YEARS. 



1891 



1892 



1893 



1894 



1895 



1896 



1897 



1898 



1899 



1900 



1901 



COMPARATIVE ACREAGES. 



34,aS4 acres. 



62,583, acres. Increase 82 per cent. 



72,500 acres. Increase 15.84 per cent. 



90,825 acres. Increase 20.77 per cent. 



139,878 acres. Increase 54 per cent. 



155,949 acres. Increase 11.50 per cent. 



171,334 acres. Increase 9.86 per cent. 



231,548 acres. Increase 35.14 per cent. 



278,477 acres. Increase 20.26 per cent. 



276,008 acres. Decrease .88 per cent. 



319,142 acres. Increase 15.62 per cent. 



Diagram showing the comparative acreages of 

 alfalfa in Kansas annually for eleven years, beginning 

 with 1891 (when the crop was first returned by asses- 

 sors) and ending with 1901. 



This perennial legume, with its long, penetrat- 

 ing roots reaching to great depths, has there- 

 by unusual powers of resistance to protracted 

 dry weather, and while the ideal conditions of 

 soil are most commonly found in the valleys of 

 streams, experienced observers are generally 

 agreed that it can be grown profitably on the 

 higher lands to a greater or less extent in every 

 county of the State. Scientists and unlearned 

 farmers are alike in crediting alfalfa with nutri- 

 tive qualities of a very high degree, and unsur- 

 passed excellence for use with other foods in 



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