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Kansas State Board of Agriculture. 



Montgomery county: "Practical and profitable for short periods and 

 in winter." 



Mitchell county: "Good pasture, but little good for hard-worked 

 animals. About two per acre." 



Smith county : "All right for young colts, and mules or horses that are 

 not at too heavy work." 



Mitchell county: "Keep in good condition, but soft. One head per 

 acre for about four months." 



Gray county: "Fine for them, but question the advisability for the 

 crop." 



Marshall county: "Good for horses, but should be pastured lightly 

 for the good of the alfalfa." 



Cloud county: "I do not like to have horses and mules on alfalfa, as 

 they eat it too closely." 

 . Logan county: "Eat too closely and tramp it out." 



Meade county: "It is good for them, but too close grazing will kill 

 the alfalfa." 



Brown county: "Whatever of crop is left after frost I pasture with 

 horses all winter when no snow." 



Cherokee county: "I only pasture in the fall after the last cutting." 



Greenwood county: "Turn the horses in the fields in the fall and take 

 them out in the spring." 



Harvey county: "We have pastured mules on alfalfa in the fall after 

 the last cutting until nearly the first of the year." 



(See pages 428 to 436.) 



FIG 128 Many growers report excellent results from pasturing colts on alfalfa. 

 [Courtesy Nebraska Experiment Station.] 



