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per bushel, was 2141/2 bushels on an acre. On the basis 

 of 28 pounds per bushel the yield was 183.9 bushels. 

 These peanuts were planted in rows 17 inches apart. 

 The nuts were very carefully placed 4 inches apart in 

 the drill. Cultivation was chiefly with a weeder and 

 by hand. The soil was a deep, loose sand, fertilized 

 per acre as follows: 



1,000 pounds ground limestone. 



1,600 pounds 16 percent acid phosphate. 



1,600 pounds kainit. 



FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS WITH PEANUTS. 



The experiments reported in these pages were made 

 by selected farmers in several counties. The land was 

 selected and plots measured by a representative of the 

 Experiment Station, who was also present at the har- 

 vesting of as many of the experiments as practicable. 

 The fertilizer for each plot was separately weighed 

 out, sacked and fully labeled at Auburn. 



In interpreting these experiments the reader should 

 !bear in mind that it is more difficult to make accurate 

 experiments with peanuts than with cotton or corn, 

 since poor stands of peanuts are common. 



Hence some of the experiments made are only 

 briefly tabulated as inconclusive or not published at all. 



The rule has been to wait one to two weeks after 

 the nuts are dug before taking the weight of dry pea- 

 nuts, on which the tables in this bulletin are based. 

 The unshelled nuts were valued at 4 cents per pound 

 and fertilizers at prices prevailing just before the 

 European War. 



Houston County, 2 Miles South of Dothan. 



S. A. MULLINS, 1911. 

 Gray sandy loam, with stiffer yellow subsoil. 



The land on which this experiment was made had 

 been in cultivation many years. No leguminous crop 

 had grown on it during the last three years. 



A mixture of acid phosphate and kainit (Plot 8) was 

 the only one showing any profit. The addition of cot- 

 tonseed meal to acid phosphate and kainit did not 

 increase the yield. 



