Alfalfa in Kansas. 



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The growers were also asked to name the animals to which they give 

 alfalfa hay as an exclusive feed. The animals mentioned most frequently 

 are cattle and horses, although hogs, mules and sheep, in the order given, 

 were also mentioned. The following is a tabulation of the replies of the 

 growers reporting, and shows in percentages the frequency with which 

 the different animals were mentioned by reporters from the different 

 thirds of the state and as from the state as a whole. It serves as an in- 

 dication of the animals best able to get along on alfalfa hay alone. 



TABLE No. 12. Animals fed alfalfa hay alone. 



Horses not at hard work; young "stuff" of all kinds, as colts, calves, 

 pigs, lambs, etc.; cattle stockers; and breeding animals are the animals 

 that do best on alfalfa as an exclusive feed, according to reports. Here 

 are some of the replies of growers who make alfalfa an exclusive feed : 



Barton county: "Both cattle and horses. No injurious effects." 



Brown county: "Cows, hogs and sheep, and some to horses, but not in 

 such quantities." 



Butler county: "Either horses or cattle do all right on alfalfa alone." 



Chase county: "After the pigs are weaned we turn our sows on pasture 

 with no other feed." 



Cowley county: "Colts, or any horses or mules not at heavy work." 

 Dickinson county: "Cattle and hogs; horses in the winter." 

 Douglas county: "Sheep from the 1st of January till grass." 

 Douglas county: "Stock cattle; sometimes winter mules." 

 Harper county: "To dairy cows." 



Jackson county: "Stock cattle or idle horses do well on hay alone." 

 Labette county: "Occasionally we winter idle work stock." 

 Pratt county: "Have wintered horses on alfalfa without grain." 

 Riley county: "Young horses and mules not at work." 



Anderson county: "Mules, colts and calves. With the calves I find it 

 better to have some other hay to give with the alfalfa." 



Coffey county: "All young animals." 



Cowley county: "In winter, to horses, mules and cattle." 

 Crawford county: "To breeding ewes in the winter." 

 Crawford county : "Horses, cows and breeding swine." 



