vi TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER III. MANURES AND FERTILIZING 

 MATERIALS. 



By J. E. Halligan, Chemist in Charge, Louisiana State Ex- 

 periment Station. 



PAGE 

 SECTION XI. FARM MANURES . . . . . . .58 



SECTION XII. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS . . . . . 62 



SECTION XIII. VALUATION OF FERTILIZERS . . . -67 



SECTION XIV. MIXING FERTILIZERS 69 



SECTION XV. APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS 72 



CHAPTER IV. FARM CROPS. 



SECTION XVI. DIVERSIFICATION AND ROTATION OF CROPS . . 75 



By Prof. Lyman Carrier, Department of Agronomy, Virginia 



Polytechnic Institute. 



SECTION XVII. CORN 83 



By Prof. A. D. Shamel, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



SECTION XVIII. METHODS OF CULTURE OF CORN . -93 



SECTION XIX. COTTON 104 



By Prof. W. R. Dodson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, 

 Louisiana State University, and Director Louisiana Ex- 

 periment Stations. 



SECTION XX. THE CULTURE OF COTTON in 



SECTION XXL RICE 118 



By Prof. W. R. Dodson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, 

 Louisiana State University, and Director Louisiana Ex- 

 periment Stations. 



SECTION XXII. WHEAT, OATS, RYE, AND BARLEY . . .125 



By Prof. O. D. Center, Department of Crop Production, 



University of Illinois. 



SECTION XXIII. SUGAR CANE 150 



By Prof. H. P. Agee, Asst. Director in Charge, Louisiana 

 Sugar Experiment Station. 



