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COTTON 
No. 2. Acid Phosphate 1000 pounds 
Gotton Seed Meal 600 pounds 
Nitrate of Soda 100 pounds 
Kainit 300 pounds 
Total 2000 pounds 
No. 3. Acid Phosphate 850 pounds 
Fish Scrap 700 pounds 
Kainit 450 pounds 
Total 2000 pounds 
THE QUANTITY YOU SHALL USE 
The quantity of fertilizer to use per acre will 
depend upon the following conditions: 
Producing power of the land 
Preparation that has been given the land 
Kind of crop grown the previous year 
Richness of fertilizer 
Previous treatment of the soil 
Kind of season. 
By your own judgment you will have to deter- 
mine the quantity to use per acre. Learn your 
soil by careful observation, study and experimenta- 
tion year after year. All the way from 200 to 1000 
pounds of fertilizer are now used per acre. What 
is best for your soil and conditions lies doubtless 
within these limits. 
Try the following plan of questioning your own 
land, and the answers will be far more valuable to 
you than any foreign advice : 
Choose a small area that is reasonably typical of 
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