From numerous experiences, I am convinced that one of the 

 greatest barriers to the onward progress of alfalfa in those sections 

 where more alfalfa could be profitably grown is the unfavorable 

 sentiment developed by failures. There are many such examples 

 in our Middle Western and Eastern States. I have observed several 

 of them and it always is the same old story: 



"It isn't adapted round here. Sam So-and-So tried ten acres of 

 it and he got only seven loads off his whole patch." 



Sam's failure might be very easily explained and the remedy 

 given, but it makes no diffierence Sam's failure is the principle 

 topic of alfalfa conversation. It has molded the sentiment of that 

 community in regard to alfalfa and will retard the general growth 

 of the crop in that section for years. 



Ex. Gov. W. D. Hoard Prof. R. A. Moore 



Fig. 1 6. Pioneers, Who Made Alfalfa, A Wisconsin Crop. 



These men blazed the trail and made the way for the 

 "Queen of Forage Plants" in Wisconsin. 



Demonstrations, institutes, agricultural schools, and state alfalfa- 

 growers' organizations must break down prejudice where prejudice 

 is not founded upon solid facts. 



Every state has its alfalfa problems, but everywhere these prob- 

 lems are being solved. In some sections alfalfa may not be profit- 

 able, but in most places it would be a big paying crop if alfalfa 

 growing was understood as well as corn growing or timothy grow- 

 ing. Too often alfalfa is a neglected crop because of a lack of 

 confidence necessary to seed it right and to use the extra effort and 

 money necessary to get a good stand the first time. 



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