600 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr, Feebles: I do not think it would, for it would settle together and 

 get hard. If you plow in the spring at just the right time, it gets 

 nice, but you have to learn how to handle it. 



Prof. Latta: If you have both kinds of soil do you find any differ- 

 ence in the methods you use for the two kinds? Do you handle the clay 

 just the same as the formation on the slope? 



Mr. Feebles: Yes, I plow over all the place, and go over all at the 

 same time, but the plants grow larger of course, on the rich soil. 



Mr. DeVilbiss: The berries are not quite so sweet. They will not 

 bring as good a price in the market, will Ihey? 



Mr. Feebles: I think they are not quite as sweet. 



Mr. Swaim: Have you made a discrimination in the varieties you 

 plant in the different places? 



Mr. Feebles: No, sir. 



Mr. Van Deman: Which ripens first, the clay or the low land? 



Mr. Feebles: The clay. 



Mr. Van Deman: Several days? 



Mr. Feebles: No, there is not much difference in time. 



Prof. Latta: Is your method like the method of Mr. Grossman? 



Mr. Feebles: It is very near the same. 



Mr. DeVilbiss: Has your soil been washed off a little? 



Mr. Feebles: Well in clay spots there is not much sand. There is 

 sand in all this soil, but where the soil washes the sand washes away. 

 It is not exactly a clay soil, but a sandy clay. 



Mr. DeVilbiss: Is it blue clay? 



Mr. Feebles: No, it is yellow clay. 



Mr. Swaim: I do not wish to interrupt this discussion, but I want to 

 call attention to the fact that I anticipate that the next topic on the pro- 

 gram is a great deal like this one, and I fear we are taking the wind 

 out of someone's sails. 



Mr. Widney: I believe I am the next one on the program, so just 

 give Mr. Feebles all the time he wants. 



Prof. Latta: I am glad you have mentioned this point. We want to 

 observe the point. 



