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Did you examine the roots for nodules, if so, did you find many? 



What treatment did you give the field the first season after seeding? 



Have there been many weeds m the field since seeding, if so, what kinds? 



Have you disced your alfalfa, if so, with what results? 



How many times do you cut your alfalfa in a season? 



What is your total yield of hay per acre? 



What is your estimated feeding value of the hay per ton? 



Have you pastured cattle or sheep on alfalfa, if so, with what results? 



Have you pastured hogs or other stock on alfalfa, if so, with what results? 



Have you ever attempted to grow a crop of alfalfa seed, if so, what crop did you save?. 



What was the weather during bloom and after bloom? 



What was the total amount of seed produced and the yield of seed per acre? 



What is the total acreage of alfalfa on your farm at the present time? 



Do you require additional blanks to report other fields? 



What is your estimate of alfalfa as a farm crop in your section of the state? 



Discuss below any points not included in the above questions: 



Fig. I. A plot of alfalfa on the college farm which has produced an average yield of 5.2 tons per acre 



during the past 4 years. 



The first of these blanks were sent out in August, 1911. About seventy 

 per cent of the seedings first reported upon were seeded previous to 

 1911. In August, 1912, a second blank was sent out to all who reported 

 in 1911, so as to get additional data from the same fields. At the same 

 time blanks were sent to a new list of alfalfa growers. The data for this 



