CONCLUSIONS. 



1st. It pays to apply uitrogeuous fertilizers to cottou on 

 sandy land, provided there are good rains following their 

 applications. 



2nd. 200 pounds applied in June will be as profitable as 

 100 pounds in June and 100 pounds in July. 



The following table shows the yield per plot and the profit 

 from each ]ilot fertilized after planting. 



In calculating profit, the cost of nitrate of soda laid down 

 in Auburn is used, and cottou seed meal is valued at $22 per 

 ton. The seed cotton is valued at .02\ cents per pound. 



The following table shows the results of this experiment : 



o 



O 



June 22nd 

 Name and quan- 

 tity of fertilizers 

 applied interoiil- 

 turally. 



July 7th 

 Xame and quanti- 

 ty of fertilizers 

 applied intercul- 

 turally. 



r^ <L a. 



c .i 3 .2 -"^ .i 



3-1 >a O P.:"^ ^ 



,« <K S . •" »- m 



i2 aJ ^oi o oi 2. 



^ "^ c r <v-^^ 



< -~ -^ . 

 rt fcn r* 



o tH 



I- o 



100 lbs cotton 100 lbs cotton 



seed meal.. seed meal 



200 " " " 200 " 



Check 



50 lbs nitrate soda. 50 lbs nitrate soda 

 100 " " " 100 " 



Check 



300 lbs cotton seed 



meal 



(( (I 



59 9 898.5 



70 1 

 50.1 

 67.6 

 63 6 

 45.5 



1051.5 

 751.5 



1014. 

 954. 

 682.5 



60.9 913.5 



2.20 ' 2.33 



4.40 



2.82 

 5.64 



2.20 



3.95 



4 60 



.28 



2.71 



EXPERIMENTS WITH COTTON, 1893. 



A COMPARISON OF VARIETIES. 



This experiment consists of a comparison of twenty varie- 

 ties of cotton. In preparing the land for planting, all the 

 plots were fertilized alike. The rows were laid-off S.j feet 

 wide, and the cotton planted in checks 3^ feet apart. The 

 culture of ever}^ plot, 1-20 of an acre, was the same. The 

 cotton was carefully picked and weighed, and the following 

 tabulated statement shows not only the total yield per acre, 

 but the yield per acre of each variety at every picking, and 

 the date of same. Each variety was kept to itself until the 

 time of ginning, when it was re-weighed and ginned sepa- 

 rately. 



The following is the table, showing list of varieties : 



