ALFALFA IN THE DIFFERENT 

 STATES 



It is the writer's convidlion that no author, how- 

 ever well informed, can possess but a fradtion of the 

 knowledge upon a subjedl widely variant under vary- 

 ing conditions, possessed by the many whose observa- 

 tions have been in the different sedlions and under the 

 particular conditions which there obtain. With this 

 in mind, and with a desire to be as definite as possible 

 with reference to the success or failure, and growth' of 

 alfalfa in the various parts of the United States, effort 

 has been made to secure for this volume from those 

 officially or especially observant of such matters, either 

 diredlors of experiment stations or extensive pradlical 

 growers, concise statements of what experience in 

 their states in alfalfa culture has shown or suggested. 

 In the following pages are found presented in sub- 

 stance the observations made by each as to the pro- 

 dudlion, probabilities, and prospedls of alfalfa in the 

 regions named: 



ARIZONA 



Prof. R. H. Forbes, diredlor of the experiment 

 station at Tucson, in reply to the question, " Is alfalfa 

 a success in your territory ? ' ' says : ' ' Yes, it does well 

 upon all soils not too alkaline;" but as he speaks 

 from an irrigator's experience there is not a great 

 deal of importance attached to the preparation of the 

 seed-bed. "Seeding is done in the spring in the 

 northern part of the territory. Cutting is done at full 

 bloom seven or eight times a year if irrigated, giving 



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