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was very hot and dry and at the time, these five 

 fields were at their best and well tasseled, most 

 early planted corn was badly fired, while these 

 five fields all remained green up to the late hard 

 frost. The same rain fell on the fields that were 

 so badly fired the last of August that fell on the 

 five fields which made so much better growth and 

 kept green well into October. 



Cut No. 14 is a field of corn at Sligo, Colorado, 

 in the northeastern part of the state 150 miles 

 north of Denver, planted May 12, 1915, on early 

 disked ground and well fitted. As a further 

 evidence of the correctness of our proposition re- 

 garding the more rapid growth of later planting, 

 when proper preparatory work is done, kindly 

 contrast this with Cut No. 15, a field adjoining No. 

 14. This field was planted June 6, or 25 days 

 later, but with the continued spring tilling of the 

 soil from early spring up to time of planting. 

 While the rainfall on these fields was almost 

 double that of normal years, yet note the apparent 

 stunted growth of the earlier planted field. 



Cut No. 16 is a row of shocks of corn cut from 

 the field planted June 6, and photographed the 

 same day as Nos. 14 and 15. This is given to 

 show the marked growth of corn that can be 

 obtained at the high altitude of 5,400 feet, in a 

 cool season like 1915, and a total rainfall of 13^ 

 inches from January first to September twenty- 

 fifth. These cuts, Nos. 14, 15 and 16, tell their 

 own story. It is proper tp explain that the photo 

 for Cut No. 15 was taken after all the field except 

 the three rows, had been cut, consequently the 



