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grown seed. I found thatthe hay would cure nicely in cocks 
when raked rather green. To my judgment, alfalfa grows 
best on rich sandy loam in this neighborhood.”’ 
Yours truly, 
G. E. ENESTVEDT. 
Crookston, Polk Co. 
““We have had considerable experience with alfalfa ard 
there is no crop I have on the farm that has perplexed me 
more in the past than this. It will neither live nor die. It 
grows fairly well for one year, then a number of plants die 
out, but still thereis enough growing to make a partial 
success. 
“These struggling plants continue to grow for a long 
time. I have selected seed from some of these plants and 
have started to raise some alfalfa in a garden way. I have 
small garden plots of alfalfa that are doing very well. The 
Turkestan alfalfa is doing fairly well, but Minn. No. 4* is 
doing exceedingly well. I have no forage grass planted on 
the farm that has made such a growth as this one. 
‘“‘Both these varietiescame through the winter uninjured. 
I have now seed selected for more than one-half an acre 
which I shall sow this spring. I shall bearin mind to report 
to you of our success in case you so desire.”’ 
Yours truly, 
T. A. HOVERSTAD; 
Supt. N. W. Exp. Farm. 
Faribault, Rice Co. 
“T sowed anacre and ahalf of alfalfa four years ago 
which I mowed for hay three times a year and gota big 
crop every time. A year ago last spring, I sowed one-third 
of an acre which I mixed with Bromus grass. Last fall, I 
could hardly see any of the Bromus grass, but this year, the 
Bromus grass has improved greatly. I mowed this mixture 
four times and got about fifteen hundred pounds of hay 
every time. I cut it when the blossoms on the alfalfa would 
appear. This year, I sowed nine bushels of alfalfa on twen- 
*This is the variety grown in the vicinity of Lake Minnetonka, sometimes 
called Grimm’s alfalfa. 
