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Mr. Porter says he carried out instructious according to 

 the letter. The plot was selected in a field planted in oats 

 last year (1893), but a portion of the plot had peas on it the 

 year before, and the difference in the corn where the peas 

 had been grown was so marked as to attract the attention of 

 every visitor who saw it. 



May 16th plowed corn the last time, and at this time put 

 down the last fertilizer and planted peas. From the 2nd of 

 May until the 17th of June, had no rain. Mr. Porter says 

 he thinks the crop would have doubled in yield, had the 

 seasons been favorable. His opinion is that the "intensive 

 system'' is the best, as better crops are insured and the land 

 vastly improved by it. 



CoEN Experiment by Mr. M. H. Sellers. 



Geneva, Geneva Co., Ala. 



Soil — Sandy, with sub-soil of clay and sand mixed. 

 Eows 70 yards long — 5 feet wide. 



Mr. Sellers reports that he planted corn on March 15th, 

 was killed by freeze on the 28th, and replanted April 10th. 

 Thinned to a stand April 18th, and cultivated with scrape 

 and sweep. 



