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and Lake Toxaway Branch of the Asheville and Spartanburg Divis- 

 ion of the Southern Eaihvay. The farm embraces both bottom and 

 mountain-side soils; the former soil being of a fine sandy loamy 

 character and containing much organic matter and a liberal supply 

 of plant food constituents, while the latter one is largely made up of 

 Porter's loam. The French Broad River bottom soil is deep and 

 fertile and generally produces tolerably large crops vi^hen not subject 

 to too great overflows during the growing season. The phase of the 

 Porter's loam found here is dark red to grayish in color. . The top- 

 soil of this is usually from 6 to 12 inches deep and is underlaid by a 

 stifl" clay loam. This type of soil is found quite generally in relatively 

 large areas on the low ridges and mountain slopes of western Korth 

 Carolina. It washes badly if not covered by forest or carefully 

 looked after when cultivated. This soil, when not too steep, is de- 

 voted, to some extent, to general farming and fruit gTowing, the latter 

 especially in the rich coves which possess the proper physical aspect. 



Experiment Station Farm. — This farm lies about two miles south 

 of Raleigh, and its soil is made up largely of Cecil sandy loam. This 

 is a brownish sandy-clay loam about 7 to 10 inches deep and overly- 

 ing a red-clay subsoil, both of which contain from twenty to thirty 

 per cent of medium to coarse rock fragments. After the Cecil clay, 

 this is. the largest and most important type of soil in the Piedmont 

 section of the State. In this section, it is the soil used most largely 

 for cotton, sweet potatoes, truck, gardens and orchards. It also 

 produces gTain tolerably well, but is not generally as well suited to 

 these and the grasses as is Cecil clay. 



I. Vaeiety, Variety-distance and Distance Tests of Corn. 



Preparation arid Cultivation. — The plats were all broke alike with 

 a two-horse turning plow 8 to 10 inches deep and harrowed. Soon 

 after the rows were run 4 to 5 inches deep and 4 feet apart in variety 

 tests and the several distances in the distance tests. The stalks in the 

 variety tests were reduced to a stand of 2i/2 feet in the row. 



The fertilizer materials were applied uniformly in these drills 

 and covered, the application being at the following rate per acre in 

 all tests: 



