TABLE I. Results of fertilizer experiment with sugar cane, Cairo, Ga., 1905 Cormnued. 



Amount of fertilizer and method of 

 application. 



Yield per 

 acre. 



Field Field 

 A. B. 



Sucrose. 



Field Field 



\. 



B. 



Reducing 

 sugar. 



Field Field 

 A. 



Purity. 



Field Field 



2,000 pounds normal formula; 1 appli- 

 cation 



2,000 pounds normal formula; 2 appli- 

 cations... 



.do. 



2,000 pounds normal formula; 3 appli- 

 cations 



2,000 pounds normal formula; broad- 

 cast 



...do... 



Tons. 

 19. 30 



24.90 



2fi. 80 



22.20 



19.55 

 21.50 



Tons. 



22. Hf, 



30.00 

 25. ,50 



25. 95 



20.30 

 23.40 



Per ct. 

 14.32 



13. 65 

 13.97 



14.50 



13.67 



13.82 



Per ct. 



12.95 

 14.79 



13.35 



15.08 

 14.99 



Perct. 

 0.86 



.97 

 .66 



.76 



.99 

 .81 



Perct. 



0.98 

 .81 



1.01 

 .64 



Average . 



22.39 



13. 97 



1,200 pounds revised formula; 1 appli- 



tion 



...do... 



.do. 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



17.80 

 21.00 

 18.00 

 20.35 

 22.10 

 22. 50 



22.30 

 28.15 

 22.05 

 20.00 

 19.85 

 23.50 



15.00 

 13. 82 

 15.22 

 12.74 

 14.40 

 14.55 



14.23 



13.95 

 13.31 

 14.22 



Average.. 



20.29 



720 pounds acid phosphate; 1 appli- 

 cation 



120 pounds muriate of potash; lap- 

 plication 



240 pounds nitrate of soda"; 1 applica- 

 tion... 



No potash; 720 pounds acid phos- 

 phate; 240 pounds nitrate of soda; 

 1 application 



No ammonia; 720 pounds acid phos- 

 phate; 120 pounds muriate of pot- 

 ash ; 1 application 



No phosphate; 120 pounds muriate of 

 potash; 240 pounds nitrate of soda; 

 1 application 



No ammonia; 720 pounds acid phos- 

 phate; 480 pounds kainit; 1 applica- 

 tion 



No potash; 720 pounds acid phos- 

 phate; 480 pounds cotton-seed meal; 

 1 appli 



application.. 



480 pounds kainit 



480 pounds cotton-seed meal 



1,200 pounds normal formula; 1 appli- 

 cation, i>ut soda cot Applied till July. 



1 ,200 pounds normal formula ; 1 appli- 

 cation, but soda not used till July-. 



1,200 pounds normal formula; 2 appli- 

 cations; 3J-foot rows a 



...do... 



1,200 pounds normal formula; 2 appli- 

 cations; 5-foot rows 



...do... 



Ribbon cane; 1,200 



13.70 

 14.50 

 17.40 



17.30 

 16.30 

 15.10 

 12.40 



15.50 



11.25 

 16.00 



17.90 

 18.75 



21.55 

 21.50 



16. 60 

 15. 75 



17.75 



pounds normal 

 formula; 2 applications ............ 



L>4 bushels cotton seed: 7'JO pounds 

 acid phosphate; 120 pounds muri- 

 nte or potnsh; 1 application i'i. >,:, 



:,7 bushels cotton seed: 7:n pounds 

 acid phosphate; r_o pounds muri- 

 ate of potash; 1 application 



22.64 



" " - 



16.00 

 17.40 

 18.90 



21.45 

 19.25 

 20.30 

 16.40 



16.85 



10. 75 

 16.85 



18.00 

 18.90 



27.90 

 22.40 



17.70 

 17.80 



16.40 



Ml. SO 



21.45 



14.24 



15. 43 

 13.74 



14.13 



.67 

 .90 

 .58 

 1.16 

 .92 

 .75 



.81 



.92 

 1.10 

 .92 

 .64 

 .62 

 .78 



.83 



14.97 

 14.70 



14.88 



14.90 

 15.25 

 13.33 

 14.57 



14.16 



13.12 

 14.54 



14.60 



14.78 



13. 42 

 13.31 



13. 41 

 14.18 



14.16 



15.02 

 15.66 

 14.50 



14.53 

 15.11 

 13.54 

 14.88 



15.67 



13.68 

 14.61 



15.10 

 15.22 



15.66 



i.;. xx 



14. 



.56 



78 



1 4. 72 



I I. W 



13.07 



.M 



1.01 

 .64 



.73 



,91 



.92 



.(14 

 .54 

 .73 



.55 

 1.08 

 .56 



.47 



1.01 

 .74 



.58 

 .53 



.49 

 .79 



.46 

 .93 



.64 



.57 

 .99 



a In addition. 10) pounds soda in Juno, and 100 pounds in July. 

 b In addition. 200 pounds of soda in June. 

 By error put in 4-foot rows. 

 rf Added nitrate of soda in July. 



