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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



TABLE VIII. 

 Showing the Success of 1,016 Alfalfa Seedings in Iowa. 



From a number of counties correspondents reported that, so far as 

 they knew, every seeding had been either wholly or partially successful, 

 some others reported seedings as only partially successful or as total 

 failures. Still other county correspondents replied that, so far as they 

 knew, no one had attempted to grow the crop in their communities. The 

 successes, partial successes and failures reported from each county are 

 given in table IX and this information is graphically presented in figs. 

 11 and 12. 



Considering the number of successful stands secured, the partial suc- 

 cesses and failures must be ascribed in most case to improper methods 

 of handling the crop, such as too many weed seeds in the soil, poorly 

 prepared seed beds, or lack of lime, low fertility or need of inoculation. 



The nine counties in which there is no record of alfalfa seedings ad- 

 join other counties reporting considerable success with the crop. This in- 

 dicates that no crop, or lack of success with it, may as plausibly T)e at- 

 tributed to improper methods of treatment as to the soil type represented. 

 It is fair to assume that alfalfa can be grown successfully in these lo- 

 calities, if proper efforts are made. Also, alfalfa is grown successfully in 

 counties from which no reports are available, as Shelby, for example. 



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Fig-. 10. — Showing the average acre yield of alfalfa in tons of hay per 

 ere in the various counties of the state, 1910. 



