EXPRRiMENT STATION REPORTS. 257 



The chemical studies of alfalfa and sweet clover grown on several of 

 our experimental fields, ditferently treated, have shown that' their com- 

 position and consequently their feeding value may vary appreciably 

 when grown on different soil types, and that tlie use of lime and other 

 nmterials may affect them also. The sUgar and impurities in sugar 

 beets grown on muck soils have been determined in a number of in- 

 stances, as previously reported, these are governe<l to a very great ex- 

 tent by the relationships. It is both jjossible and practicable to pro 

 duce large yields of beets of acceptable sugar content and purity on 

 many of the muck soils of the State. 



Kespectfullv submitted, 



M. M. McCOOL, 

 l*rofessor of Soils, 

 To the Director: 



Sir: — The following is a report of work done on the Upper Peninsula 

 Experiment Station during the year ending June 30, 1923 : 



r.AND CLEARING. 



The land clearing work has progressed quite rapidly. The E^/o of 

 NE14 of Sec. 34 was cleared and 25 acres {)l()wed. Twenty acres of this 

 was cropped this year. Twenty acres adjoining this tract on the south 

 is now ready to plow. Seventy and one-half acres of the EI/2 of NW^4 

 of Sec. 34 is approximately one-half cleared. The plan was to have this 

 completed but a large number of the land clearing crew left for the 

 lumber camps, consequently the balance of the clearing was postponed. 

 The clearing on the WV2 of the NW^^ was completed and put into crops. 

 The stumps were blown out on the two acres in the 40 acre tract E of 

 the Station buildings. Altogether there were 121 acres cleared, and 27 

 acres of new land put into crops during the past year. 



When the above described 7011/2 acres is completed, a field on the 40 

 acres across from the Station buildings squared up, and a cedar stump 

 area along the Bohemian creek in the SWJ4 of Sec. 34 cleared, the land 

 clearing program for this Station will have been completed. This will 

 give approximately 400 acres of cleared land, of which about 375 acres 

 can be cropped. It is estimated that this tract Avill provide sufficient 

 area for experimental crops and plant disease work, and sup])ly winter 

 feed for the livestock that the uncleared areas will pasture. 



WOOD LOTS. 



There are 19.7 acres in the wood lot on the home farm, 11.4 acres on 

 the 40 acres across the road, and small cedar areas along the Slapnick 

 and Bohemian creeks. 



FENCES. 



There are now 10% miles of woven wire fences on, or enclosing. Sta- 

 tion property. In order that this program be completed Ij^ miles of 

 fence will have to be built in the near future. 

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