Alfalfa in Kansas. 69 



Hodgeman county: "Wait till it dries off." 



Thomas county: "I like to wait till the weather is dry at least two 

 days so that I can get it shocked before it rains again." 



Ellis county: "We cut it and cure it the best we can. Alfalfa that 

 looks like it is rotten we find to be of about as good a feeding value as 

 the brightest hay, for cattle. This is our experience after feeding it a 

 good many years." 



Neosho county: "I have 200 acres, and don't pay much attention to 

 the rain in regard to cutting." 



Wallace county: "I don't pay any attention to the weather, but keep 

 on mowing, unless it is raining or is too muddy to mow. Alfalfa cured 

 in damp, cloudy weather usually conies out of the stack in better shape 

 than when it is cut and cured in extremely hot weather." 



FIG. 59. With a large aci'eage it is necessary to start a number of mowers early 

 in the maturity of the crop and early each morning, in order to get the old crop out 

 of the way of the new. [Courtesy Farmers' Review.] 



Franklin county : "I never watch the clouds until I get it cut." 



Brown county: "Cut. As long as it is green the rain does not seem 

 to hurt it." 



Harvey county: "Cut it just before a rain just so the sun don't get 

 at it before the rain comes." 



Republic county: "Never stop for rain, as it will not hurt so long as 

 it does not cure." 



Shawnee county: "If I think it will rain I cut down all I can just be- 

 fore. I can have it up before the next shower." 



Geary county: "Cut it in the rain, and be ready, when the sun shines, 

 to put it up." 



Crawford county : "Wait as long as you can. If it gets a rain on be- 

 fore it begins to cure it does no injury." 



Chautauqua county : "Wait a few days ; but if new growth starts,' cut 

 .and get it off the ground regardless of consequences to that cutting." 



Montgomery county: "Wait, and run the mower as soon as the ground 

 will permit." 



