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TWEXTY-HIGHTH AXXUAL REPORT 



to mature, ];rcdiicf.l a very satisfactory yield of approximately 550 

 pounds of recleaned seed per acre. 



CORN 



Corn was planted on an eight acre field in which a green ma- 

 nuring crop of field peas was plowed under in the fall of 1916. 

 Papago Sweet, White Hopi, Yellow Pima, Bloody Butcher and 

 Reid's Yellow Dent were the varieties used. The results varied 

 very greatly in the different plots. One tvv'o acre plot of Papago 

 Sweet corn which was on particularly fertile ground yielded ap- 

 proximately twenty-four tons of green fodder per acre, the largest 

 yield obtained on any of our farms this year. 



Below is a table indicating results from corn plantings : 



TABLE I. YIELDS OF CORX ON PRESCOTT DRV FARM, 1917. 



PEAS AND BEANS 



Ten acres were planted to field peas and beans. Considerable 

 damage was done by rabbits and prairie dogs, but in spite of this 

 both the peas and beans made a very satisfactory growth until the 

 first of August, at which time they were attacked by a bacterial 

 blight which ruined the peas and reduced the yield of beans to a 



