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Juniata, 8 



Lackawanna, 12 



Lancaster, 67 



Lawrence, 13 



Lebanon, 35 



Luzerne, 48 



Lycomin*:;, 34 



McKean, 28 



Mercer, ^ 16 



Mifflin, 28 



Montour, 8 



Northumberland 30 



Perry, 2 



Philadelphia, 10 



Potter, '. . . 10 



Somerset, 31 



Susquehanna, ! 12 



Tioga, 50 



Union, , 18 



Venango, 21 



Washington, 36 



Westmoreland, 68 



York, 44 



Total, 1,264 



I cannot complete this report without referring to the former Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, Hon. N. B. Critchfield, whose twelve years of 

 service in the Department has been of much benefit and help to us all. 

 Mr. Critchfield always took a special interest in the feeding stuffs 

 work, going into all details of the matter and never left a hand un- 

 turned to do all that was possible for the betterment of the feed con- 

 ditions in the State. In his resignation we lose his valuable advice 

 and help in this line of work. However, his successor, Hon. Charles 

 E. Patton our present Secretary, has also shown a great interest in 

 this line of work and the former policies of the Department will be 

 continued. 



REPORT ON SOILS AND CROPS 



By PROF. FRANKLIN MENGES 



In last year's report we discussed the general methods of crop rota- 

 tion follows throughout the State, and, in closing stated that in all 

 sections of the State, crop rotation should be so arranged that ad- 

 vantage may be taken of cool weather cereal and leguminous crops 

 in the higher and northern sections, and dry weather cereals and 



