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ordinary cotton. Planted April 17tli, first open boll Sept. 

 21st; harvested Nov. 1st. Yield about 250 lbs per acre. 

 Quality of product good. Growth vigorous, 3 to 5 feet 

 high. Yield poor on account of maturing so late. Peer- 

 less cotton on the same land produced 1,100 lbs. per acre. 



Egyptian CoUon{AJjfi). — Soil same as above, manuring same 

 as above. Cultivated same as ordinary cotton. Planted 

 April 17th, first open Oct. 1st. Yield practically nothing. 

 Growth extremely vigorous, from 6 to 10 feet high. All 

 labor and fertilizer and use of land lost. 



Spanish Peanut. — Soil level, on creek, manured with cotton 

 seedmeaL Cultivated about the same as cotton. Planted 

 April 27th ; harvested Sept. 18th. Yield per acre about 63 

 bushels. Quality very good. Growth vigorous. 



Yellow Millo Maize. — Soil about the same as above, ma- 

 nured with cotton seed meal. Cultivation : Broke land in 

 Nov. and again in April, just before planting. Planted May 

 1st ; harvested at intervals. First ripe middle of August. 

 Last ripe Oct. 1st. Quality of product, very best. Vigorous 

 growth, abundant yield of green feed, the use of which I 

 mostly made of it. 



Mr. Ott says it is very valuable as a green feed and for fod- 

 der, producing two or three crops from the same planting. 

 Jerusalem Corn. — Soil similar to that on which the fore- 

 going were planted, manured with cotton seed meal. Culti- 

 vation : Broke land in Nov. and again in April and plowed 

 with double shovel. Planted May 1st, first ripe last of July, 

 last ripe Aug. 20th ; harvested Aug. 28th. Yield and quality 

 not good, on account of excessive rains, causing the seeds to 

 mould before maturing. Growth very vigorous. 



Red Kaffir Corn. — Soil same as preceding experiments, 

 manured with cotton seed meal. Land was broken in No- 

 vember and re-broke in April, cultivated with a double 

 shovel. Planted May 1st, first ripe Sept. 1st, last Oct. 15th ; 

 harvested at intervals. Quality of product very good 

 Growth vigorous, yield heavy as a forage plant. Foliage 

 heavy. 



