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lina, $14,368,100; South Carolina, $20,104,305; 

 Georgia, $22,719,760; Florida, $3,5 2 3>395 Ala " 

 bama, $8,200,000; Mississippi, $4,055,540; Ten- 

 nessee, $1,172, 240; Louisiana, $1,820,200; Texas, 

 $860,000. 



The above figures represent the value of 

 commercial fertilizers and cotton seed meal 

 used. No report was given of the amount of 

 cottonseed meal used in Alabama, Tennessee, 

 Louisiana, and Texas. The above table does 

 not take into account a large amount of cotton 

 seed and other fertilizing materials of which no 

 official record was kept. While all of this 

 fertilizer was not used for cotton, it was paid for 

 out of the proceeds of the cotton crop. 



Until recent fertilizer laws were passed in the 

 states requiring a guaranteed analysis to be 

 stamped on the package, unscrupulous manu- 

 facturers and dealers sold much cheap, inferior 

 goods to the farmers at high prices. The law 

 does not prevent making cheap grade fertilizer, 

 but it must be branded so that the purchaser 

 will know just what he is buying. The average 

 farmer wants a cheap grade article notwith- 

 standing the fact that the plant food in a high 

 grade is cheaper and more satisfactory. It is 



