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green manuring crops have been planted on the northeastern forty acres 

 of the farm for the season of 1917, while the scheme of reclamation 

 outlined above is being continued upon the other weedier portions of 

 the place. 



THE YUMA DATE ORCHARD 



At the Yuma Date Orchard horticultural plantings have been con- 

 tinued between the rows of date palms, plant breeding work has been 

 continued on a portion of the place, and the new block for horticultural 

 planting has been leveled and enriched by means of two crops of 



Fig. 3. Sudan giass m Vumu, August 28, 1916. One week's difft-Tence in age ol' two plots. 



tepary beans ploughed under in preparation for fruit trees the follow- 

 ing season. This garden continues to be one of our best kept agricul- 

 tural properties, and the new Warrenite roads which now pass the 

 property on the south and west sides, and which carry practically all 

 of the travel between Yuma and the lower valley, contribute to its value 

 as an object lesson and as a source of information to the rural popula- 

 tion. The Yuma property has been improved by means of new fencing 

 and additions to the residence building during the year. 



THE TEMPE DATE ORCHARD 



Improvements to the residence at the Tempe Date Orchard have 

 been made ; and the old structures, used as packing sheds, have been 



