42 EXPERIMENT FARM AT SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. 



cessi y ve years that correct and authoritative conclusions can 

 finally be reached. 



Through the courtesy of the North Carolina State Hor- 

 ticultural Society and the managers of the Experiment 

 Farm, some illustrations have been obtained, showing the 

 progress of the work, which are reproduced here. 



REMOVING STUMPS, 



The appearance of the experimental field after the 

 clearing of the land and the manner of clearing are shown 

 in the above illustration. It should be noted that the clear- 

 ing and breaking of the land was done with special regard 

 to the experiments to be carried on there ; all stumps were 

 dug out and not burned, because the burning would pro- 



