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July 3rd 1918 To: Lieut W. Gillespie From: H. O. Tanner Subj. State of Farm at Vittel Received your message at Chaumont and arrived at Vittel noon July 2nd. You saw the farm not over 2 weeks ago - but I wish nevertheless to state its present condition - as I see it. On account of dry weather & little cultivation of soil the ground is exceedingly hard & neither plow nor hoe can make any headway till rain. Plowing has been suspended. The potatoes are being hoed so that as far as possible the new crop - may as it were grow on top of the hard sods underneath. In plowing the sods were turned over, & were not cut up by our disc harrow a hole was dug in these sod & potatoes planted in this hole. A few rows of carrots have weeded - but the larger part of crop is over run with weeds. The cabbages while clean of weeds are quite eaten & need spraying. The beans promise well Quite a large strip has just been well plowed & well harrowed & planted in beans & spinage H O. Tanner [[note]] Aug 22 - The spinage never appeared [[/note]]