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Mr. "Wilkins writes: "I send you the result of 

 my experiments with fertilizers, on twelve acres. 

 The soil is what would be termed red, stiff land in 

 this country. The land was broken up seven (7) 

 inches deep in January, with turning plows. On the 

 2cl of May it was run off with a long six (6) inch 

 scooter plow the rows run three feet nine inches 

 apart. A wide, very long shovel plow was then run 

 in the scooter furrow, the fertilizers then applied, in 

 the furrow, and the rows bedded with a turning plow. 



The seasons were favorable until the middle of 

 July then about three weeks parching, dry, hot 

 weather. Though the balance of the season, was. 

 very propitious, yet the cotton never recovered from 

 the effects of the hot weather in July. The cater- 

 pillars made their appearance in September, and did 

 some damage perhaps a loss of two hundred and 

 fifty pounds to the acre. 



I manured all my cotton with fertilizers (mostly 

 the manipulations Nos. 1 and U) and am well pleased 

 with the result. My crop averaged nine hundred 



