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gray soil, manured with, 200 lbs. kaiuit, 140 lbs. bone dust, 

 60 lbs. cotton seed meal per acre. Cultivation, lioed one 

 time, and then hilled. Planted May 21st ; harvested August 

 25th. First ripe July 31st. Yield about 35 bush, per acre. 

 Quality good. Growth and yield satisfactory, though there 

 were some missing hills. 



Mr. T. thinks the growth and yield could have been in- 

 creased by better culture and by cutting the stalks earlier 

 than this was cut. 



Jerusalem Corn. — Soil same as above, manured with 330 

 lbs. kainit, 130 lbs. bone dust per acre. Culture same as 

 i\\Q Kaffir. Planted May 23d ; harvested August 25th. First 

 ripe last of July. Yield about 30 bush, per acre. Quality 

 good. A good many seeds did not come up. The growth 

 and yield very satisfactory ; at the same time better culture 

 would have given better results. Well pleased with it. 



Rape. — High elevation, gray soil, manured with 330 lbs. 

 kainit, 160 lbs. bone dust, 100 lbs. cotton seed meal per acre. 

 Cultivation, several hoeings. Planted May 26th. Quality 

 of product good. Only a few seeds sprouted, and they made 

 enormous bunches of leaves that were as good as cabbage. 

 Will try it again with a heavier manuring. Insect enemies, 

 the common cabbage worm. 



Alfalfa. — Soil same as the foregoing, manuring — 100 lbs. 

 lime, 200 lbs. kainit, 40 lbs. bone dust per acre. Planted 

 May 26th. Sprouted June 2d, and up to Nov. 26th, rootlets 

 had grown about a foot long. Prospects good for its doing 

 well after it becomes firmly rooted. Growth continues from 

 year to year. 



Sioeet Clover. — Soil as above, manured with 100 lbs. lime, 

 200 lbs. kainit, 100 lbs. bone dust, 40 lbs. cotton seed meal 

 per acre. Planted May 20th. Complete failure. 



KEPOKT OF Hon. J. C. OTT, 



FLORENCE, LAUDERDALE COUNTY. 



Egijptian Cotton. — Soil level, on Cox's Creek, fertilized 

 with acid phosphate, and cotton seed meal. Cultivated like 



