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ly, 100 pounds of kainit per acre would seem, from cer- 

 tain of these experiments, to oi^'er more promise of 

 profit than 200 pounds per acre. 



4. While in some of these experiments cottonseed 

 meal seems to have increased the yield of peanuts on 

 very poor soil, 3^et, until such evidence is stronger, the 

 writers would not advise any investment in any form 

 of nitrogen as a fertilizer for peanuts. 



5. Some form of lime is generally helpful to pea- 

 nuts, and on acid soils is strongly needed. Slaked 

 lime at the rate of 600 pounds per acre gave profitable 

 results in most of these experiments. It is believed 

 that the use of about 1,000 pounds or more of ground 

 limestone would be the most satisfactory and economi- 

 cal form in which to apply lime. 



<3. No form of lime should come in immediate con- 

 tact with acid phosphate. The phosphate may be 

 drilled in at or before planting. The lime may be 

 applied in any convenient way, preferably before 

 planting, and well harrowed in or otherwise mixed 

 with the surface soil. 



