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l!]Xri:KIMENTS MADE IN 1899 AND 1^00 BY T. M. BORLAND^ 

 ^ MILE S. W. OF DOTIIAN^ HeNRY COUNTY. 



Gray sanihf land; snhsoil yclloicisJi. 



The land was cleared of the original growth of long 

 leaf pine nearly 10 years ago. In both cases the preced- 

 ing crop was corn. Mr. Borland writes that peanuts 

 were gi-own in 1899 between the corn rows on the area 

 where the cotton experiment of 1900 was conducted. 



Very hot dry weather in the latter part of the sum- 

 mer of 1899, and lice and excessive rafall in 1900 dam- 

 aged the crop. The experimenter reports that rust was 

 absent. 



Increase of seed cotton per acre when cotton seed meal 

 was added : 



1899. 1900. 



To unfertilized plot 248 lbs. 56 lbs. 



To acid phosphate plot 110 lbs. 20 lbs. 



To kainit plot 119 lbs. 93 lbs. 



To acid phosphate and kainit plot. . . .123 lbs. 81 lbs. 



Average increase with cotton seed meal, 150 lbs. 63 lbs. 



Increase of seed cotton per acre when acid phosphate 

 w^as added : 



To unfertilized plot 208 lbs. 208 lbs. 



To cotton seed meal plot TO lbs. 172 lbs. 



To kainit plot 227 lbs. 30 lbs. 



To cotton seed meal and kainit plot. . . .231 lbs. 18 lbs. 



Average increase with acid piiosphate, 184 lbs. 107 lbs. 



