Alfalfa in Kansas. 



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WHERE SEED IS GROWN. 



Very few growers reported on this question, but a sufficient number 

 reported to indicate in a general way where most of Kansas' alfalfa seed 

 is grown. 



TABLE No. 10. Location of seed-producing sections. 



At first one would think that the number of acres annually producing 

 a seed crop might readily be computed by applying the foregoing per- 

 centages to the total alfalfa acreages in the sections mentioned. This 

 supposition is erroneous, however, for the reason that while a grower 

 may "usually mature a seed crop," there is nothing to show that he de- 

 votes his entire acreage to that purpose. In fact, there is very good 

 reason to believe that it is seldom, if at all, the custom of growers an- 

 nually to devote their entire alfalfa acreage to the production of seed. 

 One Marion county grower said, "Yes, I usually mature a seed crop, but 

 never more than 25 per cent of my acreage at a time." The Board of 

 Agriculture has at this time no reliable data on which to base an esti- 

 mate of the aggregate acreage annually devoted to maturing alfalfa 

 seed. 



FIG. 113. Map of the United States, showing the production of alfalfa seed in 1909. Each 

 dot represents 1000 buskels. The numerals indicate the production in bushels. The location 

 of the dots indicates approximately the seed-producing areas. [Courtesy U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture.] 



