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Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



Wyandotte county: "By the bloom. Begin early or it will be too late 

 when you get around." 



Chautauqua county : "When in full bloom, unless on account of climatic 

 conditions new growth starts before bloom appears. It should be cut 

 before new growth becomes tall enough to be caught by the sickle." 



Brown county: "One-tenth in bloom, but I see now, May 16, that there 

 is no bloom on my alfalfa and shoots one to three inches long have 

 started." 



Crawford county: "First crop when crown sprouts start well; second, 

 third and fourth when about one-fifth in bloom." 



Chase county: "When it begins to sprout from bottom or when bloom 

 begins to show." 



Miami county: "I don't mind the bloom. Watch for the sprouts at 

 the crown and cut when one inch high." 



Cowley county: "We commence when shoots are two or three inches 

 high fr.om the roots." 



Wallace county: "When one-tenth in bloom. I like to see the young 

 shoots two or three inches tall, and cut above them." 



Labette county: "Cut, if possible, when the new growth starts. In 

 putting up a large acreage begin the first crop sooner than this. Sub- 

 sequent cuttings then follow in succession." 



Greenwood county: "I cut when the bottom leaves begin to turn 

 yellow." 



FIG. 56. In well-established alfalfa set the sickle bar about two and one-half inches from th< 

 ground. [Courtesy Emerson-Brantingham Implement Company.] 



