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see. Number 11, red clover sown a year ago last spring: There is not so 

 much on the ground as where orchard grass or tall oat grass were added ; 

 not so promising as mammoth clover. Number 12, mammoth clover: 

 Manure has helped it considerably; superphosphate still more. Number 13, 

 orchard grass, sown in August of 1888, after peas, without harrowing or 

 rolling, nearly a failure; no show: Number 14, meadow foxtail: A little 

 scattering ; two and one-half feet high on the east end ; seed ripened and 

 fallen and growing; most of plat is too thin to be of any value; this is the 

 great trouble with meadow foxtail everywhere ; the seeds are often poor, or 

 the chaff fails to fill. Number 15, perennial rye grass: Even, rather thin, 

 twenty inches high, seeded, seed fallen and now coming up ; manure helps 

 it. Number 16, spurry: In spring, patchy, very small ; manure helps it; 

 in October, nearly all gone ; little in sight ; of no account. A similar state- 

 ment may be made of the plats in Oscoda and Baldwin. Number 17, Italian 

 rye grass : Pretty good, better than rye grass ; two feet high ; seeded ; fallen 

 seeds growing ; the old plants may be expected to all die this winter ; we 

 shall see. Number 18, Timothy: Thin ; two and one-half to three feet high ; 

 seeds have fallen and are growing. Number 19, a mixture of eight sorts noted 

 above: Thicker than any other plat; well seeded, even; manure helps 

 grasses some; superphosphate the clovers. Number 20, June grass: But 

 very little seen ; of the first seeding some has seeded. This grass has so far 

 in other places only caught in a very few spots. Number 21, alsike clover : 

 Stems spreading or bending over ; covered with bees in June; a very good 

 show, taking the eye of visitors as well as anything ; weeds not so plenty 

 here as in most other places ; plants really are rather thin ; seeding very 

 freely ; manure helps it, superphosphate helps it still more. After all the 

 show, I question whether mammoth clover and orchard grass or this clover 

 in other mixtures would not yield more hay. Number 22, alfalfa or 

 lucerne : Spindling, with narrow tops and stout roots ; ten to twelve inches 

 high ; rarely any went to seed ; the plat is very weedy ; it doesn't so far look 

 as though it would be worth much, for the cold, short summers of this part 

 of the State. The same may be said of the plats at Baldwin and Oscoda. 

 Numbers 23-26, red clover sown late in August of 1888, after German millet 

 and Hungarian grass : Mostly failed to catch ; in Oscoda this plan worked 

 with great success. Number 24, meadow fescue : Rather thin ; two and 

 one-half to three feet high, and pleases all who see it ; apparently better 

 than Timothy ; manure benefits it ; the seeds have fallen and are growing in 

 open places nicely. Number 25, red clover, sown late in August of 1888 

 after rye; A little rye now seeded; hardly any clover. In Oscoda this plan 

 was a success. Number 27, plowed and left vacant during 1888, sown to 

 red clover this spring and rolled : Came up thick, but was mostly killed by 

 frost later ; now very little seen. 



The seeding on new land at Harrison this spring all caught first rate and 

 now stands thick on the ground. 



HOW TO MAKAGE THE LIGHT SANDY LANDS. 



Much study and experimenting should be given the subject to learn what 

 are the cheapest and best methods of management. I do not yet pretend to 

 know what is the best course to pursue in all cases. 



