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ridged and plowed four times after seeding. Planted April 

 25tli ; harvested September 13th. Quality good ; growth 

 vigorous and yield good. 



Sweet Glover. — Planted March 13th, and was killed by 

 freeze on March 25th while in the sprout. 



Alfalfa. — Planted March 13th, and was killed by freeze 

 on the 25th while the seed were in the sprout. 



Aiunless Brome Grass.. — Planted March 13th, and killed 

 on the 25th in sprout. 



Spurry. — Same result as with the Awnless Brome. 



Grimson Glover. — Same result as with Sweet Clover. 



EEPOET OF Prof. H. BENTON, 



UNIONTOWN, PERRY COUNTY. 



Tobacco, Hester. — Black soil, well drained, fertilized with 

 compost. Shallow culture with sweep. Planted May 15th; 

 harvested September 29th. Yield good ; growth large ; 

 quality of product coarse. Insect enemies, Macrosila Gar- 

 olina. (Linn.) 



Tobacco, Havana Seed Leaf — Soil same as above, fer- 

 tilized, planted and gathered same as above. Yield fair; 

 growth good; quality of product good. Insect enemies* 

 Macrosila GaroUna. (Linn.) 



Tobacco, Gonnecticut Seed Leaf. — Conditions of planting, 

 culture and harvest same as the foregoing. Yield good; 

 growth good, and quality fairly good. Insect enemies, same 

 as above. 



Red Kaffir Gorn. — Decomposed lime rock soil on hill- 

 side. Manured with stable manure. Culture, shallow with 

 sweep. Planted April 3rd. Gathered August 30th to Octo- 

 ber 16. Yield not quite so large as sorghum ; quality 

 good ; growth good. 



Gauli/lower. — Soil, well-drained red prairie, heavily ma- 

 nured with compost. Planted seed in beds, set out plants in 

 April ; growth poor, quality poor, and yield about nothing. 

 Not suited for this climate; insect enemies, Pieris rapce 

 (Schran.) 



