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 Experiment by Mr. J, A. Evans, Therissa, Ga. 



Mr. Evans used a compost consisting of one part acid 

 phosphate to four parts of stable manure, putting down at 

 the rate of 1,000 lbs per acre in the drill. On this compost^ 

 in the row before bedding, he scattered kainit in quantity 

 ranging from 50 to 100 lbs per acre in certain spots most sub- 

 ject to rust. Owing to a storm that badly injured the cotton 

 as it was opening he did not keep a record of the weights of 

 cotton picked from these plots, but he states that he is satis- 

 fied that when as much as 100 lbs. per acre of kainit was used 

 that the yield was fully doubled, and that when less amounts 

 were used the improvement was less in proportion. Where 

 no kainit was used the cotton stopped growing and died 

 much earlier, and the foliage and stalks were at least onethiid 

 smaller. He considers the kainit not only a successful pre- 

 ventive of rust but a valuable fertilizer for his lands. 



Mr. Evans induced a neighbor, Mr. James Williams, tO' 

 test the kainit also, Mr. Williams used at the rate of 100 lbs. 

 of kainit per acre on some spots very subject to rust, and Mr. 

 Evans states that it more than doubled the yield. 



This land was evidently in need of potash as a manure. 

 In connection with the liberal application of compost and 

 acid phosphate it made a complete fertilizer and that is un- 

 doubtedly the need of many of our southern soils. 



Experiment by Mr. G. H. Turner, Burgess, Miss. 



Mr. Turner reports as follows under date of November 1: 

 " The experiment spoken of was undertaken and carried 

 through, but owing to peculiarities of the season the results 

 are nil, as we have not had a particle of rust anywhere. Not 

 only is this the case with us, but there has been a remark- 

 able immunity from rust throughout this entire section. I do 

 not know of a single farm infested with it this year, let it be 

 ever so poverty stricken or ever so destitute of humus. 

 There are other things that contribute toward an epidemic of 

 rust besides the lack of either humus or chemical elements. 

 The season has been exceptionally seasonable for uplands and 



