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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



TABLE III. 



Interest R«turn on Land Seeded to Alfalfa and Other Staple Crops, Considering the 



Average Yields for the State in 1909 and 1910. 



K" 



Fig. u. — The long- tap root, of the alfalfa plant makes it possible to 

 get a stand of alfalfa in seasons when red clover seedings are lost from 

 "burning" just after the nurse crop is removed, or from dry weather 

 either early or late in the summer. 



