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40 pages of mimeographed matter, the writer finally 

 succeeded in placing the 30 tons of seed among 

 factories located in Nebraska, Minnesota, Colorado, 

 Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and New York, at 8.8 cents 

 per pound, and the seed was planted in the spring 

 of 1904. So superior were the results obtained that 

 from that time on, Morrison increased his acreage 

 and had no trouble in disposing of all the seed he 

 raised. 



The Department of Agriculture established a station 

 on the Morrison farm in 1905 and took entire charge of 

 the scientific work, which was carried on under the 

 direct charge of Mr. Reed, under the direction of 

 Mr. J. E. W. Tracey, Assistant Superintendent of 

 Testing Gardens, Department of Agriculture. Again 

 it appeared that the sugar factories of the United 

 States soon would be supplied with higher grade seed 

 than any other factories in the world. 



But the fruit boom struck eastern Washington in 

 1911, the boomers offered Morrison more for his 

 land than it was worth for growing seed, he sold his 

 farm and the Government abandoned its station. As 

 had been the case with the Nebraska experiments of 

 ten years before, the benefits of the advance which 

 had been made were lost. 



