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" Old land is most affected by rust. , Seldom find it in 

 new or rich land. 



» Plants growing in fence rows, old barn lots or rich spots 

 seldom b3C3me affected with rust, but when they do the dis- 

 ease seems to be as deadly as on poor soil." 



From J. W. Eubank, Pine Level, Ala. : 



« 1. Yes, in both years, 1896 and 1897, about 20 per cent. 



" 2. Sandy with yellow clay sub-soil. It has been worse 

 on black floury soil that is common in pine lands. 



" 3. I have not used kamit. 



" 4. Old worn land every time. 



" 5. Have noticed it for a series of years, dating back as 

 far as 1849. My long experience and close observation have 

 long since settled the question of cotton rust with me. All 

 forms, colors, and names of rusts in or peculiar to the cotton 

 pUnt are nothiug more or less than poverty. Give the soil 

 all the plant food and moisture required by the cotton plant, 

 with proDsr caltivation, and all forms of rust peculiar to the 

 plant will be unknown." 



From W. G. Bevill, Bevill, Ala. : 



" Will say in response to your questions : 



" 1. I have suft"ered from rust in 1896 and 1897 about 33^ 

 per cent, where kainit was not used. 



" 2. Sandy land, some with clay subsoil and some with- 

 out. It is worse when there is no clay subsoil. 



" 3. I used kainit in 1897 on part of my crop, between 75 

 and 100 pounds per acre. Where I did not use the kainit rust 

 reduced the yield at least 33^ per cent, with the same amount 

 of other fertilizers. 



4. "Old land seems to rust worse than new. I had one 

 patch of an acre and a half that I fertilized with about 450 

 bushels of barnyard manure, composted with about 400 pounds 

 each of acid phosphate and kainit. If it had any rust at all, 

 I did not see it. I gathered from the 14- acres over 1,500 pounds 

 of lint cotton. There are several large trees around one side 

 ot the patch, and about a dozen peach trees on the other. 

 Where it was not injured by the trees it made a the rate of 

 three bales to the acre." 



Mr. Bevill has evidently discovered the true remedy for 

 ■cotton rust. Unfortunately, in some seasons, such heavy 

 manuring may lead to serious loss from boll rot. 



From G. R. Banks, Tallassee, Ala.: 



