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Cullman County, 11/2 Miles North of Cullman. 

 I. O. O. F. Home, En. B. Miller, Supt., 1915. 



Yellowish gray fine sandy soil, with stiffer yellow 



subsoil. 



This uplaiul soil had been in cultivation only six 

 years, and, judging by the yield, apparently it was in a 

 better state of fertility than other soils used in peanut 

 fertilizer tests. 



On such land, and with a rainj' season after the 

 middle of July, 1915, all fertilizers were without favor- 

 able elTect. Indeed they seemed to decrease the yield 

 under these conditions. 



Separate Effect of Cotton Seed Meal, Acid Phosphate, 



Kainit and Slaked Lime in Increasing the Yield of 



Dry Nuts Per Acre at Auburn and Cullman. 



General Suggesiions for Fertilizing Peanuts. 



1. Acid phosphate (or other source of available 

 ])hosphoric acid, as Basic Slag) seems advisable for 

 peanuts grow^i on practically all sand}' and other soils 

 that are especially well adapted to peanuts. 



2. The amount of acid phosphate should probably 

 range between 200 and 300 pounds per acre. 



3. While potash is shown by some of these experi- 

 ments to be helpful to peanuts grown on certain poor 

 sandy soils, it is of less importance than available phos- 

 phoric acid. Present high prices and scarcity make 

 the use of potash at this time impracticable and un- 

 profitable for peanuts. When prices decline sufficient- 



