It will be seeu from the above that the spring and 

 early summer of 1899 were very dvj. Complaints of 

 drought in that 3'ear were general. In 1900 an exces- 

 sive precipitation in April and June greatly injured 

 crops, and in addition there was in many localities a 

 severe drought in August. 



Two uiore unfaVora])le seasons in immediate succes- 

 sion seldom occur. 



Kxr'KRniF.xTs :\rAi»E r.Y w. f. fultox, lakimoke ok 

 coLLixsvirj.i:, dekalb couxty. 



I)(irL- f/rai/, iiiiihdio, or rcdcJlsJt^ stiff soil; suhsoil red 



clay. 



An experiment Avith cotton has been conducted on this 

 farm in Big Wills Valley for three years in succession on 

 land cleared about three-quarters of a century ago. The 

 crop preceding the cotton experiments of both 1899 and 

 1900 was corn. The early i^art of the summer of 1899 

 was rather dry; in 1900 "from the time the cotton was 

 planted until it was laid by my notes show almost con- 

 tinuous rain, — the wettest season in the knowledge of 

 the oldest inhabitant.-' 



The results for 1898 Avere printed in Bulletin No. 102. 

 Those for 1899 and 1900 are given in the following table: 



