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ounces of seed were used for that purpose. The plants 

 came up May 21 ; they were thinned out by hand in the 

 rows from two to three inches apart. The crop was kept 

 clean by weeding with the hand and the hoe. The leaves 

 suffered somewhat from l^light during the earlier part of the 

 month of August. The roots were harvested Octolier 17 ; 

 they weighed 11,390 pounds, or 13^- tons per acre. 



The serious influence of an unfavorable season on the 

 yield of the root crops has l)een a marked one. The roots 

 were much smaller than in preceding years ; this circum- 

 stance applies with particular force to the different varieties 

 of sugar beets on trial. The crops have fallen behind in 

 these cases more than fifty per cent, of a fair average yield. 

 The yield of carrots is one-third less than that obtained in 

 preceding years. 



Statement of Crojjs raised on the JVbrthern Division of 



Field C. 



This section of Field C is 70 feet wide and 328 feet long, 

 and laid out in rows from two to three feet apart, as cir- 

 cumstances may advise. Most of the crops raised here 

 are merely on trial, to study their general adaptation to our 

 soil and climate ; a few rows represent in most instances the 

 extent of the area occupied by each of them. In many 

 instances merely a sufficient amount is raised to secure 

 suitable samples for chemical examination. Wherever the 

 results in the field and in the laboratory are encouraging, 

 as far as fodder crops new to our section of the country are' 

 concerned, larger fields will be devoted subsequently, to 

 test their respective agricultural merits on a becoming scale. 



A lil)eral introduction of reputed forage crops into farm 

 operations has everywhere, in various directions, promoted 

 the success of agricultural industry. The desirability of 

 inl^'oducing a greater variety of fodder plants into our farm 

 management is generally conceded. In choosing plants for 

 that purpose, it seems advisable to select crops which would 

 advantageously supplement our leading fodder crops (aside 

 from the products of pastures and meadows), — the fodder 

 corn and corn stover. 



