Alfalfa in Kansas. 163 



Butler county: "Freezing and thawing heaving will kill young al- 

 falfa. A dry, cold winter will kill old alfalfa where the wind strikes 

 hard." 



Rice county: "Dry, windy, freezing weather for young, and wet freez- 

 ing and thawing for old." 



Pottawatomie county: "Extremely wet and then freezing is the only 

 trouble we have had with old alfalfa. Any dry winter weather will kill 

 young alfalfa." 



Rice county : "Heavy sleet; severe cold with heavy wind." 



Shawnee county: "Our alfalfa winterkilled when covered with sleet a 

 few years ago." 



Brown county: "Heavy sleet or snow melting to slush and freezing 

 hard." 



Cloud county: "The ground covered with ice for a long period in 

 winter." 



Meade county : "Water standing and freezing will kill it." 



Reno county: "Rain in winter or spring and quick freezing, or water 

 standing over and freezing." 



Riley county: "A heavy sleet followed by a long cold spell." 



Wabaunsee county: "Alfalfa will not live long if it is covered with 

 water. The only serious winterkilling we ever had was when a sudden 

 thaw of snow came on the frozen ground and left water on top, followed 

 by a severe frost, leaving a sheet of ice over the field." 



Washington county: Rainy weather in winter when the ground has 

 thawed out, and water stands three to six inches in depth, will kill 

 alfalfa." 



Geary county: "Sleet that covers the ground; thawing and freezing 

 in a wet time breaks the roots." 



Nemaha county: "Icy or sleety weather; wet, together with alternate 

 hard freezing and thawing." 



Cloud county: "Where it is wet and weather is very radical in 

 changing from thawing to freezing." 



Jewell county: "Hard freezing in wet ground will heave alfalfa and 

 cause roots to be pulled up or broken in two." 



McPherson county: "Young alfalfa winterkilled by heaving of soil, 

 caused by freezing and thawing in wet weather." 



Wilson county: "Severe freezing just after a long-continued wet 

 spell." 



Chase county: "Freezing, thawing and heaving." 



Geary county: "Excessive wet weather followed by severe freezing, 

 causing ground to heave." 



Harvey county: "Wet, with alternate freezing and thawing." 

 Lincoln county : "Freezing and heaving of the top soil." 



Marion county: "Wet fall, and intermittent freezing and thawing of 

 the ground where ground is level and the water stands." 



Marshall county : "A wet winter with very hard freezes after thawing, 

 thus heaving it out. Young alfalfa is worst to winterkill." 



Marshall county: "A very hard freezing of a water-soaked soil is the 

 worst." 



