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Onion — Prize Taker. — Soil same as above, manured witli 

 kainit, cotton-seed meal and stable manure composted. 

 Cultivated with hoe and plow. Planted March 16, harvested 

 September 29. Quality good ; average yield. Growth and 

 yield would have been better but for drought. 



Sugar Beet. — Soil as above, manured with compost ; culti- 

 vated with hoe and plow. Quality good; average growth, 

 and yield good. 



Turnip — Golden Ball. — Soil as above, manured same as 

 onions. Cultivated around plants with hoe and rake. 

 Planted March 19. Quality of product excellent; growth 

 good and yield good ; turnips large. 



Lathyrus Sylvestris. — Seed did not germinate. 



Spurry. — Seed did not germinate. 



Yelloiv MiUo Maize. — Soil, decomposed lime rock, hill side ; 

 fertilized with stable manure. Culture shallow, with Hart- 

 selle sweep. Planted April 3d; harvested from August 

 30th, to October 16th. Quality fairly good ; growth good ; 

 yield poor on account of poor stand. 



White Millo Maize. — Same report as for the yellow. 



Bromus Indicus. — Seed did not germinate. 



Cotton ; Kuppan, India Cotton. — No. 1. Soil, black cotton 

 land ; culture, shallow with sweep. Planted April 9th ; 

 / harvested last of November. Quality poor ; growth, large 

 stalks ; yield very poor ; staple short, and is inferior to any 

 of our native varieties. Insect enemies, boll worm ; plant 

 diseases, rust. Professor Benton says the yield was too 

 poor to take the trouble to record. 



Cotton; India No. 2. — Soil same as the foregoing, and cul- 

 ture the same. Quality poor ; growth of stalk very large ; 

 yield too little to record ; staple very short. Insect enemies, 

 boll worm ; plant diseases, rust. 



Cotton; India No. 3; Bourbon. — Same as Nos. 1 and 2 in 

 all respects. 



Cotton ; India, Nag-pur Jari, No. 4. — Quality of product 

 poor ; yield almost nothing. 



Cotton; Painaa, White India Cotton, No. 6. — ^Poor. See 

 Nos. 1 and 2 for report. 



