860 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



The piece of land used for these experiments lies north of the 

 Experiment Station buildings and along the fence west of the pike. 

 This laud is a moderatelv stilt" clav, naturally quite well drained, 

 though fairly level. The general character of the plots runs quite 

 uniform, in fact more so than most pieces of like area in this 

 formation. This land is of water formation and contains iron and 

 alumina and is very deficient in lime. 



The history of the cropping of the land used for this test was, so 

 far as known, as follows: In 1888 there w'as a poor stand of grass 

 and weeds on this land, which was plowed down and seeded to 

 wheat, w^hich was harvested in 1889; grass 1890-91; corn 1892; fal- 

 lowed 1893, and in wheat 1891 — clover and timothy seeded in wheat 

 and gave a good set. 



