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lioumls of rotted seed was applied to 1 aere of cotton and aiiotlier acre 

 reeei\ ed no seed. The yield and value of the croi)S froui both'acres 

 arc stated. 



'' From tlie use of the ."iOO |)onnds of seed per aere, costing- -"jl.dli at 

 the rate of $().r)() ])er ton, the prolit is |;3.93; oi- in otiier words, if a ton 

 of seed eostin.u' •'?(;.;■■)() had been ai>plied to 4 acres at t lie rale <d" ."">(>(• pounds 

 per aere the i)ro(it would ha\»' been ■t'b'i.TL*." 



CotU))i strd vs. cotton-seed meal as a fertilizer (pp. I, o). — 'I'he \ i<'lils 

 and tinancial results are j»iveu of raisinj; cotton with th,- use of codon 

 seed and of cotton-seed meal, each ai)[)lied at the rat(; of odO pounds 

 per acre. Q'he cotton seed is (pu)ted at $0.50 per ton and cotton-seed 

 meal at $1*0 per ton. At these iirices there was practically no ditler- 

 euce in the tinancial results from usiut; the two materials. 



Rotation e.i^yer intent (pp. 5, (>). — IJesults are tabulated tor the first and 

 second year of a rotation experiment with cotton, corn, tield peas, aud 

 barley. 



Soil test Huth fertilizers {\)\). 0-10). — Tn this soil test cotton-seed meal, 

 kainit, and acid phosphate, .500 pounds of each, were ap[)lied se[>a- 

 rately on 3 twentieth-acre plats and 1 i)lat remained unmanuied. The 

 largest yield of seed cotton, 199 pounds per acre, was obtained with 

 cotton-seed meal. 



Comparative value of varieties (pp. 10-13). — The results are tabulated 

 and discussed for 11 varieties of cotton raised at the station, and the 

 results are given of tests of varieties made by the Louisiana, Missis- 

 sippi, and (ieorjj;ia Stations. 



Bottom aud top bolls (p. 11). — Ueternunations were made of the seed 

 cotton, seed, lint, and staple from 500 mature bolls of Peerless cotton 

 picked from the top and 500 from the l)ottom of the stalk. According 

 to the data given "the top bolls are far inferior in production to the bot- 

 tom bolls; 500 bottom bolls correspond to 637 top, bolls." 



Cotton culture (pp. 14, 15). — Brief remarks are made on the distance of 

 planting cotton, and on deej) and shallow culture for cotton. 



Bakley and rye (p. 10). — The yields are given of barley and rye 

 planted for green soiling on plats without fertilizers and on those in 

 which pea vines had been plowed under. The yields of both were 

 considerably larger on the plat where pea vines were used. 



Connecticut State Station, Annual Report, 1891 (pp. 208). 



Eeport of board of control (pp. 9-11). — A brief outline of the 

 work of the station during the year. 



Eepoet of Treasurer (p. 12). — A statement of receipts and expen- 

 ditures during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, 



Fertilizers (pp. 13-95). — This includes among other things the text 

 of the Connecticut fertilizer law, a list for the year of the fertilizer 

 dealers complying with the law, popular explanations concerning the 

 analysis of fertihzers and the valuatio)i of their ingredients for 1891, 



