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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]]