SOILS AND FERTILIZERS 



TABLE OF FERTILIZER TEST 



No. of Plat Fertilizer 

 Plat 1 K 



Plat 2 

 Plat 3 

 Plat 4 



Plat 5 



N 

 P 

 Blank 



NK 



Plat 6 PK 



Plat 7 NP 



PKat 8 NPK 



Plat 9 S 



mixed 



mixed 



mixed 



mixed 



Application 



15 Ibs Muriate Potash. 

 20 Ibs Dried Blood. 

 30 Ibs Acid Phosphate. 

 No Fertilizer. 

 15 Ibs Muriate Potash. 

 20 Ibs Dried Blood. 



15 Ibs Muriate Potash. 

 30 Ibs Acid Phosphate. 



20 Ibs Dried Blood. 

 30 Ibs Acid Phosphate. 



20 Ibs Dried Blood. 



15 Ibs Muriate Potash. 



30 Ibs Acid Phosphate. 



Stable manure 



The following table gives the results obtained by 

 the different farmers who undertook the work. 

 Under soil H is heavy, L is light, M, medium. 

 K means potash, N, nitrogen, and P, phosphoric acid. 



A study of this table leads to no satisfactory con- 

 clusions. It seems that phosphoric acid in the form 

 of dissolved South Carolina rock is more likely to 

 give profitable results than applications of any other 

 fertilizing material. Many of the farmers reported 



