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commenced. It was an inspiring sight to see 150 farmers moving out 

 into the fields. The first field visited was one that had been spring- 

 sown to clover in April, 10 pounds per acre, without a nurse crop. The 

 year before the field had been in corn and cowpeas, and the prepara- 

 tion for the clover had all been made with a harrow. The excellence of 

 the particular harrow used and the effect of the cowpeas on the soil 

 made it possible to get almost a perfect seed bed. This field of clover 

 was unusually fine. 



"The next field had produced a 50-bushel oat crop. The Texas 

 Eed Rust Proof seed used had been treated in a 40 per cent formalin 

 solution of one pint formalin and 45 gallons of water. As a result, 



Each crop and the treatment given each field was fully explained as they were 

 passed over. An inviting place to rest called for a stop and a talk. "Yes, on the lower 

 part of this field we grew Alsike Clover forty to fifty inches high, in places where it 

 was so wet that previous to this year only slough grass would grow." 



there was not a head of smut or rust that could be found in the field, 

 and the oats, fit for high-class seed, will command a price about double 

 that received for oats at threshing time. After the oats were off cow- 

 peas were drilled with a corn planter in the stubble, about 25 pounds 

 per acre. These peas are to be turned under this fall. This field goes 

 to corn next year. 



"Next came the field of soy beans. Here was the most remarkable 

 crop of all. The soy beans, 25 pounds per acre, had been drilled with a 

 corn planter June 22. Tlie last of May or early part of June would 

 have been better. At tliis time they w'ere from about waist high to 

 sliouldor liigli and \ory lioavily loaded with pods. Counting pods tliat 



