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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



"One thousand pounds of castor beans contain 35 lbs. nitrogen, 4 

 lbs. potash, aud 14 lbs. phosphoric acid. The pods gathered with this 

 amount of beans weigh approximately 800 lbs. and contain 13 lbs. nitro- 

 gen, 4G lbs. potash, and H lbs. phosphoric acid." 



Cotton and corn experiments, 1897, B. C. Pittuck (Texas Sta. 

 Bid. 45, pp. 977-1008, pis. 5). — The experiments comprised variety and 

 distance tests with cotton and fertilizer tests with cotton and corn. A 

 description of the soil and climate, chemical and mechanical analyses 

 of the soil, and meteorological data for the entire year are given. The 

 results of the experiments are tabulated, and the results of variety 

 tests with cotton and corn in 1894 and 1895 are summarized. The 

 results of the cotton and corn experiments made in 1894 (E. S. It., 7, 

 pp. 114, 115) are appended in abstract form. 



The variety and distance experiments with cotton were made with 5 

 varieties planted at different distances. The following table shows the 

 comparison of distances of planting and the yields of varieties: 



Yield of varieties of cotton at different distances. 



Bohemian, Texas Oak, and Jones Improved gave the largest yield 

 in groups 1, 2, aud 3, respectively. 



Nitrogenous, phosphatic, aud potassic fertilizers were applied to cot- 

 ton singly and combined. Plats which received boneblack, cotton- 

 seed meal, or cotton-hull ashes at the rate of 500 lbs. per acre produced 

 the best yields of those receiving single applications. Of the complete 

 fertilizers, the application of 200 lbs. acid phosphate and 4,000 lbs. 

 barnyard manure per acre gave the best yield. The best results in the 

 eutire test were obtained from the application of 500 lbs. boneblack 

 per acre. 



In the fertilizer test with corn, the largest yield followed the appli- 

 cation of 500 lbs. per acre of acid phosphate. Of the nitrogenous fer- 

 tilizers, barnyard manure at the rate of 4,000 lbs. per acre, and of the 

 potash fertilizers, cotton-hull ashes at the rate of 500 lbs. per acre. 

 gave the best yields. Of the complete fertilizers, the application of 100 

 lbs. kainit, 400 lbs. acid phosphate, and 150 lbs. muriate of potash pe r 

 acre gave the best results. 



Report upon the grasses and forage plants of central Texas, 

 H. L. Bentlev ( TJ. 8. Dept. Ayr., Division of Agrostology Bui. 10, pp. 38, 

 Jigs. 11). — This bulletin discusses the early conditions of the ranches of 



