The Bulletin. 



61 



Table XIV— COMPILED RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. 



Continued. 



iredell farm — 1907. 



Year. 



1903- 

 1904. 

 1905- 



COi-H 



743.2 



845. 

 975.0 



1906 ! 1190.0 



•°.Q 



» o 



fa a 



NT 1 "" 1 



1907. 



Averages ■ 



880.0 

 926.6 



743.2 



795.0 



1100.0 



1785.0 



980.0 



1080.6 



si 



CON 



630.6 

 810.0 

 1035.0 

 1585.0 

 875.0 

 987.1 



I* c 



COIN 



750.8 

 835.0 

 1110.0 

 1280.0 

 1030.0 

 1001.1 



>> to 

 fa 



612.5 

 845.8 

 1340.0 

 1215.3 

 1093.1 

 1021.3 



>> to 



» 2 

 «.£ 



fa"* 



"us 

 ■*1-l 



700.0 



>> 0) 



42 I' 



a. a 



fa M 



"to 



675.0 

 812.5 

 1280.0 

 937.5 

 853.9 

 911.7 



>> to 



» « 



IV S 



fa 1-1 

 "o 



■*f<N 



862.5 

 779.2 

 1170.0 

 720.5 

 635-3 

 833.5 



>! tO 



Is 



-»(N 



791.7 

 762.5 

 1325.0 

 612.0 

 759.0 

 850.0 



COMMENTS ON DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. 



The average results of the distance tests conducted at the Edge- 

 combe and Red Springs farms during the past four years indicate 

 that the best distancing of cotton for the Edgecombe section is some- 

 where about Sy 2 feet by 16 inches, while at Red Springs it centers 

 closely around 4 feet by 16 inches. As the average of five years' 

 tests at the Iredell farm, the best distancing was 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 width of rows and distance in rows 

 for planting cotton on the types of soils on which these tests were 

 made. 



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

 each test occupying from three to five rows. 



'As the results of this test are likely to vary somewhat with different 

 varieties, Culpepper's Improved seed were used at Red Springs, Rus- 

 sell's Big Boll at Edgecombe, and King's Improved 1 at Iredell. 



In Table XIV is presented a summary of five years' tests at Edge- 

 combe and at Red Springs, and five at Iredell. 



III. Fertilization and Cultivation of Cokn and Cotton. 



coen. 



Culture. — It unquestionably pays well to thoroughly break and 

 broadcast-harrow land for corn. Using a two-horse plow and run- 

 ning it 8 to 10 inches deep, and afterwards harrowing with large 

 smoothing harrow, puts the land in nice condition. It is also well 

 to run a small-tooth harrow or weeder across corn rows about the time 

 the plants are coming up, and even after they are several inches high, 



Culpepper's Improved was used in the test of 1903. 



