Alfalfa in Kansas. 153 



Chase county : "Kafir first year, as it takes more moisture than we gen- 

 erally get to raise anything else on alfalfa sod." 



Harvey county: "Kafir, as it stands dry weather, and if rank makes 

 good silage." 



Marshall county: "Corn or kafir. On my kind of land sorghum gets 

 too rank to handle; wheat or oats lodge badly; kafir stands drouth well, 

 but makes less tonnage than corn, so is not best for silage." 



Marshall county : "Causes heavy growth of corn. If this does not ear 

 well it is used for silage." 



Mitchell county: "Sorghums (feterita or kafir), as they stand lack of 

 moisture." 



Rooks county: "In this locality 'cane' or kafir, because they will die 

 and yet live." 



Jewell county: "Oats or kafir. Oats get their moisture early in the 

 season. Kafir is not affected by the oversupply of nitrogen as is corn." 



Reno county : "Potatoes. They make a big yield, with no scab." 



Washington county: "Wheat following alfalfa grows rank, with poor 

 yield. Corn 'fires' during a week or two of dry weather. Oats seem to be 

 best adapted to follow. These results agree with neighborhood ex- 

 perience." 



Osborne county: "My experience is that after plowing you don't 

 realize much unless it is an exceptionally wet season. After the first and 

 second crops you get good results for several years. It is a good soil 

 builder." 



Rooks county: "Have met with no success. The roots extract all 

 moisture from soil to a great depth, consequently the first crop is a fail- 

 ure if it is not an extra wet season." 



Marshall county: "Causes very rapid and rank growth of almost any 

 kind of succeeding crop, and makes said crop of such tenderness as to be 

 easily injured by drouth, especially corn." 



Mitchell county: "Causes tremendous growth of stalk in either wheat 

 or corn, with very little grain in the ear." 



Ottawa county: "We find that unless we have plenty of moisture the 

 crop will burn the first few years on ground that has been in alfalfa for 

 ten to fifteen years." 



Pawnee county : "Subsoil too dry to raise a crop first year after plow- 

 ing; the succeeding crops improve." 



Russell county: "My first crop usually burns. After that it is all 

 right." 



Dickinson county: "Seems to dry out the first year. Thereafter crops 

 have a dark rich color and are heavy." 



Riley county: "It depends on the season. If dry, corn will not do well 

 the first year, but it is all right after that." 



However, if there is plenty of moisture in the years immediately fol- 

 lowing the plowing of alfalfa, the succeeding crops make wonderful 

 yields. 



Ottawa county: "Causes any crop following to grow very rank, and in 

 case of corn, if plenty of rainfall, makes phenomenal yield." 



Wabaunsee county : "Ventilates and enriches the soil. Generally have 

 excellent crops for some years after." 



