72 



F °Phmts s P ace between plants. About one bushel of seed per 



acre is the usual allowance. 



Many fertilizer formulas have been recommended, 

 and by all kinds of authority, and green manuring is 

 widely advised as a means of getting a supply of cheap 

 ammonia; but, with this crop especially, cheap am- 

 moniates are very dear. The cotton plant should 

 have stored up all the food it needs by the 1st or 15th 



Products of Auburn Cotton Plots, Group 1. 



Yields of Seed Cotton. 



Plot 1. Plot 3. Plot 4. 



750 lbs. 1272 lbs. 1440 lbs. 



of August; from this time on growth should be checked 

 that the plant may develop the formation of seed and 

 lint. If, on the contrary, plant food is still supplied 

 late in the season, new growth is the result, and in con- 

 sequence a lessened production of lint and seed. The 

 lower grade ammoniates, such as cotton-seed meal, 

 green manuring, tankage, and dried blood, continue 

 to supply available Nitrogen until checked by cold 



