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and was of assistance in heading and hardening up 

 the cabbage. The first heads were ready for use July 

 9. Five rows of Sheffield sugar corn were planted 

 April 20 with sprouted seed. This insured planting 

 only good seed, avoided danger of rotting and hastened 

 maturity several days, so that the first picking was 

 made July 9, or in eighty-one days, and continued until 

 August 19. Some of the potatoes were placed in a 

 box in the house and sprouted and all were planted in 

 the ground May 4. The sprouted potatoes made a 



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decided gain and were ready for market from a week 

 to ten days earlier and brought fifteen to twenty cents 

 more per bushel. 



Plot No. 2 has a westerly slope with soil varying 

 from light sand to heavy sandy loam. Four tons of 

 manure were applied, and on May 10 it was plowed 

 and worked in the same manner as the other plot and 

 again cultivated in sections as the various crops were 



