THE SOIL. 



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Samples Nos. 23653, 32653. 



This sample is taken from George Britt's place at Milepost 41. Water soft. 

 Field has been under ctiltivation thirty years. High, flat woods. Fertilized 

 with a cheap manTire, 200 pounds to the acre. Crops raised m this field consist 

 of cotton, corn, and sugar cane. I would call your attention to the fact that in 

 this field there is a disease in the cotton called " " l)lack root. ' ' The root turns 

 Idack and the plant dies. Mr. Britt worild like to know if this is caused by the 

 soil; if so, what can be done to remedy it. 



Samples Nos. 22654, 22655. 



This sample is from Milepost 46. High, flat woods, and remarkably rich. The 

 sample was taken from \'irgin soil in the pine woods. Water soft. Well 10 to 12 

 feet deep. 



The farms from which these samples have been taken have from 1 to 3 acres 

 in sugar cane, and they raise from 10 to 12 barrels of sirup to the acre. 



It must be remembered that the section of the country throiigh which the 

 Jackson\nlle and Southwestern Railroad runs is entirely a new coimtry, nearly 

 all of the land being \nrgin , with here and there a few places which have been in 

 cultivation for years. This virgin soil with a little assistance should produce 

 from 10 to 15 barrels of sirup to the acre. 



Egypt. Ga. — Samples Nos. 22658, 22659. 



Land owned by Mr. E. E. Foy. This land has been in cultivation twentj^-eight 

 years. This year and last it was planted in cane. It was planted in rye in 1899, 

 on which no fertilizer was used. The fertilizer iised on cane crop both this year 

 and last was stable manure, about a ton per acre, supplemented with about 200 

 pounds each of cotton-seed meal and acid phosphate. Land level and sandy. 



Adrian, Ga.— Samples Nos. 22660, 22661. 



Land owned by Capt. T. J. James. Land at present planted in cane; also last 

 year. Formerly planted in corn and oats. Each crop fertilized with about 200 

 poimds of guano. Land level and sandy: free from stones; not very well 

 drained. This land has only been in cultivation about five years. 



Americus, Ga. — Samples Nos. 22662, 22663. 



Land owned by Mr. Tawson; rented by Stapleton for several years. Land has 

 been in cultivation twenty years or more. A small creek within 300 yards of the 

 edge of the field. Rather rolling, with a stiff clay subsoil. The field from wliicli 

 this sample is taken is typical of the land ujion which cane is usually grown, 

 rather than typical of the general soil of the locality. This land was in cane 

 last year, but this season is not idanted in anything. Fertilizer u.sed last year 

 and the year before consisted of 200 pounds of cotton-seed meal and 150 pounds 

 of acid phosphate. 



Albany, Ga.— Samples Nos. 22664, 22665. 



Land owned by Mr. Morris Wesloski. This sample is taken from land which 

 is at present in Irish potatoes and was in cane for two years preceding. Fertili- 

 zer used on the land this year was about 600 pounds of guano per acre. On the 

 cane the same fertilizer was used, about 400 jiounds per acre. Land is level, a 

 dark loam. Field from which sample was taken is typical of the whole locality. 



Hartford, Ala. — Samples Nt)s. 22666. 22667. 



Land owned by J. W. McKinney. Has been in cultivation about seven years. 

 At present is planted in cane; last year in sweet potatoes. Samples taken from a 



