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Fertilizer experiments in Etowah and Cherokee Counties 



Attalla 



Leesburg 



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KIND 



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N 

 dJ .- 

 c/3 -— 



(P 1- 







1 



2 

 3 

 4 



5i 



6 



7 



lo- 

 ll 



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 / 

 Acid phosphate. _ \ 

 Cotton seed meal \_ 



Kainit \ 



No fertilizer 



Acid phosphate __ } 



Kainit \ 



Cotton seed meal l 

 Acid phosphate.. - 



Kainit ) 



Cotton seed meal J 

 Acid phosphate. _ ,- 



Kainit ) 



No fertilizer- 



Acid phosphate.. ) 



Kainit - 



Nitrate of soda __ ) 



Lbs. 

 416 



408 

 272 

 448 



512 



560 

 304 

 544 



688 



672 

 352 

 640 



Lbs. 

 r44 

 136 



168 



224 



264 



228 



360 



332 



288 



$ 1.61 

 2 67 



3'98 

 2.49 



4.05 



4.22 

 5.44 



5.24 



4.34 



% 8.26 

 6.00 



-5"5i 

 6.84 



4.54 



0.50 



3.39 



9.47 



8.43 



CHEROKEE COUNTY, 4 MILES EAST OF LEESBURG. 



W. W. Ward. 



Gray upland, red clay subsoil. 



The preceding crop on this land was rye. This land has been 

 in cultivation for 40 or 50 years. There was considerable rust 

 on all plots, but Plot 5 was the most seriously attacked. There 

 was no damage from worms. The stand was good. 



All applications of fertilizers were profitable. The greatest 

 profit was afforded by the complete fertilizer on Plot 10, which 

 afforded a profit of $9.47 per acre, or 174 per cent on the in- 

 vestment in fertilizers. From the application of cotton seed 

 meal alone a profit of $8.26 was realized, or 275 per cent on. 

 the investment. The average increase of seed cotton per acre 



