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my alfalfa fields three times and secured an average yield 

 of five tons to the acre. I have never allowed seed to 

 mature, always cutting for hay. No trouble from winter- 

 killing has been noticed." 



O. S, Jones of Lake county writes : "I began raising 

 alfalfa on my place two miles west of Madison five years 

 ago. The soil is a dark loam with some sand in it, lays 

 level and has a sand and gravel subsoil. Water is ob- 

 tained at a depth of eight to ten feet. I have used both 

 the Turkestan and the common alfalfa, and I consider the 

 latter the better for my land, as it grows ranker, with 

 more leaf and better color than the former. I have had 

 the best success in sowing about the first of May, with- 

 out a nurse crop. On one four-acre piece seeded three 

 years ago, I pastured 150 to 175 head of hogs and spring 

 pigs for two months this year and also cut between 15 

 and 16 tons of hay in two cuttings. I sowed 12 acres this 

 year in two six-acre fields, that has been pastured, con- 

 tinually, with 17s head of hogs and pigs and ten head of 

 young cattle since early in July, and a great deal if it ma- 

 tured seed. 1 could have cut these pieces in August with 

 profit had I so desired, and then had plenty of growth to 

 have kept the stock in pasture, changing pastures each 

 week." 



N. 0, P. Syno ground of Brown county writes: '1 

 consider alfalfa and clover culture practicable in this lo- 

 cality. I also consider the Turkestan variety superior to 

 the home-grown varieties. Cut the field twice the first 

 year and received four tons per acre, I have never cut 

 any for seed. These crops have not winterkilled here." 



