9, 1898, and harrowed in. The field was irrigated about 

 May 35, and again on June 20. I secured a good stand, but the alfalfa does not 

 mature sufficiently the first year to make a good crop. It was sown by the side 

 of common alfalfa and given the same care. The Turkestan variety seems to be 

 stronger and hardier. The value of a good stand would be about $30 per acre. 



OREGON. 



Mr. F. T. Byrd, Pilot Rock, Umatilla County : 



I found the Turkestan alfalfa a superior drought-resisting plant. My experi- 

 ment was seriously interrupted by the continued freezing and thawing last 

 winter. The plants grew splendidly through the longest and hottest summer 

 ever known in Oregon. 



Mr. A. Wintermier, Silvies, Harney County : 



A decayed lava and clay soil was used. The Turkestan alfalfa came up very 

 nicely with an even stand. When about three inches high a severe frost cut it 

 down. It grew up again, however, but was a second time cut down by frost, 

 and still it grew to be one foot high. Apparently it will not stand frost as well 

 as the French alfalfa, but seems to be better adapted to dry soils. Another year 

 will determine what it will do in this part of the country. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Mr. J. O. Brown, Pittsburg, Allegheny County: 



Alfalfa of any kind is a new plant here. I have tried Wisconsin, Nebraska, 

 and Turkestan seed, and I think the last-mentioned germinates best and is the 

 most hardy. The few plants that were not destroyed by grasshoppers in the 

 summer of 1898 started to grow earlier in the spring of 1899 than the American 

 alfalfa, and, I think, stood the extremely cold winter better. The hot, dry 

 summer seemed to have about the same effect on both kinds, but I think the 

 Turkestan variety recovered quicker in the fall. I have gathered sufficient seed 

 from the sowing of 1899 to double the amount of ground. 



