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From a study of the table several important points immediately 

 present themselves. The decided earliness of fruit production upon 

 the King plats is very noticeable. During August all of the King 

 plats had opened a sufficient number of bolls to be picked over, while 

 but one of the Rowden plats could be picked. The uniform earli- 

 ness of the fertilized as compared with the unfertilized plats is also 

 noticeable; for instance, on September 30 Plat I — King seed, fertil- 

 ized — ^had produced 2,447 pounds seed cotton, while on the same date 

 Plat III — King seed, unfertilized — had produced but 1,333 pounds. 

 ' Comparing results from the use of the three different fertilizers, plats 

 upon which the complete fertilizer was applied excelled both in 

 earliness and total production. The average yield per acre in pounds 

 of seed cotton was 1,043.26, 836, and 833.37 upon the plats fertilized 

 with complete fertilizer, potash compound, and acid phosphate, re- 

 spectively. The contrast in earliness and total yield in the case of 

 Plat VIII, planted with unimproved seed and unfertilized, and the 

 various other plats is so marked as to need no special mention. 



NEW BOSTON FARMS. 



Twelve plats of 4 acres each were used in the experiment con- 

 ducted upon the plantation of Mr. H. B. Eubank during 1905. The 

 soil upon which the experimental farm was located consists of a sandy 

 loam, with a red clay admixture. 



The exceedingly adverse weather conditions during the spring and 

 early summer greatly handicapped the experiment, and resulted in 

 a smaller yield than was anticipated; however, all circumstances con- 

 sidered, the results were very satisfactory. 



The experiment consisted of a fertilizer test in which King, 

 Rowden, and gin seed were used. The best results, both in earliness 

 and total production, were obtained by using King seed, fertilized 

 with 300 pounds of cotton-seed meal and 100 pounds of acid phos- 

 phate per acre. Ahnost as good returns Avere secured by using King 

 seed fertilized with 100 pounds per acre of each of the following: 

 Acid phosphate, German kainit, and nitrate of soda. 



During the past season Mr. J. N. Glass conducted a similar experi- 

 ment upon his plantation, which is located in the deep sandy land 

 region south of New Boston. Owing to the comparative freedom 

 from boll worm injury the cultural methods employed were not put 

 to a severe test, hence the results as shown by the total yield from 

 plats where fertilizers and improved seed were used and early plant- 

 ing and thorough cultivation were practiced can not be satisfactorily 

 compared with the yields from unfertilized plats planted to gin seed 



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