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1903, for $15 an acre. It was known in the community 

 as the "Poorland Farm." The work of restoration was 

 begun on 40 acres of the farm, which were covered with a 

 growth of red sorrel, poverty grass, and weeds. The land 

 was sour, dead, and depleted of plant-food. During the ten 

 years following the purchase oj the farm the 40 acres 

 received the following treatment: 



1903 



Fall 



Applied one ton per acre fine ground rock 



phosphate 

 Plowed for corn for next year 



Crop of corn 



Applied limestone, two tons per acre 



Crop of soy beans 



Crop of wheat 



Clover sowed in wheat 



Timothy and more clover 



Meadow and pasture 



Meadow and pasture 



Applied rock phosphate 



Plowed for corn 



Crop of corn 



Oats volunteer clover appeared 



Clover harvested 

 Plowed for wheat 

 Applied limestone- 

 Wheat harvest 



-two tons per acre 



Six loads per acre of barnyard manure were applied once 

 during the ten years. Only 39 acres were in wheat, a lane 

 having been fenced off on one side of the field. The yields 

 were as follows : 



