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than by the Michigan Agricultural College, in the 

 Upper Peninsula chiefly under the encouragement of 

 the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau in co- 

 operation with county agric-uTtural agents and the 

 land commissioner of the Duluth, South Shore and 

 Atlantic Eailway. In the Lower Peninsula, Edward 

 E. Evans of West Branch has specialized in farm 

 crops for sandy soils, producing and distributing 

 seeds of many varieties. Sand vetch and, for the 

 still lighter soils, the wood-pea have been found suit- 

 able. For sandy soils in northern Michigan sara- 

 della and sainfoin are also thought to have possibili- 

 ties of useful culture, while lupines, although con- 

 sidered as possibly useful, have not been demon- 

 strated a valuable crop as yet. The yellow and white 

 annual sweet clover, Swedish "golden rain" oats, 

 broad bean, soybean, hidalgo-pea, lentil, and other 

 imported types have been taken account of, but it is 

 now too early for definite values to be assigned them 

 for sandy lands in general, although in restricted 

 areas in some instances good results appear to have 

 been obtained. The energetic pursuit of this field 

 of investigation may, in the next few years, determine 

 positively what sandy soils are capable of accomplish- 

 ing in the agriculture of Michigan. 



Near Grayling, Crawford County, in the sandy 

 land area of the Lower Peninsula, the Northeastern 

 Development Bureau, in cooperation with the Michi- 

 gan Agricultural College, has recently undertaken 

 experimental investigations of crops adapted to the 



