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1673 S^^^^ pounds which cured to 701 dry; the uninocu- 

 lated plot yielded 726 green and 313 dry, the other two 

 plots sown with inoculated seed 416 and 377 pounds green 

 or 189 and 168 pounds dry respectively. These results 

 point favorably to inoculating the soil from old alfalfa 

 fields. 



KORTH OAROIillSrA. 



Dr. B, W, Kilgore, Director North Carolina experi- 

 ment station, — ^Alfalfa has been grown in a small way in 

 this state, particularly in the section around Hillsboro, 

 for 75 to 100 years. The soil there has become well in- 

 oculated and there are some small areas of good alfalfa 

 grown there. There has been for a number of years past 

 Lsiderable interest in the production of this'crop, bu. 

 its cultivation has not been very successful. On our ex- 

 periment farms in different sections of the state it has 

 done reasonably well, and there have been put out quite 

 a large number of small areas during the last few years, 

 which give hopes of success with the crop. When some 

 further details regarding the time and method for seeding 

 and treatment, especially to prevent crab-grass and weeds 

 from getting the upper hand of the crop during the sum- 

 mer have been worked out, we believe that alfalfa will be 

 grown to quite a large extent and be a most valuable addi- 

 tion to our present forage crops. 



NOKTH DAKOTA. 



Prof. J. H. Shepperd, Dean of the North Dakota Ag- 

 ricultural college, — ^Alfalfa has not been given a thorough 

 trial by the people of North Dakota, but the results se- 

 cured by the experiment station indicate that it is capable 



