44 FOOD FOR PLANTS 



Where any Nitrogenous fertilizer is used to excess, 

 too leafy a growth is apt to result, and excessive 

 quantities of Nitrate, or indeed of any fertilizers, are 

 not recommended. 



Quinine is a wonderful remedy, but no one would 

 advise the use of forty grains of it when four grains 

 would be sufficient and satisfactory in every way. 



Practice early and thorough preparation of the soil 

 so as to get a good seed bed for quick germination 

 and vigorous early growth of the cotton. 



Cotton should be forced as rapidly as possible in 

 its early growth, to get ahead of the boll weevil. 

 Early applications of Nitrate are very helpful in 

 accomplishing this result. 



How Fertilizers Beat the Weevil. 

 (Progressive Farmer.) 



The fertilization of cotton deserves to be given 

 more serious thought since the boll weevil has prac- 

 tically covered the cotton area of the South. Every- 

 one who has given serious thought to cotton pro- 

 duction knows that success in fighting the weevil 

 comes very largely from means and methods leading 

 to early setting of bolls and early maturity of the 

 crop. Early and thorough preparation of the soil, 

 early planting of the best varieties, thick spacing, 

 and delayed and limited chopping, together with 

 frequent and shallow cultivation, are all useful. 

 They aid in inducing the crop to get ahead of the 

 weevil by setting and maturing fruit before the 

 weevils have multiplied in numbers so great as to 

 practically destroy the squares. Another effective 



