— II — 
\ 
No. 
Date of 
planting. 
Pounds 
of seed 
per acre. 
Stand. 
Date of 
first cul- 
tivation. 
Date of 
thinning. 
Date of 
first irri- 
gation. 
Remarks. 
1 
May 22 
Thick 
June 15 
July 3 
July 1 
Black heavy loam. 
2 
Same as 
No. 1 
3 
June 10 
Good 
July 10 
First crop on new breaking^ 
bottom land. 
4 
May 5 
Thick 
May 25 
June 29 
May 14 
Rich garden soil manured ’97 
5 
May 15 
Uneven 
July 15 
June 25 
Sandy loam. 
6 
April 20 
10 
Thick 
June 2 
June 6 
June 24 
Sandy, with clay subsoil; broke- 
ground May 28. 
Rich bottom, irrigated 3 times. 
7 
May 27 
4 
“ 
8 
May 7 
“ 
June 15 
Clay soil, manured in 1897. 
9 
May 10 
4 
July 15 
July 10 
Sept 5 
Black bottom land, irrigated 
only once. 
10 
May 20 
3 
Good 
Heavy loam, 
11 
“ 
Same as 
No. 10 
12 
3 
Good 
On bank of river, considerable 
alkali. 
13 
Same as 
No. 12 
14 
May 23 
4 
Thin 
June 25 
Light mountain soil. 
15 
May 10 
Thin 
Sandy loam; subirrigation. 
May 24 
16 
Thick 
June 26 
June 12 
First crop on new land; plow- 
, 
ed three inches deep. 
17 
June 1 
very poor 
July 2 
Land irrigated before plowing 
18 
May 15 
20 
Thick 
May 1 
June 1 
June 15 
Medium heavy soil; irrigated 
three days before planting. 
19 
May 22 
10 
Medium 
Never 
Late 
Irrigated by flooding, no after 
cultivation. 
20 
A pril 20 
Same as 
No. 6 
Still growing: October 28; ma- 
nured 1896. 
21 
April 27 
6 
Poor 
June 10 
Rich clay soil; seed irrigated 
Fair 
up; manured 1896. 
22 
May 1 
15 
June 10 
June 15 
Sandy with clay subsoil; ma- 
nured 1897 . 
23 
May 10 
20 
Thick 
Sandy soil; seed irrigated up,, 
Broken 1896. 
24 
Same as 
No. 5 
25 
May 15 
8 
Thick 
June 10 
Never 
Alkali ground; seed irrigated 
up; manured 1897. 
26 
Same as 
No. 8 
27 
May 8 
Thick 
Manured 1897. 
28 
Same as 
No. 27 
29 1 
May 5 
15 
Medium 
June 15 
June 28 
June 21 
Mountain soil; manured 1897. 
30 
June 1 
4 
Medium 
Never 
Very sandy loam. 
81 
May 24 
11 
Fair 
June 13 
July 1 
New land; seed irrigated up. 
32 
Same aa 
No. 6 
33 
34 
April 20 
May 26 
Thin 
May 20 
June 20 
Aug 15 
Never 
Watered by seepage from, 
reservoir; sandy loam. 
Sandy loam: manured 1897. 
35 
Same as 
No. 34 
86 
Same as 
No. 34 
