14 



Cotton expcriiuenl of ISO!) was preceded by cotton, that 



•of 1900 by corn. 



In ISOO the snnnner was excc^SKively dry, in 1900 ex- 

 cessively wet. 



Maple Grove cxpcriniait wilh cotton. 



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MA TLB GliOVE. 



1899 



MAFLE GROVE. 

 1900 



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'200 Cotton seed meal , 800 



•_>40 'Acid pho-phate | 752 



00 JNo fertilizei" j f521 



200 iKainit ; 6)6 



i?00 



Cotton seed meal. . 



10 



240 Acid pliosphate . . , 

 200 Cotton seed meal. 



200 Kainit 



240 I Acid phosphate. . 



200 Kainit 



00 I No fertilizer 



200 jCotton seed meal . . . ) 



240 Acid phosphate J- 



200 iKainir. \ 



200 Cotton seed meal. . . . ) 



240 Acid phosphate [- 



100 Kainit i 



[ 



960 



roi 



776 



800 



1024 

 J^92 



Lhn. 

 176 

 128 



—43 



2GB 



175 

 12 



224 



192 



1030 

 932 

 816 

 920 



992 



1032 



1024 

 804 



1080 

 1032 



IM. 

 220 

 116 



lOO' 

 181 



223 



218 



276 



228 



Increase of seed cotton per acre when cotton seed 



meal "^\as added : 



1899. 



To unfertilized plot 17G lbs. 



To acid phosphate plot 138 lbs. 



To kainit plot 218 lbs. 



To acid phosphate and kainit plot. 212 lbs. 



1900. 

 220 lbs. 



G5 lbs. 

 117 lbs. 



58 lbs. 



7\veraqe increase with cotton seed 

 meal 186 lbs. 



tl5 lbs. 



