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operation repeated at intervals of two or three weeks 

 until the weeds are left behind the alfalfa in growth. 

 There are some objections to it, and sometimes sowing 

 late in August has proven better. If wheat ground is 

 plowed early in July, and the weeds are kept down by 

 frequent harrowing, and the seed sown after the soil is 

 filled with moisture, a good stand of alfalfa free from 

 weeds may be secured. Trials of the Turkestan alfalfa 

 imported by the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture are being continued by the station. 



"Three cuttings of one ton per acre each have 

 been secured on the station farm at Stillwater, and the 

 alfalfa plats at the present time are in good condi- 

 tion." 



OREGON 



Prof. James Withycombe, agriculturist of the Ore- 

 gon station, says : ' ' The Cascade range of mountains 

 divides this state into two separate and distindl agri- 

 cultural sections as far as climate and soil are con- 

 cerned. In the eastern portion the soil is of volcanic 

 formation, or largely volcanic ash. The climate is 

 dry and semi-arid. Alfalfa with irrigation does re- 

 markably well. There are large areas, however, 

 that will grow alfalfa without irrigation. In western 

 Oregon the soil is mainly alluvial deposits, and the 

 climate is humid, with a precipitation of about forty- 

 four inches annually. Here alfalfa does not succeed 

 or only does so on well-drained land, hence very little 

 is grown. In eastern and southern Oregon alfalfa is 

 sown in the spring after danger from frost is past. 

 The soil is first thoroughly pulverized, and then from 

 ten to twenty pounds of seed is sown per acre, broad- 



