Food for One hundred pounds of Nitrate of Soda may be used 



. as a top-dressing four weeks after planting. 



74 Successful results have been obtained by using 



Nitrate alone, either at the time of planting, at the 

 ratio of 100 pounds to the acre, or a spoonful of this 

 salt placed around and near each cotton bush later, 

 mixing it thoroughly with the dry soil. Avoid placing 

 the Nitrate on the plant or in contact with it. 



Fertilization and Cultivation of Cotton. 

 Bulletin of North Carolina Department of Agriculture. 



Cotton is generally grown on ridges, 

 u ure. This is necessary on wet soils, but on 



all fairly well-drained upland and sandy soils we are 

 convinced that level and frequent shallow cultivation, 

 as was indicated for corn, is the best and most eco- 

 nomical method to follow in growing cotton. Ridge 

 culture may give better results in very wet years, but 

 taking the seasons as they come the advantage will lie, 

 we think, with flat culture. 



On light lands it will be good practice to apply 

 Nitrate as a side-dressing about the middle of June. 

 Good results come from the use of it in this way on 

 heavy types of land. Where land does not produce a 

 good stalk of cotton, and fertilizers are used which 

 contain only a moderate amount of Nitrogen, or 

 ammonia, good results are obtained from a side- 

 dressing of 50 to 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per 

 acre. The Nitrate should be distributed along one 

 side of the row, or where there is a ridge in the middle 

 it may be put on this, and when the ridge is thrown 

 out the Nitrate will be thrown on two sides of the row. 



The Alabama Agricultural Experi- 



* er i lzing m ent Station at Auburn, Alabama, has 

 Cotton. , . , ... 



made some interesting experiments in 



fertilizing cotton. Experiments were conducted in 



many different parts of the State and on various kinds 



of soil. 



It was noticed that in nearly every case 96 pounds 



of Nitrate of Soda, when used with acid phosphate, gave 



a better yield than 240 pounds cotton-seed meal when 



