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acres, 62 bushels; Lee K. Klein, Loveland, 40 acres, 65 

 bushels; In this same vicinity the same season Bergstron 

 Bros., of Longmont, got 80 bushels of barley; A. Mead, of 

 Ault, got 75 bushels barley; and L. L. Mulligan, of Long- 

 mont, got 75 bushels of barley. The results show that 

 these farmers did not follow the system closely or perfectly 

 but they did get results just in proportion to the fidelity 

 with which they followed out the system. 



Near Limon, Col. W. S, Pershing got over 300 bushels 

 per acre of turnips which he sold for 75 cents per hundred 

 weight. 



In raising corn Charles H. Lee, 40 feet from water, 

 raised 30 acres of corn which gave 50 bushels to the acre, 

 and on watermelons he realized $150 an acre. Henry Swan 

 50 feet from sheet water, raised on 40 acres 30 bushels of 

 macaroni wheat per acre, and on 50 acres of corn he got 

 50 bushels per acre. B. Rice, 40 feet to water, got 40 

 bushels per acre of corn from a 30-acre tract. 



Joseph Emmal, who lives near Ramah, Col., following 

 the Campbell sytem, reported an average of 120 bushels of 

 potatoes; and C. F. Butler, near the same place reports 

 that for five years he has averaged 130 bushels of potatoes 

 per acre. 



E. R. Parsons, on an orchard near Parker, Col., made a 

 net profit of $1,345 from 1,000 cherry trees, 500 plum trees, 

 200 apple trees and 1,400 currant bushes. All were cared 

 for under the soil culture methods. 



On the grounds of the State Soldiers' Home at Lisbon, 

 N. D., in 1897, on a tract cultivated for two years under 

 the Campbell method the phenomenal yield of 23 tons of 

 sugar beets per acre was obtained. 



As to what the use of the system has accomplished in 

 four counties of Colorado alone, where the farmers have 

 made more general use of the system than elsewhere, the 



