Food for SOUTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION. 



From Bulletin No. 56, p. 5. 



Wheat. 



/. Comparison of Varieties. IV. Home Manures. 



II. Quantity of Seed per Acre. V. Commercial Fertilizers. 



III. Experiment with Nitrogen. VI. Tillage. 



If wheat is sown upon land deficient 



Fertilizers. . . . 



in organic matter, it is wise to use a com- 

 plete fertilizer, containing Nitrogen, phosphoric acid and 

 potash. 



// wheat shows an unhealthy appearance in early spring, 

 especially upon sandy lands, an application of seventy-five 

 pounds of Nitrate of Soda will prove beneficial provided there 

 is enough phosphoric acid in the soil to co-operate with it to 

 make the grain. 



Experiment with Nitrogen. 



~, . To compare effects of Nitrogen from cot- 



ton-seed meal and Nitrate of Soda and the 

 latter applied with the seed and as a top-dressing. 



The intention was to use on each plot a constant quan- 

 tity of phosphoric acid and potash as the equivalent of these 

 ingredients in 200 pounds of cotton-seed meal. 

 The first plot received cotton-seed meal 



alone yield 17.5 bus. 



The second, phosphoric acid and potash 

 and Nitrate of Soda all applied with 



the seed yield 20.8 bus. 



The third received only phosphoric acid 



and potash yield 17.6 bus. 



The fourth received in addition to 

 phosphoric acid and potash applied 

 with the seed, Nitrate of Soda as a 

 top-dressing yield 19.4 bus. 



Barley. 



This crop does best on a strong clay loam, but the soil 

 must not be rich in organic matter. Soils naturally rich in 

 ammoniates are unfavorable, as one of the most important 



