486 Report oF THE DEPARTMENT OF FreLp CROPS OF THE 
(2) Isaac J. Clark. Corn was grown on soil previous year. 
The crop was well cared for and was healthy. 
(83) Perry W. Clark. The soil was rich, having been used 
previously for growing teazels. The crop was well cared for and 
free from disease. | 
(4) S. H. Davis. In some spaces there were no beets and the 
crop was somewhat affected by the hot, dry weather; hence, the 
low yield. The crop received good care and clean culture. 
(5) Walter Elden. The land was stony and the soil firm. 
The culture was good. The low yield on the plat received 750 
pounds fertilizer was due to the fact that the ground in this place 
was wet. Took out every other row on other plats. This ac- 
counts for large size of beets. 
(6) Geo. P. Elliott. Soil oceupied by corn previous year. 
Beet crop healthy, and well cared for, but there were many spaces 
not occupied by beets. 
(7) W. F. Filkins. Soil was a peculiar sandy loam, oceupied 
by oats previous year. The crop was healthy and received good 
care, but was not uniform. 
(8) Cyrus E. Fitch. Soil was a good sandy loam, previously 
used for raspberries. ‘The first sowing was a failure, owing to 
sowing too deep. ‘The second sowing produced an uneven crop. 
The crop received excellent care. 
(9) A. H. Goodrich. Soil was a sandy loam, previously oc- 
cupied by corn. The first sowing on the unfertilized plat did not 
come up and a second sowing had to be made. The crop received 
good culture and was healthy. 
(10) Chas. W. Ingalls. The soil was muck, previously used 
in growing cabbage, and had never been fertilized. Crop re- 
ceived good culture and was healthy. The soil was probably over- 
rich in nitrogen and so produced beets with low sugar content 
and purity. 
(11) Chas. W. Ingalls. The-soil was alluvial clay, previously 
occupied by corn, and had never been fertilized. Crop received 
good culture, but was more or less blighted. The leaves dried 
