prodigious it may appear so expressed, it is a 

 fact that Smith county gained over 14,179 per 

 cent, in acreage in the ten years, Phillips over 

 8,126 per cent, etc., in a lesser degree to the 

 end — those mentioned being given as striking ex- 

 amples. 



The 1901 figures proclaim an increase for the 

 State of 43,134 acres, or more than 15 per cent 

 over the previous year. Among these counties 

 leading in alfalfa and showing greatest per cent 

 of gain for the year are: Jewell, 21,994 acres, 

 gain 24 percent; Butler, 15,669 acres, gain 21 

 per cent; Norton, 14,401 acres, gain 25 per cent. ; 

 Finney, 12,545 acres, gain 9 per cent; Chase, 

 10,390 sicres, gain 8 per cent.; Republic, 10,389 

 acres, gain 27 per cent; Mitchell, 9,659 acres, 

 gain 14 per cent ; Wabaunsee, 8,978 acres, gain 

 22 per cent.; Osborne, 8,371 acres, gain 29 per 

 cent., and Greenwood 8,253 acres with a gain of 

 9 per cent 



All portions of the State display a remarkable 

 and increasing interest in alfalfa-growing, as is 

 demonstrated by the large gain. Some counties 

 presenting notable examples of the continued 

 activity in sowing alfalfa, are Hodgeman, with 

 an increase over the previous year of 243 per 

 cent.; Harper, 210 per cent; Neosho, 84 per 

 cent. ; Miami, 80 per cent. ; Barber, 67 per cent 

 Clark, 50 per cent; Marshall, 44 per cent 

 Decatur, 42 per cent ; Meade, 42 per cent 

 Ellsworth, 40 per cent. ; Smith, 39 per cent. , 

 Graham, 32 per cent, and Sumner, 31 per cent 



Alfalfa seems to flourish in well-nigh all sec- 

 tions of the State, and after once gaining a fiim 

 root-hold can be safely relied upon to produce 

 from two to five cuttings each year, whether the 

 season be wet or dry. 



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