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EXPERIMENT MADE BY W. H. SELLERS. 



Geneva, Geneva County. 



Soil, Sandy; Subsoil, Bed Clay and Sa7id. 



The indications are, from results of two years' experiments by 



Mr. Sellers, that his soil is deficient in the three main elements of 



plant food, as plot No. 9 gives best results for the two years' work. 



No comparison can be made as to floats with nitrogen. No results 



having been reported from floats and green cotton seed in- 1891. 



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15 



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Pounds of Fertilizer 



PER ACKK. 



Pounds of Fkrtilizer 

 Per Plot. 



3 tx 





6 lbs. Nitrate Soda.. . 



15 lbs. Acid Phosphate 



4 lbs. Muriate Potash 



No Manure 



S 6 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 

 I 4 lbs. Muriate Potash 

 U6 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 

 ( 5 lbs. Acid Phosphate 

 j 4 lbs. Muriate Potash, 

 (15 lbs. Acid Phosphate 



No Manure. . . . . 

 ( 6 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 

 "1 15 lbs. Acid Phosphate, 

 ( 4 lbs. Muriate Potash 



15 lbs. Floats . 



j 6 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 



|15 lbs. Floats 



No Manure 



53 lbs. Green Cot. Seed 

 jl5 lbs Floats, 

 ]53 lbs. Gre^^n Cot. See 

 265 lbs. Stable Manure 

 (15 lbs. Acid Phosphate, 

 715 lbs. Cot'n Seed Meal 



96 lbs. Nitrate Soda. . . 

 240 lbs. Acid Phosphate. 



64 lbs. Muriate Potash . 

 No Manure 



96 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 



64 lbs. Muriate Potash. . 



96 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 

 240 lbs. Acid Phosphate 



64 lbs. Muriate Potash, 

 240 lbs. Acid Phosphate. . 

 No Manure 



96 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 



64 lbs. Muriate Potash, 

 240 lbs. Acid Phosphate 

 240 lbs. Floats 



96 lbs. Nitrate Soda, 



240 lbs. Floats 



No Manure 



S4S lbs. Green Cotton Seed 

 240 lbs. Floats, 

 S48 lbs. Green Cotton Seed 

 4,240 lbs Stable Manure . 

 240 lbs. Acid Phosphate, 

 240 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal 





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 208 

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416 



336 

 136 



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 208 



272 

 144 

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272 



272 



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