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of April, and at last came success and added 

 knowledge. 



The following spring half of the field was sown 

 as early as March and was well up when a late 

 frost came. According to the authors I had read, 

 it should have been destroyed, but while the red 

 clover was nipped a little, the alfalfa was unin- 

 jured. How slow we are to discover such simple 

 facts! The rest of the field was sown the next 

 year, and this alfalfa was still making a record 

 when it was plowed up a year or two ago. Pro- 

 fessor Stone in a letter from Cornell, dated Feb- 

 ruary 5, 1910, writes: 



" The old alfalfa field has been plowed up to 

 make room for plant gardens. Alfalfa was very 

 successful there for several seasons and we got five 

 or six tons of hay per acre from the tract." 



All these fields that I have been describing, are 

 now given over to the Athletic Association. A cor- 

 respondent informs me that there has been ex- 

 pended up to June, 1909, in grading, draining, 

 seeding and preparation, over thirty-seven thou- 

 sand dollars. And it is reported that a fund of one 

 hundred thousand dollars is to be raised for fur- 

 ther improvements, mostly for buildings for the 

 accommodation of the athletic teams and a 



