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Each plot of two rows each coutained one-forty^second of 

 an acre. The rows ^vere laid off with a shovel ploAv, three 

 pounds of nitrate of soda, six pounds of kainit, and six of 

 acid phosphate mixed, Avere applied in the shovel furrow, 

 then bedded v.ith Dixie plow andthel)eds harrowed. Rows 

 were then run cross, three and one-half feet wide, and plants 

 set in checks. April the twentieth the planting commenced, 

 using plants from the canvas bed. April twenty-fifth and 

 Mav second, all missing hills were replanted, and no more 

 replanting was done on this ground after that time. 



The laud on which this experiment was made, was sandy 

 and of moderate fertility. A succession of crops, princi- 

 pally cotton, had been grown on it tor many years. 



The following table shows the results of yield from land 

 known as branch bottom sandy soil. The plants were set 

 in checks 3., feet each wav : 





p-i 



Names of Varieties. 



IjCoinstock S])a7iish 



I 

 2[Connectii'i:t Seed l.eaf 



4|Havana Seed Leaf 



SiVaelta de Abajo 



13|Pure Havana 



Type. 

 Cigar. 



