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Tw'icxTv-EiGHTH Annual Report 



For the past two years the 

 work at this farm has been 

 mainly its reclamation from in- 

 festations of bermuda, Johnson 

 grass, and other weeds, with 

 which it was occupied at the 

 time of the purchase. This re- 

 clamation is now about com- 

 plete and the area is ready for 

 the installation of experimental 

 and demonstrational work 

 with the numerous crops that 

 may here be exhibited. 



A comprehensive and perma- 

 nent plan for the improvement 

 of the place is in process of ex- 

 ecution. During the current 

 vear the adacent railroad ri<jht 

 of way has been fenced and 

 Johnson grass disposed of by 

 means of sheep ; old ditches 

 have been plowed in and new 

 ditches have been opened ac- 

 cording to the plan; the land 

 has been leveled and bordered 

 in one-acre plots throughout 

 i.Tiost of the place ; a central 

 roadway has been developed 

 irom east to west through the 

 farm ; and particularly, a new- 

 cement headgate and ditch 

 have been constructed from 

 north to south through the 

 center of the place for the dou- 

 ble purpose of irrigating pcjr- 

 tions of the farm itself and to 

 carry water which has right of 

 way to lands below. Incident- 

 ally to these operations remun- 

 erative crops of wheat, cotton, 

 corn, barlev, oats, alfalfa and 





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