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Mr. Logan, in selecting his ground for experiment, sa^^s 

 that he got an acre as level as possible, plowed it broad- 

 cast from 4 to 6 inches deep on Mar. 1st, and on the 24th 

 run off rows 5 feet apart, using mold board, put in 250 lbs- 

 of fertilizet and run a small plow through it in order to mix 

 it with the soil. In this furrow he dropped the corn and 

 covered with one furrow. On April the 2nd put another 

 furrow on opposite side. 



The experiment was cultivated according to directions 

 and did not lack for work. On May 22nd the other 250 lbs. 

 fertilizer was scattered broad-cast, corn plowed, hoed and 

 put to a stand. Bud worms were very injurious and with 

 difficulty succeeded in getting a stand. From the 14th to 

 the 22nd of May, light showers and some little rain in June, 

 but the corn was in a wilted condition half the time. Mr. 

 Logan thinks on account of the dry weather, that the last 

 250 lbs. of fertilizer did but little good. 



Corn Experiment by Mr. J. P. Oliver. 



DadevUle, TaUapoosa Co., Ala. 



Soil — Gray sandy — sub-soil, clay. 

 Rows 70 yards long — 5 feet wide. 



Corn was planted April Lst. Preparation of land, apply- 

 ing fertilizers and culture of crop according to instructions. 

 Mr. Oliver says that the long and very sevene drought at the 

 time the corn was tasseling and silking, reduced the yield 



