412 Bukeau of Fakmees' Institutes. 



Disorder. 



" In some uncommon summers, it happens that lucern is at- 

 tacked by caterpillars or other insects. When this is the case 

 and you perceive the stems and leaves turning pale, yellow or 

 fading, the only and best remedy is to mow instantly your lu- 

 cern, which will soon grow again, fine and free from those insects." 



I have taken pains to relate all these reports fully, that we 

 may have before us the results of the first experiments in alfalfa 

 culture in America. Had our people followed up the work of 

 Mr. Livingston, we would have gained greatly. In the central 

 New York towns that I have mentioned alfalfa is a standard 

 crop, and I may safely add that more than one-half of the hay 

 cut in five towns in Onandaga and Madison counties this year is 

 alfalfa. 



