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Logan, Utah. 



(No. 



The history of the plot used for the special beet work at the I'tsih 

 station was reported as follows: 



Plot No. .'17!) is located on tlic upper level of tin- Logan delta. The soil is gravelly 

 and not nioiv than 2 feet in depth. It is, underlaid by a stratum of coarse porous 

 gravel perhaps I.'") feet or more in thickness. The virgin ground was broken inlS89. 

 Corn was grown >n it in 1890 and 1891, oats in 1891', clover in 1893, wheat in 1894, 

 timothy in 189.") and 189<>, wheat in 1897, peas in 1898, wheat in 1899 and 1900, and 

 sugar beets, Tinted States Department of Agriculture No. 5772 "special," in 1901. 

 The plat was manured in the winter of 1900-1901. 



, Fa. 



(No. 23818.) 



The soil in which the beets were raised is described as a brownish- 

 black loam. The following description of the taking of the sample 

 forwarded to Washington for anatysis and its general characteristics 

 was furnished l>y the director of the station: 



Three positions, fairly representing the entire plot, were chosen, and the notes made 

 as follows: 



ft/n'iiii/i/ \u. i. The soil down to the subsoil measured ?', inches, dark brown color, 

 mellow loam in character. Color changed sharply at this point. Subsoil ocherous 

 j_ r ray, <|iiite friable, with considerable sand, yet firm. 



< >l iiiin/ \<>. .'. Same general character of soil ; 9 inches down to the line of change 

 f color. 



< >l ii'ni'1 \". ./. Soil S.I inches to the line of change of color. The loam is a lighter 

 brown in color. The subsoil is the same. 



This land is a part of the experimental garden which was heavily manured un-til 

 the last three years, during which time it had received no barnyard manure and no 

 chemical fertilizers. It would IK' considered a very good type of garden soil, but in 

 its present state is not very rich, as it has been cropped heavily each year. bast 

 year on this area we grew a collection of Chinese vegetables, chiefly root crops, but 

 no beets or crops belonging to this family. 



/ . UV.S-. 

 ffoe. 25051 and 25062.) 



The history of the soil on which t he >no'ar beels of 1!M1 were 

 i- a- follow-: 



The plat set apart for the sugar beets at the university farm \\asa piece of land 

 one -half acre in area i bV> by 111 feet) in the northwestern portion of the Randall 

 field. The field has been ii ed as a pasture ever since this region was settled, and 

 \\a> in corn last year. 1 Miring late years, prior to 1 .)(). it serve. 1 as a pasture !'< irsheep 

 or cows, but has never been otherwise manured. The soil is a clay loam, and, like 

 moM of the land on the university farm, has a tendency to bake after rains. The 

 land produced a very goid corn crop last year, and, as regards its state of fertility, 

 -h'.uld have been well ad.'ipted to the production of sugar beets. The lower part of 

 the field slopes to\\ard the northeast, and the unevenness in thesoil in different parts 

 of the field thus introduced rendered it somewhat unsatisfactory for variety tests. 



