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Table XIV— COMPILED RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. 



EDGECOMBE FARM. 



1903. 

 1904. 

 1905. 

 1906. 

 1907. 

 1908. 



IREDELL FARM. 



Averages. 



791.7 

 762.5 



1325.0 

 612.0 

 759.0 



1249.2 

 916.5 



COMMENTS ON DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. 



The average results of the distance tests conducted at the Edgecombe 

 farm during the past four years indicate that the best distancing of 

 cotton for the Edgecombe section is about 3% feet by 16 inches. As 

 the average of six years' tests at the Iredell farm, the best distancing 

 was Sy 3 feet by 16 inches. 



The general deductions above should be accepted tentatively, as here, 

 as with other tests, it will require a number of repetitions to arrive at 

 a fair idea of the best Avidth of rows and distance in rows for planting 

 cotton on the types of soils on which these tests were made. 



The plats at the two farms were arranged in lateral series, with each 

 test occupying from three to five rows. 



