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BULLETIN 564, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 13.— Average spacing on July 14— 600 feet of rows in each plat, Eureka plantation, 



Tallulah, La., 1916. 



Plat Number. 



Number ' ■ 



of plants ^eragB 



in plat. | ^ aem g- 



1 



! Inches. 

 349 20 6 



2 



336 21 4 



3 



342 9i n 



4 



363 

 332 

 423 

 398 

 427 



19 8 



5 



21 6 



6 



17 



Check 1 



18 



Check 2 



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From Table 13 it is seen that the checks averaged the closest spaced 

 of all, while the average spacing increased somewhat as the number of 

 shakings increased. This, of course, is undoubtedly due to the plants 

 actually killed by the shaking operations and further illustrates the 

 injurious effect of the bags. 



SEED-COTTON PRODUCTION. 



Owing to the small size of the plats and the soil variations existing, 

 it was not to be expected that there would be much significance in 

 the seed-cotton production of each, but the figures were secured for 

 whatever value they might possess. Table 14 shows the comparison 

 of the different pickings by plats while the row results are shown 

 in Table 15. 



Table 14. — Seed-cotton production; comparison of different pickings by plats, Eureka 

 plantation, Tallulah, La., 1916. 





Seed-cotton production. 



Plat Number. 



First 

 picking, 

 Aug. 17. 



Second 

 picking, 

 Sept. 8. 



Third 

 picking. 

 Nov. 21. 



Check 1 



Ounces. 

 478 

 189 



96 

 285 

 126 

 166 

 132 



74 



Ounces. 

 437 

 247 

 439 

 650 

 511 

 586 

 834 

 697 



Ounces. 

 42 



Plat 1 



54 



Plat 2 



145 



Plat 3 . . . 



194 



Plat 4 



108 



Plat 5 



216 



Plat 6 . . . 



217 



Check 2 . ... 



391 







