The following table shows, according to their 

 rank, the twenty-six present leading Kansas 

 counties in alfalfa acreage, with their acreage 

 for igoi and also for 1891 : 



1901 



Counties. Acres. 



Jewell 21,994- 



Butler 15,669- 



Norton 14,401- 



Finney 12,545. 



1 891 



Acres. 



• 296 

 . 503 



• 442 

 •5,717 



Chase ■ 10,390 1,401 



Republic 10,389- 



Mitchell 9,650. 



Phillips •...•■ 9,131 



Wabaunsee 8,978- 



Lyon 8,871- 



Sedgwick 8,399- 



Osborne 8,371. 



Greenwood 8,253- 



Smith 7,568- 



McPherson 7,107- 



Marion 7,024. 



Saline 6,906.. 



Cloud 6,876. 



Kearny 6,120.. 



Decatur 6,oii. 



496 



. 880 



. Ill 



1,031 



• 1,098 

 .1,023 



• 379 

 . 421 



• 53 



. 980 



- 851 



.1,099 

 ■ 2,018 



.2,188 



. 160 



Pottawatomie 5,761 334 



Cowley 5,706 



Riley 5,625- 



Reno 5,481. 



Ottawa 5,398- 



Rice 5,362. 



416 

 136 



654 

 756 



635 



Totals 227,995 24,078 



This table is strikingly suggestive of the 

 rapidity and extent to which worth alone has 

 brought recognition to a very wonderful field crop. 

 As will be noted, the total acreage of the 

 twenty-six counties in 1891 does not greatly 

 exceed that of the one county of Jewell in 1901, 

 and the combined acreage of the two counties 

 of Jewell and Butler in 1901 is greater by over 

 3,oGO acres than the State's entire alfalfa area in 

 1891. It is difficult to adequately comprehend 

 the magnitude of the increase, and however 



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