144 COTTON 



No. 2. Acid Phosphate 1000 pounds 



Cotton Seed Meal 600 pounds 



Nitrate of Soda 100 pounds 



Kainit 300 pounds 



Total 2000 pounds 



No. 3. Acid Phosphate 850 pounds 



Fish Scrap 700 pounds 



Kainit 450 pounds 



Total 2000 pounds 



THE QUANTITY YOU SHALL USE 



The quantity of fertilizer to use per acre will 

 depend upon the following conditions: 



Producing power of the land 



Preparation that has been given the land 



Kind of crop grown the previous year 



Richness of fertilizer 



Previous treatment of the soil 



Kind of season. 



By your own judgment you will have to deter- 

 mine the quantity to use per acre. Learn your 

 soil by careful observation, study and experimenta- 

 tion year after year." All the way from 200 to 1000 

 pounds of fertilizer are now used per acre. What 

 is best for your soil and conditions lies doubtless 

 within these limits. 



Try the following plan of questioning your own 

 land, and the answers will be far more valuable to 

 you than any foreign advice : 



Choose a small area that is reasonably typical of 



