INVESTIGATION OF 1905. 

 INVESTIGATION OF 1905. 



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SOUTH CAROLINA. 



At the South Carolina station the Crosby corn was grown in a field 

 of sandy loam which was cleared in 1891 and rotated in corn, cotton, 

 cowpeas, oats, and cowpeas. The last crop of oats followed by cow- 

 peas was grown in 1904 with a fertilization of 600 pounds per acre of 

 equal parts of acid phosphate, cotton-seed meal, and kainit. 



In 1905 the ground was plowed to a depth of 8 inches, furrows 

 opened 4 feet apart, fertilizer applied and mixed with the soil, and 

 the seed planted April 24, and covered with a plow. The fertilizer 

 for this crop was made up of 200 pounds of 14 per cent acid phosphate, 

 200 pounds of cotton-seed meal, and 200 pounds of kainit per acre. 

 A \veeder \\ ELfl n-< <! April 28 and May 1 and the plants came up May 5. 

 The plat was worked May 9 and 20 and June 12. The corn tasseled 

 .hme 14, and a few ears were ready for table use June 28. 



The meteorological data furnished for Clemson College for the 



wing season in 1905 are as follows: 



Neurological data for Clemson Colltge, S. C. t 1905. 



Analysis of individual ears of Crosby corn grown, at Clemson College, S. C., 1905. 



The Stowell Evergreen was grown on a field of sandy loam on 

 which corn had been raised in 1900 and 1901, artichokes in 1902 and 

 1904, and soy beans in 1903. The fertilizer used in 1904 consisted of 

 100 pounds of acid phosphate, 100 pounds of cotton-seed meal, and 

 100 pounds of kainit per acre. For the 1905 crop, 2,000 pounds of 

 composite per acre were used, consisting of 1,000 pounds of stable 

 manure, 600 pounds of cotton-seed meal, and 400 pounds of 14 per 



