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Fertilizer experiments in Walker County 



o 

 Z 



Jasper 



Cordova 







KIND 



c 

 2 u 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5-! 



10 



11 



12- 



Lbs. 

 200 

 240 

 000 

 200 

 200 

 240 

 200 

 200 

 000 

 240 

 200 

 200 

 240 

 200 

 200 

 240 

 100 

 000 

 240 

 100 

 100 



Cotton seed meal . 

 Acid phosphate. _ . 



No fertilizer 



Kainit 



Cotton seed meal I 

 Acid phosphate.. \ 

 Cotton seed meal / 



Kainit S 



No fertilizer 



Acid phosphate. _ I 



Kainit ) 



Cotton seed meal i 

 Acid phosphate.. • 



Kainit > 



Cotton seed meal i 

 Acid phosphate.. • 



Kainit i 



No fertilizer 



Acid phosphate.. j| 



Kainit ,• 



Nitrate of soda .. ) 



$ 2.38 

 5.49 



'2'95 



8.12 



4.56 



3.06 

 1.34 



4.35 



5.87 



WALKER COUNTY, 3 MILES SOUTH OF CORDOVA. 



G. L. Alexander. 



Gray loam, red clay subsoil. 



This land has been in cultivation for 26 years. There was 

 no damage from rust. The preceding crop was oats. The 

 stand was very good, though not perfect. 



The most profitable fertilizer was cotton seed meal and acid 

 phosphate, affording a profit of $8.12 per acre, or 173 per cent 

 on the investment in fertlizer. The average estimated increase 

 of seed cotton per acre was 132 pounds for cotton seed meal; 

 116 pounds for acid phosphate; and 12 pounds for kainit. 



The complete fertilizer with nitrate of soda gave a higher 

 proJEit than did the complete fertlizer with cotton seed meal. Of 



