. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 322 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 290. Amounts of increase from commercial fertilizers. — The results of several hundred fertilizer experiments made on a great variety of soils in Alabama led to the con- clusion thatj as an average, each ton of fertilizer adapted. Fig. 147. — A Field of Cotton. The plot on the left was unfertilized and yielded only 460 pounds of seed cotton per acre ; that on the right received 640 pounds per acre of a complete fertilizer and yielded 1206 pounds, an increase of 746 pounds of seed cotton per acre. to the
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 322 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS 290. Amounts of increase from commercial fertilizers. — The results of several hundred fertilizer experiments made on a great variety of soils in Alabama led to the con- clusion thatj as an average, each ton of fertilizer adapted. Fig. 147. — A Field of Cotton. The plot on the left was unfertilized and yielded only 460 pounds of seed cotton per acre ; that on the right received 640 pounds per acre of a complete fertilizer and yielded 1206 pounds, an increase of 746 pounds of seed cotton per acre. to the soil should afford an increase of about 1500 pounds of seed cotton,—or one bale increase per ton of fertilizer. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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