200 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



2. Field Experiments with Several, Varieties of 

 Potatoes and Some Prominent Mixed Forage 

 Crops. 



Field B. 



[a. Potatoes : Beauty of Heljron, Clark's and Ne\v Queen ; b. Mixed forage crops : 

 vetch, oats and horse bean, vetch and oats and vetch and barley.] 



This field occupies an area of one and seven-tenths acres, 

 and runs from north to south, nearly on a level. The soil 

 consists of a somewhat sandy loam of several feet in depth. 

 The systematic treatment of the area was inaugurated in 

 1884, when the present subdivision into eleven plats was 

 first introduced. The plats are 175 feet long and 33 feet 

 wide (5,775 square feet, or two-fifteenths of an acre), of a 

 uniform shape, running from east to west, with a space of 

 five feet between adjoining plats. The numbering begins at 

 the north end with 11, and closes at the south end with 21. 



For details regarding the work carried on upon Field B 

 previous to 1892, see tenth annual report. 



The character of the crops raised during 1892 may be 

 noticed from the subsequent tabular statement : — 



Crops raised in 1892. 



