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and September of more or less severity. The rainfall 

 of this seaion is about fifty-four inches per annum. 

 We do not know that any inseA enemies have inter- 

 fered with alfalfa. About the only animal that does 

 any injury is the mole. The value of alfalfa as a feed 

 is, of course, unquestioned. We fed it as a green 

 soiling crop to our dairy cows with most satisfadlory 

 results, and regard it as essential on any dairy farm 

 where intensive methods are followed." 



UTAH 



Mr. O. F. Hunter, of Salt I,ake City, writes: 

 ' ' Alfalfa has done more for Utah than any other crop, 

 being the most profitable that we can raise. I have 

 160 acres, and twenty years' experience with it. My 

 land is upland loam and gravel soil, very dry from the 

 surface down to water, which is reached at a depth of 

 twenty-five feet. I prefer to seed in April or May, 

 first plowing the ground, sowing oats and harrowing 

 in; then sow the alfalfa seed, roll the ground, and 

 mark it off for irrigating. Twelve pounds of seed to 

 the acre is sufficient. The seed crop is harvested, and 

 after that there will be a light crop of cow-feed from 

 the alfalfa. As soon as the weather is warm in the 

 spring I irrigate from a stream, and after that, when 

 the soil has dried, every ten days, being sure to apply 

 once just before cutting, in order to give the next crop 

 a good start. There is no noticeable difference in the 

 quantity of water needed the first year and any other, 

 only that the more the ground is shaded the longer it 

 takes to dry out. If water is too near the surface of 

 the land, the crop will eventually die out; but it is not 

 liable to winter-kill here. The nearer hard-pan is to 



