Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1916 — ALFALFA FIELD 33 YEARS OLD [ARTICLE]

ALFALFA FIELD 33 YEARS OLD

Kgnsas Grovrth Still Is In Thriving Condition Topeka, Kan—C. kohler, secretary of the Kansas Board of Agriculture, has found fields of alfalfa sown 30 years ago still growing and producing good- crops. —He- just- has sent a notice to the 1.600 correspondents of the board, asking them to report the earliest sowing and the oldest fields of alfalfa fn their communities. "The oldest fields reported are in Hamilton and Rooks counties," Mr. Mobler said. "One Hamilton county field is 33 years old, and there is one in Hamilton and one in Rooks that are 32 years old and the owner says both are doing well."