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without being disturbed. He applied in the drill 120 pounds of Peru- 
vian guano to the acre, and obtained from the yield 9,376 pounds of 
seed cotton, or about 1,042 pounds per acre. At date of his report, 
February, 1870, very little live grass was left on the field, but large 
quantities of dr y turf, and he was about to plant again in cotton with 
expectations of an increased product. 
Oats as a preparatory for cotton.—Mr. E. M. Pendleton, of Sparta, Geor- 
gia, in recommending oats asa preparatory erop for cotton, states his own 
experience in illustr ation of his views. During the last season he made a 
crop of oats sufficient to last six mules four months, and the cotton seed 
employed as a fertilizer for the crop more than paid for itself by the 
increase of vegetable matter remaining in the soil. The same amount 
-of corn and fodder made on the land would have cost four times as 
great an outlay, and the benefit of the cotton seed would not have 
reached beyond the crop for which it was applied. He adds that, under 
proper methods of culture, a good stand of oats could be assured, and 
the amount of humus practically created by this crop is quadraple that 
left by the corn crop. On his own farm he practices a rotation of small 
grain dressed with cotton seed one year, and cotton dressed with a 
nitrophosphate the next year, and by this course he constantly increases 
the productiveness of his land. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Haperiments on mangolds.—The following table presents results of ex- 
periments made in 1869, under the direction of Professor Voelcker, in 
applying various fertilizers to mangolds on light land in good condition. 
Two localities are included in the report—lvor Moor, near Uxbridge, 
and Escrick Park, near York, England. At Ivor Moor, the seed was 
sown April 27. The artificial manures were sown with ashes to secure 
their uniform distribution, and harrowed in. The roots were harvested 
November 2. At Escrick Park the mangolds were sown May 11, on a 
field which had been cropped in barley in 1868. The soil was of a light, 
sandy character, and though naturally poor was in good condition. The 
roots were harvested November 11. In both cases the experimental 
field was divided into eleven plots of one-twentieth of an acre each. 
Professor Voelcker remarks that in former years he had applied potash 
salts alone to a variety of crops, but had found that in most cases little 
benefit had resulted from these salts unsupported by other fertilizing 
agents; therefore they were not employed in these experiments. The 
table gives the amounts of manure e applied, and the produets obtained 
per acre 
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BS 
Ba Ivor Moor Escrick Park 
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I a a product per acre. product per acre. 
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| Tons. Cwts. Lbs. Tons. Owts. Lvs. 
Ben NP MMAMUTE Looe sc cls cec ee oe co oe 21s \" Vigy 90 a | 0 
2 | Mineralsuperphosphate ----- cwh--| 3 O31 tO 0 23 10 0 
o§ | Mineral superphosphate..-.--. doze Ord on 5 = 
3} ie A ee Apel ea ui ea, pea ape 29 o 4 
Mineralsuperphosphate.-.-.. doo. =| 53 ut eh ee 
43 Peruvian guano......-..---- dot Gegin ieee We sad ? e 
2 tl Peruvian puso 22k She dis 4a /'53 23 10h 24 8615 0 
6 -J\No.munoure J...2-5- 0... 2S cet eseeee lye Bt asl 23 0 0 21 0 0 
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