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of seed cotton by reason of the application of 126 pounds 

 Nitrate, it will be found that there was an increase of 

 about 238 pounds lint cotton (690 pounds seed cotton) 

 over the yield on the " No Nitrate " plot in 190'5 and an 

 increase of 291 pounds lint cotton (846 seed cotton) in 

 1906. At 10 cents per pound, the increased value of the 

 lint cotton vield bv applying 126 pounds Nitrate would 

 be $23.80 for 1905 and $29.10 for 1906, to say nothing of 

 the value of the increased yield of seed which would 

 amount to from $3 to $4, or even more in later years. 



With regard to the time and manner of application of 

 the Nitrate in the experiments of the past two years, it 

 should be stated that in 1905 the fertilizers were applied 

 and the cotton planted on April 27th, wdiile in 1906 the 

 date of planting and application of fertilizers was April 

 21st. The Nitrate was applied in the furrow along with 

 the fertilizing materials at the time of planting. 



The views given, herewith, will afford an idea of the 

 comparative yields from plots 1, 3 and 4 in 1905 and 1906. 

 The quantities of seed cotton represented therein are 

 equal to the yields on one-twelfth of an acre. 



In this connection it should be stated that Mr. Moore 

 gave a large amount of care and attention to these experi- 

 ments. By his close personal supervision of the work, 

 the details of the experiments have been secured and 

 most accurately recorded. 



Upon comparing the results of these experiments with 

 the results of the Nitrate of Soda tests reported in the 

 January, 1907, Bulletin of the North Carolina Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, it will be noted that the general con- 

 clusions which may be drawn from the two sets of 

 experiments are practically the same. A number of the 

 experiments were carried out under almost identical 

 conditions, though the North Carolina plots were some- 

 what smaller in area, being one-tenth acre area each, 

 Avhile the Alabama plots were one-sixth of an acre. 



As an average of the two years' results, the most 

 profitable application, it is stated, was upon the plot 

 receiving 200 pounds acid phosphate, 83 pounds kainit 



