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ticularly when cotton-seed meal is the nitrogenous in- 

 gredient. 



In applying fertilizers, bulk is often desirable, but it 

 should always be borne in mind that, in purchasing, the 

 object should be to secure as much potash, phosphoric 

 acid, and nitrogen, in an available form, as possible for a 



Unfertilized. Complete Fertilizer. Incomplete Fertilizer. 



627 Ibs. Seed Cotton per acre. (Potash as Kainit.) (No potash.) 



1356 Ibs. Seed Cotton per acre. 981 Ibs. Seed Cotton. 



FERTILIZER TEST BY J. M. CRUTCHFIELD, CULLMAN, ALA. 



dollar, instead of as many pounds as possible of fertilizer, 

 regardless of the amount of this plant food. Thus, it is 

 more economical to purchase one ton of high-grade ferti- 

 lizer than three tons of a low-grade fertilizer, for the reason 

 that one ton of the former contains the same amount of 



