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CoEN Experiment by Me. A. C. Walkee, 



Wheelers Station, Laivrence County, Alabama. 



Soil — Sandy, yellow clay foundation. 

 Eows 70 yards long, 5 feet wide. 



Mr. Walker makes the following statement concerning 

 preparation, planting, culture, &g. : March 12th, broke land 

 with single Oliver chilled plow, the soil being too thin to 

 use the double plow as it would have turned up too much 

 clay. Then harrowed over and planted in 5 feet rows. Be- 

 fore planting, drilled the fertilizer in the rows, run a scooter 

 in it to mix it thoroughly with the soil, dropped the corn and 

 covered with a scooter, using two lists. The seasons were 

 all that could be desired up to May 15th. Plowed over with 

 Iron Age 5 tooth Cultivator and planted peas in middles, 

 at the same time sowing the other two sacks of fertilizers. 

 Corn grew off well, was laid-by June 1st, seasons still very 

 favorable. July 13th, manured plot began to tassel and 

 silk, and fully 12 feet high. The un manured plot still very 

 small and just shooting and beginning to tassel in spots. 



The manured half acre ripened fully two weeks before the 

 other. A severe storm blew it down, and the yield was 

 lessened, but the test shows that the acid phosphate and 

 cotton seed meal are a perfect fertilizer for this light soil. 



