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Fertilizer experiments in Calhoun County 



Jacksonville 



Choccolocco 



KIND 



a; 



'C — 



o t- 

 i~~ — 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



10 



11 



12 



Lbs. 

 200 

 240 

 000 

 200 

 200 

 240 

 2C0 

 200 

 000 

 240 

 200 

 200 

 240 

 200 

 200 

 240 

 100 

 COO 

 240 

 100 

 100 



Cotton seed meal _. 



Acid phosphate 



No fertilizer 



Kainit 



Cotton seed meal ) 

 Acid phosphate. _ \ 

 Cotton seed meal 1 



Kainit / 



No fertilizer 



Acid phosphate.. 



Kainit 



Cotton se^d meal 

 Acid phosphate.. 



Kainit 



Cotton seed meal 

 Acid phosphate.. 



Kainit 



No fertilizer 



Acid phosphate . I 



Kainit |- 



Nitrate of soda .. > 



Lbs. 

 184 

 160 



64 



272 



240 



124 



408 



364 



480 



$ 2 

 3 



.89 

 .44 



0.65 

 4.02 



3.28 



0.89 



6.98 



6.27 



10.48 



CALHOUN COUNTY, 2 MILES NORTH OF CHOC- 

 COLOCCO. 



J. G. Borders. 



Red chocolate valley land, zvith red clay subsoil. 



This land has been in cultivation for fifty years. The pre- 

 ceding crop was cotton. 



All fertilizers were profitable. The highest profits were 

 made from complete fertilizers. The average estimated in- 

 crease of seed cotton per acre was 189 pounds for cotton seed 

 meal; 119 pounds for acid phosphate; and 55 pounds kainit. 

 The highest profit afforded by single fertilizer was from 

 acid phosphate, $3.44. The complete fertilizers were all profit- 

 able, the one containing nitrate of soda affording the largest 



