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mid fifty pounds of seed cotton to the acre. I shall 

 hereafter Use none but the manipulated, commonly 

 known as ' Dickson Preparation/ M 



Experiments with diiferent fertilizers, applied at 

 a cost of $10 per acre, made by James Davidson, 

 Woodville, Georgia ; reported, December 14, 1868 : 



No. 4. Composed of % Peruvian guano, % Wilcox's, ^ Plaster, and 



J4 Salt. 

 No. 5. Composed of % Peruvian guano, % Plaster, and % Salt. 



These fertilizers were distributed evenly and accu- 

 rately in the drill, with "Schofield's Tin Guano 

 Distributor," and then bedded up in the usual way* 



The "boll worm" made its appearance about the 

 15th of August, in great numbers* Its ravages and 

 destruction of young bolls were incredible. About 

 the 1st of September the caterpillar entered the field, 

 and literally) with the exception, now and then, of a 

 small space, stripped the whole surface. Under these 

 circumstances the crops did not average more than 

 one-third to one-half." 



So, it seems, from the above experiments, that, 

 notwithstanding the ravages of the worms, two 

 hundred pounds of Peruvian guano made an increase 

 of four hunded and seventy- eight pounds of seed 

 cotton to the acre, 



