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excellence of the crops of clover grown in these. 

 Its growth, however, is extending in all of these 

 States. Much of the soil in Illinois, it is said, must 

 first be inoculated with the bacteria proper to alfalfa 

 before vigorous crops can be grown, and this is prob- 

 ably true of sections of Indiana soil. Some sections 

 of Ohio are becoming noted for the crops of alfalfa 

 which they have grown, and in Wisconsin Hon. W. 

 D. Hoard succeeded in securing 5.7 tons of alfalfa 

 hay in one season from four cuttings made on 

 three-fifths of an acre. 



In all the Eastern and New England States, al- 

 falfa is being grown to some extent. In some coun- 

 ties of New York, as Onondaga and Madison, it is 

 becoming the leading soiling and hay crop. In Mas- 

 sachusetts it has borne cuttings year after year on 

 sandy loam soil. On Long Island three to four 

 cuttings each season have been obtained for a series 

 of years. It is believed that it will grow over nearly 

 the whole of Southern Maryland and also in much 

 of the eastern part of that State, and its growth has 

 been quite successful in parts of Delaware and Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Alfalfa will grow well in considerable areas in 

 Canada. The statement would seem safe that at the 

 present time profitable crops could be grown in some 

 parts of every province of Canada in which the land 

 is tilled. In Quebec, even on high land, it usually 

 endures the winters. Near Montreal it has been cut 

 for soiling food at the height of 30 inches as early 

 as May I5th. In some parts of Eastern Ontario 

 good crops can be grown, and also over considerable 



