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IOWA DEt'ARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Bui in the more humid sections of the United States, particularly in the 

 central states, where its special qualification of drought resistance is not 

 ordinarily essential, the Turkestan is probably inferior to the common 

 American alfalfa and is not to be recommended in preference. 



Grimrn Alfalfa.~The Grimm alfalfa is apparently the result of a 

 natural selection in Carver County, Minnesota. Though it no doubt al- 

 ready had some very hardy qualities when it was first introduced into 



Yis 33 — A field of Grimm alfalfa on the farm of A. B. Lyman. Ex- 

 celsior, Minn. Showing the first crop summer of 1911.. The crop was 

 fully two tons per acre on this first cutting, while the yield of hay other 

 than alfalfa was nearly a failure, because of the dry season ^ora num- 

 ber of years, this field has annually produced three good alfalfa hay 

 crops except when left for seed. In 1911 the value of hay and seed was 

 over $100 per acre over and above all cost of labor. 



