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uitrate of soda, costing $1.8-7, making the total cost of fertilizer 

 $4.42 per acre for the gi'ain. 



The results of fertilizing the wheat were as follows : 

 The unfertilized wheat produced 6^ bushels per acre; the fer- 

 tilized, 14 bushels, giving a difference of 7f bushels per acre due 

 to fertilizer. With wheat at $1 per bushel this would mean $7.66. 

 The cost of the fertilizer was $4.42. 



The oats showed a still greater difference in yield due to fei-- 

 tilizer, the yield being 10 bushels per acre for unfertilized and 21 

 bushels per acre with fertilizer, making a difference of 11 bushel? 

 per acre due to fertilizer. With oats at 60 cents per bushel this 

 would be $6.60. 



Following the wheat and oats and after the ground had been 

 plowed 8 to 10 inches deep, peas were planted, with an application 

 of 300 pounds of 14 per cent acid phosphate per acre, costing $2.10. 

 Where the production of pea hay was as much as 1,500 pounds per 

 acre it was cut and used for hay. Smaller amounts were left on the 

 ground and plowed under the following spring when the land was 

 broken to a depth of about 10 inches. 



Cotton was planted the third year after the peas. This section 

 of the State is in the northern extremity of the cotton belt, which 

 makes the cotton crop too late to be followed by small grain. Crim- 

 son clover or rye is usually sown in the cotton as a cover crop and 

 the land planted to com the following spring. 



During the first years crimson clover did not succeed on account 

 of the seasons and poor land; in fact, the first satisfactory catch 

 of crimson clover was obtained in cotton in the fall of 1910, after 

 a good application of manure to the land the previous spring. 



Crop Yields. — The crops and yields for this year were as follows : 

 50 acres of cotton yielded 28 bales, at a cost of $16.25 per acre. 

 65 acres of corn produced 1,000 bushels of corn and about 30 

 tons of stover, the yield of corn being about 15^ bushels per acre, 

 and the cost $15 per acre. The corn was grown mainly on the new 

 and rough land, which accounts for the low yield and high cost of 

 cultivation. 



6^ acres of wheat produced 70 bushels or 10.8 bushels per acre, 

 at a cost of $7.70 per acre. 



Buildings. — A cattle barn 60x100 feet, with large, roomy loft, 

 was erected during the fall. This barn was built mainly for use 

 in feeding cattle and was divided into eight stalls 18x20 feet, with 

 water in each stall conveyed through pipes from the reservoir near 

 the dwelling. The barn cost $912. Two grain rooms 18x20 feet 

 were made in the barn afterwards, and a 14-foot shed built on the 

 south side, for sheltering the cattle and protecting the manure, at 

 a cost of $83, making the total cost $995. 



