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follows: " The Norfolk Sandy Loam is an easily tilled 

 soil and the best for general farming of any of the Nor- 

 folk types in this country. It is well adapted to cotton 

 and when fertilized produces fair yields of corn and oats. 

 The lightest phase is well adapted to the ijroduction of 

 ])otatoes, beri'ies and truck crops. The soil needs organic 

 matter which may be supplied by green or stable 

 manure." 



The cotton experiments conducted upon tlie farm of 

 Mr. Moore were carried out upon several plots aggre- 

 gating in area two-thirds of an acre. 



Products of Plots, 1905. 



Yields of Seed Cotton. 



Plot 1. Plot 3. Plot 4. 



750 lbs. 1, 272 lbs. 1, 440 lbs. 



The land, after proper preparation, was laid off in 

 rows seventy yards in length, while the distance between 

 the rows was so adjusted that ten rows would constitute 

 a plot of one-sixth of an acre. Two blank rows were left 



