﻿UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



DEPARTMENT BULLETIN No. 1126 



Washington, D. C. T April 23, 1923 



THE EFFECT OF BORAX ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF CROPS 



By 



J. J. SKINNER and B. E. BROWN, Biochemists, and 



F. R. REID, Assistant Biochemist 



Office of Soil-Fertility Investigations, Bureau of Plant Industry 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Review of the Literature 2 



Scope and Plan of the Investigations in 1920 4 



Experiment ..with Borax at Arlington, Va 5 



Field Experiments Using Fertilizers with and without Borax ...... 17 



Effect of Borax on Cotton at Muscle Shoals, Ala 22 



The Residual Effect of Borax 25 



Symptoms of Borax-Affected Plants 26 



Summary 27 



Literature Cited 30 



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