Fertilizer' experiments in Pickens County 



PICKENS COUNTY, 5 MILES WEST OF ALICEVILLE. 



G. C. TURNIPSEED. 



Red clay loam ivith red clay subsoil. 



This land has been in cultivation for about 75 years. The 

 preceding crop was corn. There was no damage done from 

 rust or worms. The cotton suffered from drought. The most 

 profitable fertilizer was cotton seed meal which gave a profit of 

 $4.94 per acre, or 165 per cent on the investment in fertilizers. 

 The average estimated increase of seed cotton per acre was 101 

 pounds for cotton seed meal ; 49 pounds for acid phosphate ; 

 and a loss of 79 pounds for kainit. 



Nitrate of soda was more effective than was cotton seed 

 meal. 



