FIELD ("ROI'S. L061 



The yields of com were but Blightly affected by the method of preparing the soil 

 or planting the crop. Plowing under Egyptian clover and subsequently a crop of 

 cowpeas increased the succeeding corn crop !» l>u. per acre. Corn stover, cotton-seed 

 hulls, or tasseling corn plants plowed under Bhowed no very marked advantage, bul 

 the benefits from successive applications of cotton-seed hulls and corn Btover became 

 greater each year. Tests made on prairie soils showed that vegetable matter rich in 

 nitrogen, such as is afforded by barnyard manure, Bweel clover, and cowpeas, ie 

 needed t'<>r their improvement. 



On poor reddish prairie soils both acid phosphate and cotton-seed meal increased 

 the yield of cotton quite profitably, the increase being 66 ll.s. of lint per acre with the 

 phosphate and 40 lbs. of lint with the COtton-seed tnt-al. Kainit was found useless 

 in this fertilizer experiment with cotton. Nitrate of soda, cotton Beed, cotton-seed 

 meal, and cow manure, at the rate of 44, 134, LOO, and 2,704 lbs. per acre, respectively, 

 used separately, were found profitable for cotton on all grades of prairie land. Acid 



phosphate did not give decisive results on black slough land hut on poor reddish 

 prairie soil this substance and slag phosphate were both found highly profitable. 

 ( )n gray prairie land in good condition the use of silt) lbs. of a complete home-mixed 

 fertilizer, or S to 10 tons of barnyard manure gave good returns. Acid phosphate 

 and cotton-seed meal were both more effective w hen applied before planting. The 

 nitrate of soda gave good results when applied at the first or Second cultivation of 

 cotton. Manure from cattle fed on cotton-seed meal and hulls, applied in a small 

 amount in the drill in both cotton and corn culture, increased the yield for each ton 

 of manure about L8 per cent in the first crop after the application, 1 ."> per cent in the 

 second, and 9 per cent in the third, the increase aggregating in value in the :; years 

 from s-i.i; to $11.94 per ton of manure. 



Fertilizer applications for cotton and oats are su^ested. 



Cotton culture, K. J. Redding {Georgia Sta. Bul. 70, />/>. 61-90). — This bulletin 

 is the report for 1905 on cotton experiments in progress at the station (E. 8. R., 16, 



p. Mill I. 



In the variety test of this year Cook Improved, which ranked first among .'!<> vara - 

 ties in total value of crop produced, also stood fust in earliness. The value of lint 

 and seed produced by the different sorts ranged from $44.68 to $66.11 per acre. Cook 

 Improved produced •").'!.■ ! lbs. of lint per acre and 880 Lbs. of seed, and the next ranking 

 variety, Brown No. 1, yielded 488 lbs. of lint and 7<>7 lbs. of seed. These two sorts 

 were followed by Layton Improved, Moss Improved, Southern Wonder, ami Toole 

 Improved, mentioned in the decreasing order of total value produced, and ail yield- 

 ing over $57 worth per acre of lint and seed. The average height of the varieties 

 grown was:;. ii7 ft., the range being from 3.23 ft for. Ion.-. Re-Improved to 4. 18 ft. for 

 Lewis Prize. Moss Improved was the latest maturing variety. The best half of the 

 varieties tested showed a tendency to produce a higher percentage of lint, a some- 

 what heavier holl, smaller seeds, and earlier maturing plants than the less produc- 

 tive half. 



The results of 3 years' fertilizer experiments indicate that when nitrogen is given 

 in the form of cotton-seed meal the best yields are obtained by making the entire 

 application before planting. Such an application bedded on about 2 weeks previous 

 to planting was found to induce early fruiting. From L6 to 20 Lbs. of nitrate of soda 

 per acre, applied in the furrow with the seed, has given good returns at the station. 



Substituting for one-half the quantity of cotton-seed meal its equivalent in nitrate of 

 soda and applying the same as late as June 26 proved profitable. In the experience 

 of the station growing cotton and corn simultaneously on the same ground can not 

 he recommended. 



The Mai lory plan of preparing land for cotton Bhowed no advantages over the 

 ordinary method. The Mai lory plan consists m throwing furrows S m. deep at half 

 the distance apart of the intended cotton rows, and running deep Bubsoil furrows 



