IN THE DIFFERENT STATES II5 



damaged by our winters. The only enemy we have 

 observed is dodder, of which we usually get a little 

 in with the alfalfa seed. 



"We place a high value upon alfalfa as a feed. 

 One of our highly successful farmers last spring sowed 

 a strip of alfalfa in low-lying peat land. I saw the 

 plants about a month after the seed was sown, and 

 was surprised to note that they were from four to six 

 inches high. I am interested to know if alfalfa will do 

 well in such low-lying soils. Another manager of a 

 large farm proposes to try alfalfa somewhat extensively 

 upon his level low-lying land in northwestern Indiana. 

 Much of it is a peat formation, and the water has not 

 yet been drained down to a very great depth below. I 

 think that alfalfa is suited only to limited areas in 

 Indiana — namely, such soils as are open, have plenty of 

 moisture in the lower soil, and may be left for a 

 number of years for haying and grazing. It has no 

 place in our short rotations, as it is too slow in coming 

 to its prime." 



KANSAS 



The following is furnished by Prof. H. M. Cottrell, 

 of the State Agricultural College: 



"Alfalfa is grown in every county in the state, and 

 at least ninety per cent, of our arable land is suitable 

 for its profitable produdlion. There are only two con- 

 ditions under which it will not grow: where rock is 

 found within four or five feet of the surface and the 

 soil is dry down to the rock, or where the soil is not 

 drained and is wet a considerable part of the year. In 

 a' few of the valleys alfalfa cannot be grown success- 

 fully because, while all other conditions are favorable, 



