Food for J he above is a copy of a series of experiments conducted 



Plants ^^^. £ g gj^^i^j^^ £g^^ ^f Centenery, S. C. Mr. Smith 



30 explains the low average production of the 36 experimental 

 plots, 777 lbs., as compared with 1250 lbs. average for the 

 balance of the farm, first by the fact that in many instances 

 no fertilizer or much less than the regular formula for the 

 balance of the farm was used, and also savs: "The low 

 average production of the experimental plots as compared 

 with the rest of the farm may also be accounted for by the 

 differences in time of preparation and planting, and the 

 coming up of the crop, which was slow on account of the 

 drought, after planting." In experiment No. ^o Peterkin 

 seed was used, in No. 31 Black seed, in No. 32 Cook's 

 Improved, and in No. 33 Mr. Smith used his own cotton-seed. 



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The Cotton Bolls on the Nitrate Plot were better developed and larger, ami 



opened better. They did not shed as much during the rainy season. 



There were also many more bolls on the Nitrate Plot. 



Cotton and Fiber Plants. 



Cotton is profitably grown on nearly all kinds of soil, 

 but does best perhaps on a strong, sandy loam. On light 



