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near stables withstand rust better than old lands void of 

 humus." 



From J. H. Evans, Therissa, Ga. : 



"I have been using German kainit on parts of my lands 

 most affected by rust for several years and am well pleased 

 with the results." 



From S. M. Cathcart, Rehoboth, Ala. : 



" We have cotton rust more or less every year on our old 

 worn lands. It is worse on sandy swamp or bottom lands. 

 My soil is gray sandy upland with sandy subsoil, and sandy 

 bottom lands with sandy subsoil. I have used kainit some. 

 Think it prevents rust to some extent. Cotton rusts very 

 little on new land, old fence rows and rich spots near barns. 

 I think if we will keep the soil filled with vegetable matter 

 there will be very little rust." 



From Frank Shackelford, Sr., Colquitt, Ala.: 



"My experience coincides with yours that cotton seldom 

 rusts that grows on fence rows, ditch banks or other unus- 

 ually rich spots, especially so if made rich by barn yaid 

 manure." 



From H. H. Hayes, Camden, Ala. : 



" 1. My cotton was not damaged by rust in 1896, but in 

 1897 it was injured about one-fourth by black rust. 



" 2. My land is a gray sand with clay foundation about 

 ten or twelve inches deep. It rusts worse where the sand is 

 coarsest. There was not much difference in 1897, nearly all 

 the gray land rusted. 



" 3. I have not used kainit. 



" 4. New land does not rust. Old fence rows do not rust. 

 Rich places do not rust. Old land rusts worse than fresh 

 land. 



" I think the seasons have more to do with cotton rust 

 than the land. Some years one place will rust and the next 

 year it will not, and some other places will rust that did not 

 that year." 



From H. L. Bedford, of the Cotton Planters' Journal, 

 Bailey, Tenn. : 



" 1. Have never been seriously troubled by rust. 



" 2. My soil is a clay loam. Rust is worse on worn land 

 deficient in drainage. Observed it once on new land full of 



