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TO ISSUE ALFALFA REPORTMate Board of Agriculture is Search* ing for Reliable, Data of Its Introduction Into'State.Who has the oldest field of alfalfa in Kansas, and who was the first per* son to sow alfalfa in the state? That is what ihe Kansas State Board oi Agriculture wants to know.• 4The board is making ah' invest!ga tion of alfalfa growing in Kansas, and wishes to incorporate this information in its report which will oe issued before long. ■ ■'The oldest fields thus far reported are two in Hamiltop county, 33 and 32 years of age respectively and one of 32 years in Rooks.' The Hamilton county field seeding in 1887, 'Us as good as ever,” so the owner says,’ while the Rooks . county correspondent vouches that be has some good alfalfa 32 years old.”As to the first alfalfa sown ..u the state, the easiest date thus far ascertained is 1869, when D. B. .Long of Ellsworth seeded. a tract to this legume. Emil Hoffman is credited with introducing alfalfa on his farm south of Junction City in 1872, while J. A. Blackshere of, Chase county, grew it in 1874 or' ’75, if not before. The hoard’s information indicates that s Cloud county pioneer grew alfalfa in 1870, and farmers in Atchison, Barbei and McPherson counties made sow ings as early as 1876.The board would welcome any reliable data relating to either early seedings pr oldest fields of alfalfa in Kansas, it would also prize any goodi •alfalfa photographs, for illustrating the forthcoming' alfalfa report.
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Cuba Daylight
Cuba, Kansas, US
Thu, Dec 09, 1915
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