36 Growing Sea Island Cotton Under Florida Conditions 



eo t,400 



it 



g ,.400- 

 " ^200- 



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per acre of 4-8-4 /s 



at planting time /^ '"^. 



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75# per acre N.S.i 

 ^aDDiisfl Jiinn ?.3' 



^applied June 23 



-?s^ 



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"?6 SO r 



June 



Ti Ts To ?3 ?7 31 5 g" 

 July Aug. 



§•3 



Six hundred pounds 

 per acre of 4-8-4 

 at planting time 





/Ko nitrate of v 

 soda applied 



\75# pe; 



r acre N.S. 



_\.^ "applied June 23 





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11 1'5 1'9 2'3 2 7 3'1 



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S"°400 

 a h 

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 «<^200 



Eight hundred pounds 

 per acre of 4-8-4 

 at planting t 



/••' .,2-;^. 



,No nitrate of^ 

 ^soda applied ' 



f75# per acre N.S.x 

 '-aPDliad June 23 J 



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ipplied June 23 



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July A 



Fig. 12. 



Average rate of blossoming for different rates of fertilization on fer 

 tile soil in WPA fertilizer test in Madison county, 193 6. 



The fertilized cotton blossomed rapidly over a short period 

 of time, setting an early crop of bolls. The unfertilized cot- 

 ton blossomed slowly over a long period of time, setting its 

 crop late. Boll weevil control was much easier on the fer- 

 tilized cotton than on the unfertilized cotton. 



