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this a fine food for stock, but it should be threshed and the 

 grains crushed as stock fail to masticate it. 



Spurry. — Gray sandy soil, no manure. Planted March 

 20th. Dry spring season; grew to be about three inches 

 high. Failure. 



Jerusalem Corn. — Seed did not germinate. 



Unknoiun Cow Pea. — Soil, gray sandy, manured with 

 mixture of acid phosphate and cotton-seed meal. Planted 

 June 15th, between corn rows. First ripe September 15th; 

 harvested October 10th. Quality of product good and well 

 adapted to this soil and climate. 



Rape. — Soil gray, manured with stable manure. Culti- 

 vation same as rutabaga turnips. Planted July 20th. The 

 drought was too prolonged to determine its merits. 



Millo 3Iaize. — Soil, gray hill-side, manured with 100 lbs. 

 guano per acre. Cultivated in three feet rows, same as cot- 

 ton. Planted May 1st; harvested October 15th. First 

 ripe October 15th. Last ripe November 1st. Did not ma- 

 ture well. Not adapted to this soil and climate. 



Spanish Ground-pea. — Soil, gray, south hill-side, ma- 

 nured with compost of cotton-seed and stable manure. Cul- 

 tivated in 2h, feet rows. Planted May 15th ; harvested 

 October 1st. Quality good, and is a very fine ground-pea 

 for this climate and soil. 



Crimson Clover. — Soil sandy and trod. Planted April 1st. 

 The spring drought was fatal to this crop. 



Egyptian Cotton. — Soil gray, east hill-side, manured with 

 150 lbs. guano per acre. Cultivated like ordinary cotton. 

 Planted April 26th. First open September 1st. Yield 

 about 200 lbs per acre. Quality of product not good. Not 

 adapted to this country, bolls too small and scattering and 

 too slow in maturing. 



Hawkins Improved Cotton. — Soil, sandy, south hill-side, 

 manured with compost of stable manure and cotton-seed. 

 Cultivated as other cotton. Planted April 26th. First open 

 boll September Ist. Yield per acre about 700 pounds. 

 Quality of product good. This cotton is very prolific, but 

 the bolls are too small. 



