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ed in the fall and one planted in h'ebruary. In the February 

 phniting the liooded and beardless varieties yielded well and 

 these seem to ofl'er special ])ioniise for early spring planted 

 ^rain and feed. 



Rye — 'ilie i)rincipal work with rye for 1!)18 was a regular 

 variety lest, which showed that a native variety from Tusca- 

 loosa county was equal to Abiuzzi in yield and seemed more 

 resistant to anthracnose. 



Soy Beans — The experiments with soy beans included rate 

 of seeding both for hay and for seed; regular variety tests 

 for both seed and for hay; a fertilizer test, which seemed to 

 indicate very little advantage from any particular kind of 

 fertilizer; and harvesting and thrashing of soy beans. A 

 lest of .soy beans, cowpeas, corn, and velvet beans was made 

 lo get the comparative yield of grain of each crop. 



Commercial Fertilizer — The experiments testing the time 

 when nitrate of soda should be applied to corn and cotton to 

 secure the greatest benefits were repeated. Peanut meal, vel- 

 vet bean meal, and cotton seed meal were compared with 

 nitrate of soda as a source of nitrogen for corn and cotton, 

 :and gave re.sults strongly favorable to nitrate of soda. The 

 comparison of acid phosphate with fine ground rock phosphate 

 under oats and soy beans, corn and cotton was continued. 

 Potash from different sources (cement potash, kelp ash, kainit, 

 sulphate, and Nebraska jjotash) was tested under cotton to 

 compare their availability. 



In addition to the above mentioned experiments, the follow- 

 ing were conducted on the »\labama Experiment Station farm 

 in 1018: 



Grasses, test of species and varieties. 



Hog crops, relative fields from chnfas, peanuts, soy l)eans, 

 etc. 



Kudzu. 



Phosphates, raw versus acid. 



Peanuts, variety tests, fertilizer tests. 



Rotation experiments. 

 ■ Rate of seeding peanuts. 



Residual effect of different crops on soil fertility. 



Sorghum, tests of varieties for forage and for syrup. 



