Pounds per acre of fertilizers, nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and^. 

 potash used and composition of each mixture. 



o 

 Z 



FERTILIZERS 



IP 

 a 

 o 



9-» 



10 



12- 



i 



Lbs. 

 2u0 



240 



200 



2(H) 

 240 



20O 

 200 



240 



200 



200 

 240 

 200 



200 



24(' 

 100 



240 

 100 

 100 



KIND 



MIXTURE 

 CONTAINS 



o 



Cotton seed meal 



/// 100 ll's. c. s. meal* 

 Acid phosphate 



/;/ 100 lbs. acid plios. 

 Kainit 



/// 100 lbs. kainit 



Cotton seed meal 



Acid phosphate 



In 100 lbs. abo-cc mixt. 



Cotton seed meal 



Kainit _ 



/;/ 100 lbs. above 7ni.\t. 



Acid phosphate . 



Kainit 



/;/ 100 lbs. above mi.xt. 



Cotton seed meal 



Acid phosphate . _ 



Kainit 



/« 100 lbs. aboir mi.xt 



C'otton seed meal 



Acid phosphate 



Kainit 



In 100 lbs. above mixt 



Acid phosphate.. 



Kainit 



Nitrate of soda 



In 100 lbs. I a boar mixt 



Lbs 



13.58 



6.79 



3.09 



lo.5S 

 3.39 



t 

 o 



Li>s. 



5.7b 



2.88 



36.12 



15.0.S 



o 



13.58 

 2.12 



13.58 

 2.59 



14.00 

 3.18 



41.88 

 9.52 

 5, "76 

 1.44 



8.21 

 41.88 



6.54 

 41.88 



7.75 

 15.05 



8.20 



Lbs 

 3 54 I 

 1.77 1 



/ 



\ 



24.60 ) 

 12.30 \ 



3.54 



.80 



28.14 / 



7.03 \ 



5 .59 



\ 



28.14 I 

 4.39 \ 



15.84 / 

 2.93 \ 



12.30 ^ 

 2.80 \ 



CU8T OF 

 FERTILI- 

 ZERS 



0) 



0) 



Dh 



$30.00 

 14.(0 

 14.00 



21.27 



22 00 



13.99 



19.00 

 20.13 



22.17 



$ 3.00 

 1.68 

 1.40- 



4.68 



4.40 



3.08 



6.08 

 5.38 

 4.88 



^Average of many analj'sis. 



tCounting all the phosphoric acid in cotton seed meal as available. 



Those farmers who are more accustomed to the word ammonia 

 than to the term nitrogen, can change the figures for nitrogen into 

 their ammonia equivalents b}'^ multiplying bj' 1 1'V 



Price Assumed for Seed Cotton. 



The price assuined is $14.00 per ton for seed, and 10 cents 

 per pound lor lint- This is equal to 3.8 cents per pound of 

 seed cotton turning out 33 3^3 per cent of lint. Deducting 

 To cents per pound as the average cost of picking and 

 ginning, and we have left 3.2 cents as the net value per pound 

 of the increase of seed cotton due to fertilizers. This latter 



