..' .±1 THE BULLETIN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RALEIGH, Volume 29. JANUARY, 1908. Number 1. BEE-KEEPING IN NORTH CAROLINA. j«wu»um ." MjM The crude, plain box hive, as shown at the left, produces each year an average of 21Vs pounds of honey, worth $2.60. The frame hive with super, shown at the right, produces each year an average of 37% pounds of honey, worth $4.13. Therefore, USE FRAME HIVES. (Photo by Prof. Hutt). (See page 18) . PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND SENT FREE TO CITIZENS ON APPLICATION. ENTERED AT THE RALEIGH POST-OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. S. L. Patterson, Commissioner, ex officio Chairman, Raleigh. J. J. Laughinghouse Greenville First District. C. W. Mitchell Aulander Second District. William Dunn New Bern Third District. Ashley Hoene Clayton . .'. Fourth District. R. W. Scott Melville Fifth District. A. T. McCallum Red Springs Sixth District. J. P. McRae Laurinburg Seventh District. R. L. Doughton Laurel Springs Eighth District. W. A. Geaham Machpelah Ninth District. A. Cannon Horse Shoe Tenth District. OFFICERS AND STAFF. S. L. Patteeson Commissioner. T. K. Beunee Secretary. B. W. Kilgoee State Chemist, Field Crops. Tait Butlee Veterinarian, Animal Husbandry. Fbankxin Sherman, Je Entomologist. W. N. Hutt Horticulturist. H. H. Beimley Naturalist and Curator. T. B. Parker Demonstration Work. W. M. Allen Food Chemist. J. M. Pickel Assistant Chemist. C. D. Harris. .Assistant Chemist and Microscopist, Stock Feeds. W. G. Haywood Assistant Chemist. G. M. MacNider Assistant Chemist, Soils. L. L. Brinkley Assistant Chemist. S. O. Perkins Assistant Chemist. Hampden Hill Assistant Chemist. S. C. Clapp Nursery and Orchard Inspector. R. W. Scott, Jr., Superintendent Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C. F. T. Meacham, Superintendent Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. John H. Jefferies, Superintendent Pender Test Farm, Willard, N. C. R. W. Collett, Superintendent Transylvania Test Farm, Blantyre, N. C. CONTENTS. PAGE. Summary of Bulletin 4 Introduction 5 Principal Honey Sections of State 6 Races or Varieties of Bees 9 Prices for Honey : Comb Honey 11 Extracted Honey 13 Leading Honey Plants 15 Types of Hives IS Bee-moth and Other Enemies 20 Bee-keeping Journals 23 Summary of Bee-keeping in the State 23 What Encouragement Can be Given? 24 Leading Bee-keepers of the State 25 SUMMARY. The moee important facts brought out in this Bulletin are as follows : From a careful study of detailed reports from 360 bee-keepers owning a total of over 10,400 colonies, we find that on the whole, the bee-keeping industry is much wore lagely developed in the eastern than in the mid- dle or western sections of the state, though the actual yield of honey seems to be about the same in all sections. the italian bees are de- cidedly superior to either the hybrids or the blacks, both as to honey produced and as to resistance to bee-moth and other enemies, but (in the EASTERN PART OF THE STATE ESPECIALLY) IT IS NECESSARY TO FREQUENTLY IM- port fertilized queens to keep the stock pure. there are three honey- plants which are far ahead of all others, these being : 1. sourwood j 2. Poplar or Tulip-tree; 3. Clovers of all vareities. Sourwood, where it OCCURS, outranks all other plants in quality and quantity of honey produced, and also commands the best price per pound. those who deal in liquid honey would do well to use modern extractors rather than to "squeeze" the honey out by hand. The modern hives, made with movable frames, yield much more honey, which also sells at a higher price, than either the crude box hives or hollow-log "gums." bee-moth is especially destructive in log "gums," but much less troublesome in frame hives. The disease known as Foul-brood has been twice reported but not con- firmed, AND IT IS OF HIGHEST IMPORTANCE THAT OUR BEE-KEEPERS SHOULD watch for this disease and report the facts if found. there is some sen- timent in favor of a state bee-keepeks' association, but the matter should be very carefully considered before attempting to organize. a list of the leading bee-keepers of the state is given in the latter part of the Bulletin. BEE-KEEPING IN NORTH CAROLINA. A STUDY OF SOME STATISTICS ON THE INDUSTRY, WITH SUGGESTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS. By Franklin Sherman, Jr., Entomologist. INTRODUCTION. Bee-keeping is an old industry in this State — so old that it has been allowed in some cases to settle into ruts, which are not only unprofitable, but hard to get out of. There is perhaps no other in- dustry in the State of equal importance and with equal opportunities for development which is so disorganized, so disconnected and suffer- ing so badly from lack of careful attention and better methods as is the bee-keeping business. We make this remark as applying to the State as a whole, for there are some individuals who are conducting their apiaries along modern and profitable lines. There is no State organization in which our bee-keepers meet to exchange views ; there is no system of inspection by which the apiaries may be brought to a higher standard ; the bee-keeping magazines have but a limited circulation with us, and there is nowhere in the State a practical bee-keeper whose special duty it is to encourage or protect this industry. In order to see if we could reach any of the fundamental facts underlying this industry in the State, the writer— though not an actual bee-keeper — began an inquiry into the industry in the summer of 1905, which has been continued (with interruptions) to the pres- ent time. A carefully prepared sheet of questions was sent out, and all data received in reply have been carefully recorded. We have left out of account any who have less than ten colonies of bees, so that the data which we have is from actual commercial bee-keepers. We have on record replies from about 360 persons, representing a total of 10,450 colonies, located in seventy-eight counties — an average of 134 colonies for each county heard from, or an average of nearly 108 colonies for each and every county in the entire State. We feel that with such an amount of data we are warranted in deducting some conclusions regarding the industry in the State as a whole. Of course we have not heard from anywhere near all of the com- mercial bee-keepers. We know positively of several from whom we have not heard. Doubtless some of the counties from which we have 6 The Bulletin. heard little or nothing, have as well-developed a honey industry as any. For instance, in Madison County, on the west, we have record of 23 bee-keepers, with a total of 646 hives, while in the neighboring . county of Mitchell, which is presumably just as well fitted for the industry and with perhaps as many colonies, we have record of only one man, who has 10 colonies. In the east we find Martin County with eight bee-keepers on record, owning a total of 716 colonies (average, 8 9y 2 each), while the neighboring county of Pitt has only one bee-keeper, with 15 colonies, on our records. We mention these instances to show that, while we have been successful in collecting much data from various parts of the State, it is probably by no means complete for all or, indeed, for any of the counties. The list of questions which we sent out is as follows : 1. How many colonies of bees have you? 2. What race or variety of bees do you keep? 3. What is your average honey yield per hive each year? 4. What are your highest and lowest prices for honey per pound? 5. What are your principal honey plants? 6. What plant, in your opinion, yields the best quality of honey? 7. What plant, in your opinion, yields the largest quantity of honey? 8. What kind of gum, box or hive do you use? 9. Are your bees troubled with Foul-brood, Bee-moth, Paralysis, or other enemies? 10. What bee-keeping journals, if any, do you take? This Bulletin is based entirely on the answers to these questions, sent, as we have said, by 360 bee-keepers, representing 10,450 colo- nies of bees. The writer makes no pretense to any knowledge of bee- keeping, except such as he has learned from these contributors. But the inquiry is sufficiently broad and has been responded to sufficiently well, so that many facts and deductions can be positively stated, after full consideration of them all. The author desires to acknowledge valuable assistance rendered by the numerous bee-keepers, and wishes also to express special thanks to Prof. W. N. Hutt for taking the several photographs with which The Bulletin is illustrated; to Mr. T. B. Parker for valuable sugges- tions in preparing the manuscript, and to Mr. Burton 1ST. Gates, Ex- pert in Apiculture, United States Department of Agriculture, for cor- recting some technical errors and for suggestions. principal honey sections of the state. Probably the first question that would naturally arise is, Which is the leading bee-keeping county ? Or, Which section of the State is in the lead? This is not easy to answer, and several different conclu- sions may be reached, according to the point of view. Martin County leads in the total number of colonies on record ; Washington leads in the average number of colonies owned by each bee-keeper, while The Bult.etix. 3 M o £ >> .ft O ft. O -c 0)" 3 £ o o >; .3 'a C8 a x 0) 0) s o '3 s >> S 'a < I. O fa 8 The Bulletin. Madison leads in the total number of bee-keepers. Taking into account only those counties which have on record 250 colonies or over, we present the following table : LEADING BEE-KEEPING COUNTIES. County. Beaufort — Bladen Duplin Iredell Madison Martin McDowell-— Onslow Robeson Washington Section of State. East — East — East — Central West -- East — Central East — East — East — Total Colo- nies of Bees Reported. 421 353 445 325 646 716 262 484 374 300 Number of Bee-keepers Reporting. 12 11 10 13 23 8 11 13 14 3 Average Number Colonies Per Bee-keeper. 35 32 44y 2 25 28 89Vi 24 37 27 100 We see, therefore, that, so far as our records go, they show de- cidedly that at present the leading honey-producing region of the State is the southeastern and eastern parts, which is explained by the fact that there are in those sections thousands of acres of swamp land which never have been and perhaps never will be cultivated, but in which a number of excellent honey plants (gallberry, huckleberry, etc.) grow to perfection. All this section may, therefore, be con- sidered as one (the eastern) region. Leaving this region, we pass across a wide belt of country in which there are no specially favored bee-keeping sections, until we get to the upper piedmont and moun- tain counties, where the mixed forests, wild clovers, and best of all, the famous sourwood flourish. Here the opportunities for bee-keep- ing are only limited by the clearing of the land for crops which are not honey producers. So far as the writer is able to judge, a skillful bee-keeper will do about as well in one of these sections as the other, with this difference : that in the piedmont and western counties, on account of colder climate, more care is needed in wintering the bees, and the favorable locations, where the best plants grow, are somewhat more restricted than in the east. To offset this disadvantage, it may be said that all bee-keepers, wherever the sourwood grows, rank it first among the honey plants, and this queen of honey producers is most abundant in the upper piedmont and lower mountain sections. In this connection it is proper to attempt to determine where the honey yield is greatest. To attempt this for each individual countv The Bulletin. could serve no real purpose, since in many cases the difference would be accounted for by other conditions than that of the honey flow. But if we take three typical counties, representing, respectively, the eastern, the piedmont and the western sections, we should derive some sound conclusions, since the honey plants in these three sections are decidedly different, and such differences in returns as exist are likely due to the honey flow. For this calculation we have taken the coun- ties of Onslow, Iredell and Madison. Eliminating a number of reports which, for various reasons, cannot be used in this estimate, we construct the following table from those that are available, and, though it is based on too few reports to be absolutely conclusive, it shows about what we would judge to be the true comparison: HONEY YIELD IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS. County. Onslow Iredell - Madison Location in State. East Piedmont- West Number of Reports. -17- Average Yield Per Hive. 36^2 pounds. 42Va pounds. 38 pounds. RACES OR VARIETIES OF BEES. The Italian (in its various strains) is the leading bee for this State. To determine the relative desirability of the kinds, we must take into account the honey yield which each produces. The leading varieties are: Italians, Blacks, and Hybrids (or mixed), which are derived from the crossing of Italians with the Blacks. About 100 of our bee-keepers gave no estimate of their yearly yield per colony, and in other cases we have been obliged to make averages between the high and low yields which the same bee-keeper often reports. It is only the most careful bee-keepers who actually keep accurate record of the yield. One person who keeps Carnolians reports an average yield of 64 pounds per hive ; three who have Italians crossed with Carnolians report an average yield of 30 pounds per hive; but in both these instances the number reporting is too small to warrant any conclu- sions as to the merits of these breeds. It is only when we have a large number of reports that we can expect the general average to give an accurate idea of the true conditions. For the Italians, Blacks, and Hybrids we have a sufficient number of reports so that we can feel some confidence in the averages which they show. We have reports from 89 persons who keep Italians, 88 who keep the common Blacks, and 83 who have the Hybrid bees. A number give the yield 10 The Bulletin. in gallons (extracted honey), but the majority report it in pounds (comb honey). Bringing all these reports together and averaging them, we find the following: HONEY YIELD FROM DIFFERENT RACES OF BEES'. Race of Bees. Italians Hybrids Blacks - Total Bee-keepers Reporting. 89 83 Yield in Gallons. Number Reporting. 4 11 20 Average Yield Per Hive. 4 gallons. 4 gallons. 'SVz gallons. Yield in Pounds. Number Reporting. 85 72 68 Average Yield Per Hive. 40% pounds. 34M; pounds. 26V3 pounds. From the above we see that the Italians lead the Hybrids by an average of 6 pounds per hive each season, while the Hybrids in turn lead the Blacks by an average of 8 pounds. This puts the Italians 14 pounds ahead of the Blacks in average yield per hive each season. In these cases, also, there is a sufficient number reporting to give re- liability, and they demonstrate the advantage of the Italians over the others. As regards gallons of extracted honey, there are too few reporting to give so reliable a comparison, but here we find the Italians and Hybrids standing together with an average yield of 1 gallons, while the Blacks follow at 3^ gallons. It is to be noted that only four of the 89 persons who keep Italians report the yield in gallons, eleven of those with Hybrids report in gallons, and twenty of those who keep Blacks give the yield in gallons. The Italians have an advantage in the care given them, for most of those keeping Italians use some improved type of hive, while fully half of those who keep the Blacks keep them in old hollow-log "gums." In the east, where, as already mentioned, there are interminable swamps and forests of fine bee pasturage, and where there are countless swarms of wild bees in the forests, we find the Black bees predominating in the apiaries, and this largely accounts for the low average yield. Considering, now, only the larger bee-keepers, those having fifty or more colonies, we find : DISTRIBUTION OF ITALIAN, BLACK AND HYBRID BEES IN APIARIES OF FIFTY OR MORE COLONIES. Section of State. East Piedmont West Number Keeping Italians. Number Keeping Hybrids. -10- Number Keeping Blacks. — 17- none. „._3— The Bulletin. 11 From this we see that in the east the tendency is to make use of the wild Black bee as found in the native forest, or, even when Italians are introduced, they mingle with the wild Black, producing a Hybrid. It seems to be much more difficult to keep the Italians pure in the eastern section, necessitating frequent introduction of fertilized Italian queens from other apiaries. In the middle and the mountain sections there seems to be less difficulty along this line. In the region where the sourwood abounds the Italian is the decided favorite, for of the nine large bee-keepers on record in this (the piedmont) region six keep the pure Italians, while the other three have Hybrids in which there is Italian blood. Thus we see, taking a view of the matter from all sides, that the Italian is in the lead throughout the State as a whole, though out- stripped in numbers by the Blacks in the east. The Italians also have a decided lead in the yield of honey, and are especially preferred in the sections where the finest quality of honey is made. * When a bee-keeper gets to the point of working up a fancy trade in high- priced honey, tie is likely to abandon the Black bees and log "gums" and stock up with pure Italians in modern frame hives, in which the marketable, honey is stored in pound sections, or in frames from irttich it can be easily extracted. The main objection to this lies in the dif- ficulty of keeping the stock pure, and the expense of continually intro- ducing new queens ; but, in view of the higher average yield from the Italians, as shown in these pages, it would seem that they more than compensate for this trouble and expense. PRICES FOR HONEY. Comb Honey. — There is, of course,, a wide range in the prices paid for honey, depending upon the demand and supply, and also depend- ing upon the distance to the larger towns, the source from which the honey is derived, its color, etc. The prices mentioned for comb honey (with 215 persons reporting) range from 5 to 20 cents per pound, the bulk being sold, however, at from 10 to 15 cents. Averag- ing all the reports for 215 persons, we get a fraction less than 12 cents as the average price for comb honey throughout the* State as a whole. An effort to determine in which section of the State the highest prices prevail is only partially successful, owing to the fact that we have not enough reports from representative counties in all sections to warrant conclusions. Six persons reporting from Onslow show an average price of exactly 12 cents per pound; nine from Iredell report an average of a fraction more than 12 cents, while twenty reporting from Madison show an. average of a fraction less than 13 cents per pound. This puts the three sections (east, central, and west) on practically the same basis, so far as price is concerned. But here again we find the sourwood showing the superiority of its 12 The Bulletin. honey, when it is abundant enough to give a fair yield. This plant grows well in the Brushy Mountains, in northern Iredell, in Alexan- der and in southern Wilkes counties; and the remarks of two of the bee-keepers of this region with regard to honey prices are significant. One says: "Dark honey, 10 to 12 cents; sourwood, 15 to 20 cents"; the other reports : "Ked honey, 10 cents ; sourwood, 20 cents." (The sourwood produces a light or "white" honey). While the general , • » ; ■ • .v. ►-%' • t _ TIP * a '. K^l^j,^ «** v* . *~^*vV i *> i-?l - >'*••¥ Fig. 2.— A well-filled pound section, usually retailing at 18 to 20 cents. About three-fourths actual size. (Photo by Prof. Hutt). average of prices in the sourwood section may not be above that of other sections, yet those who take full advantage of the flow from this plant realize a better price from its honey than from any other. Some bee-keepers make a practice of taking away all surplus when the sourwood comes on, and taking it again at the close of the sour- wood season, so as to have that honey pure for the fancy trade at highest prices. The Bulletin. . 13 In some instances the price for honey seems to be very uniform for a whole county. For instance, in Johnston County, out of seven reporting, five mention only one figure — 10 cents per pound— while of the other two, one gives his usual prices as from 10 to 12% cents, and the other gives 10 to 15 cents. Extracted Honey. — The majority of our bee-keepers sell the comb honey, but in the east a great deal is extracted (often by the crudest methods) and sold. As none of our questions related directly to the extracted honey, and as even the question of price was based on comb honey, we have only very incomplete data as to the extent that extract- ing is practiced and the prices secured for the extracted honey, and no data whatever as to the prices secured for the wax. Most of those who reported on extracted honey are in the east, particularly in Bla- den, Onslow, Duplin and neighboring counties. From these, fifteen persons report an average price of 52% cents per gallon for extracted honey. This is a low price, and is apparently the result of several causes. The methods of extracting are often crude and cannot fail to reduce the price, resulting as they do in much sediment and foreign matter being left in the honey. The process known as "squeezing" consists simply in forcing the honey from the comb by hand into an open tub or trough, and, added to the unpleasant thought that the honey has all run over the hands and fingers of some one, is the cer- tain fact that, while this is going on, more or less dust, fine particles of trash, etc., are blown in. Then, again, when old hollow-log "gums" or plain box hives are used, there is not that clear and certain distinction between the brood, bee-bread, and surplus honey that there is when modern hives are used ; consequently, "squeezed" honey may contain bits of comb, bee-bread and an occasional wing, leg, head or body of a bee — all of which tends to depress the price. Modern ex- tractors, by which the honey is cleanly and thoroughly removed from the combs, are not nearly so commonly used as they should be. It seems certain to the writer that in our eastern section, where there is such endless bee pasturage, either comb or extracted honey should be capable of very profitable production, and some do produce both profitably ; but surely something could be gained by using hives in which the honey is stored in frames, which then fit into a regular extractor, from which the honey is quickly and thoroughly extracted without waste, at the same time keeping it pure and appetizing. Some improvement in the methods at present employed is very de- sirable. There is another point to be remembered in regard to the sale of comb and extracted honey. Recent investigations, both in this State and in other States, show that there is on the markets a great amount of adulterated and imitation food products of all sorts. Extracted honey can be adulterated, and at least one case has been discovered by 14 Tile Bulletin. Mr. W. M. Allen, Food Chemist in our Department, where a material supposed to be extracted honey was found, when analyzed, to consist entirely of syrups, flavors, etc., which had been derived from other sources. It was purely an imitation honey, yet floating about in this Fig. 3. — A home-made extractor. The frames filled with honey, after being uncapped with a knife, are placed in this machine and the honey thrown out by rapid turning- with a crank. The honey is then drawn out by means of the spigot at bottom of the extractor. (Photo by Prof. Hutt). material was a leg of a bee, or a wing, or a tiny bit of comb, to make the deception complete ! The honest bee-keeper who sells extracted honey must sell in competition with these fraudulent and adulterated products, and he is thereby put to a disadvantage, and accordingly v \ ■ ' ' The Bulletin. 15 gets a lower price, since everything' that is sold under the name of extracted honey falls under suspicion unless the bee-keeper has a fixed trade and has the full confidence of his customers. On the other hand, comb honey cannot be imitated, so that it does not suffer so keenly from this unfair competition. The only way to adulterate comb honey is by the well-known process of feeding the bees with syrup, which is, of course, necessary at times, but should not other- wise be practiced, for the reason that it is costly at best, and impairs the quality of the product, to the detriment of the price. LEADING HONEY PLANTS. North Carolina is well supplied with native honey plants, especially in the eastern section. Three of the questions sent out by the writer bear on this subject, and the answers give an excellent view of the matter for the entire State. Of course each bee-keeper may have his own preferences or prejudices as to which plant yields the best quality of honey, but the averages derived from a large number of replies are likely to be near the truth. We have been over all the reports, so as to reach some definite conclusions as to the order in which our princi- pal honey plants should be ranked. Taking the State as a whole, sourwood, poplar (sometimes called tulip tree) and the clovers (all kinds) are the three leaders. As one of the main sources of honey, the sourwood is mentioned 167 times, to 162 for poplar, and 157 for the clovers. As to quality of honey, sourwood is mentioned 121 times, to 30 for poplar, and 65 for the clovers. For quantity of honey, the sourwood is mentioned 48 times, to 57 for poplar and 39 for the clovers. Of these three leaders the poplar is the most widely distributed, and is prominently mentioned in all sections, from east to west. The sourwood is principally confined to the piedmont sec- tion, though reported also from the lower mountain localities and from the western border of the eastern region. The clovers are found in all parts, though more abundant in the mountain and piedmont sections. Next to these three we find the gallberry (Vaccinium sp.) and black-gum, both taking high rank and both found principally in the east. Persimmon ranks sixth and is reported chiefly from the east, several mentioning it as irregular in yield and lasting but a short time, but doing well for the short period. The basswood, or lin- den, comes seventh and is reported only from the west. Holly and huckleberry (low and high) are next in order, both being in the east. Buckwheat follows and is confined to the west. Iron weed (so-called, really a species of aster), while reported almost entirely from the piedmont, and especially from Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and neighbor- ing counties, taking relatively high rank both for quality and quan- tity of honey produced, grows over larger areas in the piedmont and 16 The Bulletin. eastern parts of the State, especially on the stiffer soils. Bringing- together all these reports and tabulating them for more easy reference, ' we find that our twenty-four leading honey plants are as follows : TWENTY-FOUB LEADING BEE PASTURAGE PLANTS. PLANT. Common Name as Used in this State. Section of State Where Most Common. V a .2 '-3> o +^ m 3 >> von H«2ffi §"8 i. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Sourwood Poplar (Tulip tree) Clovers (all varieties) Gallberry Black-gum Persimmon Basswood (Linden, Linn) Holly Huckleberry Buckwheat Ironweed (Aster) Locust (Black Locust) Aster Cotton Stick-weed Fruit trees (all kinds) Peas (Cow-peas) Sumac Nut trees (including oak) Golden-rod Rattan Blackberry Maple (all varieties) Alfalfa Piedmont ; little East and West All sections West and Piedmont; little in East East East East and Piedmont West East East West Piedmont West and Piedmont All sections East and Piedmont All sections Piedmont and East - All sections All sections East All sections All sections Locally grown . 167 162 157 66 62 55 38 37 36 27 21 19 14 15 9 46 13 11 8 13 7 13 11 4 121 30 63 28 21 14 13 11 11 9 13 7 1 6 3 2 1 1 57 39 2» 22 7 8 12 13 12 14 2 10 4 1 3 2 4 2 I Botanical. — For the sake of technical accuracy we give herewith, so far as we can ascertain, the scientific names of our honey-plants, numbered to correspond to the above list. 1, Oxydendron arbor eum; 2, Liriodendron tulipfera; 3, Trifolium sp.; 4, Ilex sp.; 5, Nyssa sp.; 6, Diospyros virginiana; 7, Tilia sp.; 8, Ilex opaca; 9, Vac- cinium sp. and Gaylussacia sp.; 10, Polygonum fagopyrum; 11, The Bulletin. 17 Aster sp.; 12, Robinia pseudacacia; 13, Aster sp.; 14, Gossypium herbaceum; 15, Bidens sp.; 16, . . . . ; 17, Vigna catjang; 18, Rhus sp.; 19, . . . . ; 20, Soldago sp.; 21, probably Berchemia scandens; 22, Rubus sp.; 23, ^.cer sp.; 24, Medicago sp. Of the above-named plants it is probable that fruit trees, sumac, nut trees, golden-rod, blackberry, and maple are visited by the bees principally for the purpose of gathering pollen or to get honey merely for brood-rearing. A large number of other plants receive mention only a few times, indicating that they are worked by the bees only very little or under circumstances of need. The first fourteen plants named (down to and including cotton) may be regarded as our real leaders in producing honey, and include the main dependence of our bee-keepers of all sections. Of these fourteen we find that the eastern section gets a full share of eight, the piedmont gets the benefit of eight, though the cotton does not grow throughout all the section, and clover, persimmon and ironweed are rather limited, and the western section has six. This showing gives the east a decided advantage, especially when we consider that several of the leading honey producers (gallberry, black-gum, and persim- mon) are chiefly confined to the east. Tabulating these facts to show the plants with which each section is favored, we find these fourteen leading plants distributed as follows : FOURTEEN LEADING HONEY PLANTS. Eastern Section. ■Piedmont Section. Western Section. Poplar. Sourwood. Poplar. Gallberry. Poplar. Clovers. Black-gum. Clovers (limited). Basswood. Persimmon. Persimmon (limited). Buckwheat (limited). Holly (limited). Ironweed (limited). Locust. Huckleberry. Locust. Aster. Aster. Aster. Cotton. Cotton (limited). Here we see that, while the piedmont section has as many of these plants as the east, they are more limited, so that the east really takes the lead in abundance and variety of honey plants. "While the moun- tain section has basswood and buckwheat peculiar to itself, the pied- mont, with its famous sourwood, can still hold its own, at least in all the localities where this plant is found. 18 The Bulletin. TYPES OF HIVES. (SEE ILLUSTRATION ON FRONT OF BULLETIN). In the studies under the headings "Races or Varieties of Bees" and "Prices for Honey" we have already referred to the matter of hives for hees, since it seemed in each case to be relevant to the sub- ject under discussion. But here we wish to refer to the matter directly and by itself. A study of the reports shows that the old hollow-log "gums" are in much more common use in the east than in either the piedmont or the west, as shown by the following table : TYPES OF HIVES, "GUMS," ETC., IN USE. Section of State. East Piedmont West Number Per- sons Using Frame Hives, Bought or Homemade. -63- -144- -36- Number Persons Using Old Log "Gums." -40- -8- -6- Number Per- sons Using Plank Hives, Boxes, etc., of Crude Make. -43- -24- ~1- The next step is to find out which of these types of hives actually brings in the most money to the bee-keeper. Since the east is the only section which uses enough of all three types of hives to render a fair judgment possible, we will confine our calculation to that section. It is a long calculation, but, when carefully compiled and put in tabulated form to show the average of yield, price, and total cash return from each type, we get the following : RELATIVE RESULTS FROM DIFFERENT HIVES. (Based on comb honey only, and only on data from eastern counties). Type of Hive. Log "Gums" 3 Number Reporting. Average Yield. Plank boxes, etc. Frame hives -16- -40- -13% pounds- -21Vs pounds- -ZIY2 pounds- Average Price Per Pound in Cents. -9 (less) - 40 (less) - -11 (more) Value. -$1.11- -2.60- -4.13- The majority of those who use the log "gums" either report the yield in gallons or do not know the yield, so that we were able to get the desired figures in only three instances. This is too small a num- ber to give conclusive results, but, so far as they go, they show that the average yield of comb honey obtained from the "gums" is lS 1 ^ pounds ; that it is worth a little less than 9 cents per pound, giving an average value of $1.11 worth of honey per year for each log "gum." The roughly made square plank boxes — often with a re- The Bulletin. 19 movable cap on top — do better, yielding, according to sixteen reports, an average of 27% pounds, worth a little less than 10 cents, making a value of $2.60 per box. The frame hives, which have a super with movable frames, do much better yet, for an average of forty reports shows a yield of 37y 2 pounds, worth a little over' 11 cents per pound, making a return of $1.13 per hive. These figures speak emphatically, and, as between the crude plank box hives and the frame hives, the number of reports is large enough to render the record quite reliable. The log "gums" rank lowest in yield, and the honey brings the lowest price. The crude plank box hives yield twice as much, and the honey commands a better price, while the frame hives exceed the box hives by ten pounds in yield, and the honey commands a still higher price. Clearly it is a mistake for any one who keeps bees for profit to olepend either on the "gums" or the plain boxes, for the difference in yield, accentuated by a difference in price, makes a very decided and striking difference in the value of the honey crop that is gathered and sold. The difference in price is based upon the fact that honey is regarded as a luxury rather than a neces- sity, and the consumer would rather pay a higher price for the sake of having it pure and in neat shape. Hence, the low price for honey from "gums/' the higher price for honey from the rough plank boxes, and the best price for the honey that is made in the extracting frames in the "super" of a frame hive. And the very highest price of all is paid for it when in the little one-pound sections, which are a neat and handy table size, and especially if taken off as soon as the cells are filled and capped, before the combs are discolored. It has already been pointed out, under the discussion of "Eaces or Varieties of Bees," that the three races most used in this State differ in their yield of honey, and it would be a very nice thing to figure out the exact difference for each race of bees in each kind of hive, but this is too fine a point for the records now in our hands to justify. Enough to know that on the whole the Italians do best, and that the bees of all races do best in, the movable frame hives with super. It is no part of the purpose of this Bulletin to say that any one make of frame hive is better than others, nor is it even necessary in all cases for a bee-keeper to buy a complete stock of any of the patented hives. Many of our bee-keepers make their own hives and frames, and often they invent certain little modifications which ren- der them different from any and all other makes. It is always ad- visable for a bee-keeper who makes his own hives to have one standard model hive after which all others are made of precisely same dimen- sions so that frames or supers can be exchanged from one hive to another without difficulty. We venture to say that, if we could call 20 The Bulletin. together in one mass-meeting all the bee-keepers of this State and attempt to solve the question, Which is the best bee-hive for North Carolina bee-keepers ? the meeting might stay in session for a month, with no satisfactory conclusion reached. Probably a dozen different hives would have good backing, with perhaps another dozen kinds developed by individual bee-keepers, each, of course, claiming certain advantages for his own hive. But the point is this — that the bees do better in the frame hives, where they store the honey in a super with frames or pound sections, and it is money in your pocket to get your swarms into that kind of a hive. The actual yield in pounds is greater from such hives, so that the rule holds good that the frame hives should be used, whether you sell the honey in the comb or ex- tracted. (See the illustration on front cover of this Bulletin, and the explanation below it). BEE-MOTH AND OTHER ENEMIES. The question on this subject was intended to show (when con- sidered in connection with the questions regarding the race of bees Fig. 4. — Showing different stages of the Bee-moth, and the webs which the larvae make in the hive. Two of the adult insects are shown in the lower left-hand corner. (Photo by Prof. Hutt). kept and the hives used) just what enemies are most serious and under what circumstances they are most destructive, so that we might from these facts reach some conclusion as to avoiding or The Bulletin. 21 reducing the damage. All told, twelve different enemies were men- tioned, as follows: Number Reports. Bee-moth, reported by various names 211 Roaches 10 Paralysis 8 Ants 7 Mice 6 Foul-brood (perhaps erroneously reported) 2 Also, "worthless bees," "robbers," "birds," "toads," "dysentery," and "picklebrood" were each reported once. From this it appears that bee-moth is the one really important and formidable enemy, the others being relatively unimportant or easily controlled, although the possibilities of damage by such epi- demics as paralysis, dysentery, and foul-brood (if this disease is really present in this State) are very great. So far as we know nothing is now positively known concerning foul-brood or other brood-diseases in this State. If they do exist it is of great impor- tance that they be discovered at once, and the extent of their spread ascertained. Bee-keepers who suspect the presence of these diseases should correspond with Dr. E. F. Phillips, Bureau Entomology, IT. S. Department Agriculture, Washington, D. C. But we will omit detailed discussion of the other troubles in order to do full justice to a discussion of the bee-moth. The bee-moth is so familiar to bee-keepers as to make any intro- duction or description unnecessary. While most bee-keepers know it familiarly by its proper name of bee-moth, yet a number reported it under other names, such as "worms," "moth," web-worm," "wee- vil," "bee-worms," "fly," etc. Going carefully over all the reports of this pest, and tabulating them in connection with the race of bees kept and the type of hive used, we find that we must drop a large number because they fail to answer one or another of these questions, or, in cases where they use several types of hives, it is not possible to tell which is most to blame. Leaving out all these doubtful or incomplete records, and confining ourselves strictly to clear and positive reports (of which we have enough to make our conclusions safe), we get the following result : BEE-MOTH AS AFFECTING DIFFERENT RACES OF BEES IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF HIVES. Race of Bees and Hives. Number Reporting Serious Damage. Number Re- porting Slight or No Damage. 31 42 23 17 20 37 22 8 3 1 22 The Bulletin. In the case of all three races of bees the bee-moth is much less destructive in the frame hives than in either boxes or log "gums" ; also, it is less destructive in the boxes than in the gums, though it is only in case of the Blacks that we have enough reports to thoroughly establish the fact. A study of the table shows clearly and con- vincingly that Italian bees in the frame hives are least hurt by the bee-moth; Hybrids in frame hives are hurt more, while the Blacks (in the frame hives) suffer much more than either of the others. With the Blacks we carry The study further and find that they suffer worse in the plank-box hives than in the frame hives, while the ones who suffer most of all are the Blacks in the log "gums." We have seen in our studies under "Kaces of Bees" that the Italians produce the most honey, the Hybrids second, and the Blacks third ; and here we find that, with regard to resistance to bee- moth, they take the same rank. We also found in our study of "Types of Hives" that the frame hives rank first in value of honey yield, the plank-box hives second, and the log "gums" last; and here we find that, with regard to resistance to bee-moth, they take the same rank. Nothing is plainer than that the best combina- tion, both for pro/its and for resistance to bee-moth, is ti> keep Italian bees in frame hives. It is equally 'plain that the poorest combination, both with regard to profits and bee-moth, is to keep the common Black bees in log "gums." It is plain, from the tables and discussion just preceding, that Italian bees in the frame hives are the least subject to the rav- ages of the bee-moth; but there are other very important factors not included in our questions which were repeatedly stated by bee- keepers in their replies. Most important among these is the fact that strong colonies, with vigorous queens and a full number of workers, are not usually much troubled; but if the colony becomes weak or depleted from any cause, the bee-moth is likely to gain a foothold and keep the colony weak until it may kill out the swarm entirely. Freezing, long rainy spells, poor honey flow, being queen- less for a time, too severe robbing — all 'these things tend to deplete the colony so that the bee-moth takes possession. Most of our keen, active bee-keepers are fully aware of these facts, but every now and again we receive a mournful complaint from some one who is much worried by the bee-moth, when, likely as not, he is keeping the Black bees in old log "gums," the very conditions which enable the bee- moth to do its greatest destruction. In order to further emphasize the points brought out in reference to the injury by bee-moth, and the methods of avoiding it, we quote from the reports of several of our North Carolina bee-keepers on the The Bulletin. 23 subject. Over thirty persons made just such remarks as these, and they fit the case exactly and give a good idea of the facts : "Weak colonies troubled with bee-moth." "Bee-moth; lost six or seven weak colonies." "Bee-moth, in bad seasons." "Bee-moth, when they lose the queens." "Sometimes bothered with moth during winter." "No moths if kept strong." "Bee-moth bad in wet seasons." "ISTo trouble unless bees get weak." "Bee-moth, but Italians are free if kept strong." "Bee-moth in log gums, but not in hives." "Bee-moth, after robbing. "Weak bees killed out; strong ones no trouble." The final advice with regard to bee-moth is, get Italians, keep them in frame hives, and use every effort to keep, the colony populous and strong. BEE-KEEPING JOURNALS. The last question on the list which we sent out related to journals or papers devoted especially to bee-keeping. A number mentioned that they secured information concerning bees from their farm papers, and several mentioned one or more books which they have on the subject. Out of about 340 persons who answered the question at all, 118 take one or more bee-keeping journals. Considering the fact that all of these people have at least ten colonies of bees, it seems to us that the number who are subscribers is smaller than it should be. Here, again, as with regard to hives for bees, it is a delicate matter to recommend any one above others ; but, since our bee-keepers should at least be given an opportunity to know what the journals are, we give below some convenient information regarding each of the bee-keeping journals which are taken by our bee-keepers. "Gleanings in Bee Culture" is published every two weeks by The A. T. Eoot Co., Medina, Ohio ; $1 per year. "American Bee Journal" is published monthly at $1 per year. Address 118 W. Jackson, Chicago, 111. "American Bee-keeper" is published monthly at Falconer, N. Y. Subscription, 50 cents per year ; 3 years for $1. "Bee-keeper s Review" is published monthly at Flint, Mich; $1 per year. SUMMARY OF BEE-KEEPING IN THE STATE. North Carolina is well adapted to bee-keeping, but the industry has not been well developed along the best lines. Each of the three great sections (east, piedmont, and west) has certain splendid honey plants. Our bee-keepers, especially in the east, have relied too much 24 The Bulletin. on the wild Black bees, and have not been so particular about the introduction of Italians as would have been best. We are also too prone to use the old log "gum" or crude plank box hive instead of the modern frame hives. In consequence of these facts our yield of honey is smaller than need be, the price received is lower than should be, and the colonies are more easily destroyed by bee-moth than should be. These difficulties will disappear or be gradually overcome with a little closer attention to the details and fine points of the business and with more general reading and study along these lines. Whether the bee-Jceeper sells comb honey or extracted honey, Ids best interests will be served if he will Italianize his swarms, keep them in hives with movable frames, and keep them in strong condition. WHAT ENCOURAGEMENT CAN BE GIVEN THE INDUSTRY « The writer is not a bee-keeper and does not claim to be able to advise in bee-keeping matters, except in such general matters as are discussed in this Bulletin. Indeed, he knows nothing about the business, except what he has learned in conducting this inquiry and in averaging and tabulating the results. When we began this work several bee-keepers at once expressed satisfaction that an effort was being made by our Department to aid the bee-keepers, and from time to time inquiries have come, which we have answered as best we could. Fortunately, most of these were about the bee-moth, the remedies for which are well known. But the bee-keeping industry never has been, and is not now, sufficiently well organized, or suffi- ciently important, or, at least, has not made itself sufficiently felt, to bring about the employment of a skilled and experienced man to especially aid and protect the industry ; and until the industry can successfully do away with these obstacles, the employment of such a man is not probable. Recently the State Department of Agriculture has added to its staff of workers Mr. T. B. Parker, well known to the farmers of the State. Mr. Parker has in the past been a practical bee-keeper, and at the time was an exceptionally close student of bee-keeping matters. Although he is now employed for other lines of work, our bee-keepers can in future benefit by his knowledge when they send inquiries to us. We realize that this, is not providing as fully and as satisfactorily for the bee-keepers as we should like, but it is the best that can be done in the present state of the industry. The United States Department of Agriculture at Washington has recently increased its work in apiculture, and our bee-keepers can at all times feel free to call on that Department for reasonable advice or for publications on this subject. The man in charge of this work is Dr. E. F. Phillips, Apiculturist, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. The Bulletin. 25 Several bee-keepers have suggested that a State bee-keepers' asso- ciation should be organized. If there is a large enough number of bee-keepers who are deeply enough interested to actually go down in their pockets to pay dues, to buy tickets, pay hotel bills, etc., to the extent of a few dollars each year, so as to maintain such an organiza- tion and attend its meetings, then there can be no doubt that it could succeed and could eventually be a powerful factor in develop- ing a large and profitable honey industry. But it is to be remem- bered that no matter where a meeting is held, it would be a long distance from some of the members, and some plan of holding the meetings in different places from year to year would be necessary. We give in the last pages of this Bulletin a list of all bee-keepers in the State known to us who have fifty or more colonies of bees. If there is a real sentiment for a State bee-keepers' association these bee-keepers will be able to find it out among themselves. The writer stands ready to assist and encourage in any reasonable way, will give further lists of bee-keepers known to us, etc., but we cannot undertake to work up the sentiment and bring the organization into being; that is for the bee-keepers themselves. So many efforts at organization either fail utterly or are only partially successful that our bee-keepers should think carefully before attempting to form an organization. There is plenty of good work for such an organiza- tion to do, provided it has two essentials — numbers and enthusiasm — the real enthusiasm that is willing to pay something in cash even without hope of actually getting it back again, but for the purpose of furthering a worthy industry in the State. LEADING BEE-KEEPERS OF THE STATE. We give below a list of all the bee-keepers of whom we have record who have as many as fifty or more colonies of bees. There are no doubt a good many others, for, as was pointed out in the be- ginning of this Bulletin, our records must be far from complete; but we feel that this list should be of some interest and use. Records of all the rest of the 360 bee-keepers (all having ten colonies or more) who have furnished information to us are in this office, available for any proper use, but it does not seem desirable to publish them all here. 26 The Bulletin. LEADING BEE-KEEPERS OF THE STATE. County. Section of State. Beaufort East- Name. Bertie - Bladen Buncombe - Caswell Cherokee -- West Piedmont- West Columbus Duplin East- Edgecombe- Greene Haywood -— Henderson - Hertford — West East- Hyde - Iredell - Lenoir- Piedmont- East Madison - Martin -. West East- Martin McDowell Mecklenburg - East Piedmpnt- Onslow ■ East- Pamlico ■ Marion Allen J. R. Pinkham Owen Warren J. S. Holloman P. S. Porter R. M. Squires Geo. I. Elmore A. Yancey Kerr H. M. Collett J. M. Mosteller A. B. Pridgen A. W. Alderman --. S. W. Clement H. M. Middleton— - JohnW. Day J. L. Newborn C. C. Moody Mrs. E. W. Gurley- James Cotton J. W. Holloman — - J. A. Dunbar J. W. Hager H. O. Hyatt R. E. Pittman Chas. L. Sams M. W. Ballard S. D. Matthews William Powell U. T. Riddick W. R. White A. L. Beach Thomas Donaldson George M. Phifer--. J. E. Floyd E. H. Morton John Thompson — G. T. Farnell W. J. Parker Address. Pungo R. F. D. 4, Washington Bonnerton Aulander Kelly Natmore Alexander Yancey ville Andrews Cronly-- Wallace Warsaw Tarboro Shine Dellwood R.F.D.5. Hendersonville Harrellsville 1 Leechville Statesville Kinston Grifton Mars Hill R. F. D. 3. Williamston- Hamilton Parmele Williamston Williamston Old Fort Charlotte Catherine Lake- Verona Marines Bayboro Merritt Number Colonies. 50 50 125 65 100 85 120 160 50 55 100 90 100 100 50 65 66 75 55 75 250 100 100 70 153 90 291 75 80 100 60 50 60 96 108 80 200 64 The Bulletin. 27 LEADING BEE-KEEPERS OF -THE STATE — -Continued. County. Section of State. Name. Address. Number Colonies. Pamlico • Pender -. Robeson - Sampson — Scotland Surry Wake Warren Washington ■ East- Piedmont East- Watauga West Yadkin . Piedmont- W.-P. Robinson D.G.Kelly W. P. Burns J. W. Faircloth N. W.Goddy W. R. McBride Wm. Carmichael Miss Ella Greenwood -- W. L. Womble W. H. Pridgen Grisbourne V. Lewis -- B. R. Marriner T. T. Woodley H. A. Davis A. J. McBride Mrs. Emma Shugart— Oriental Canetuck Maxton Rowland R. F. D. 3, Rowland — - R. F. D. 2, Parkersburg Johns Station Mount Airy Raleigh Creek Roper Cherry R. F. D. 1, Moretz Mast Jonesville 60 75 50 50 75 65 50 65 100 80 100 100 100 50 50 191 REPORT FROM LEAF TOBACCO WAREHOUSES FOR MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1907. Pounds sold for producers, first hand 12,562,597 Pounds sold for dealers 428,175 Pounds resold for warehouse 641,950 Pounds resold for other warehouses 13,977 Total • 13,646,699 REPORT FROM LEAF TOBACCO WAREHOUSES FOR MONTH OF JANUARY, 1908. Pounds sold for producers, first hand 9,144,246 Pounds sold for dealers 399,800 Pounds resold for warehouse 473,293 Pounds resold for other warehouses 14,353 Total 10,031,692 THE BULLETIN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RALEIGH, Volume 29. FEBRUARY, 1908. Number 2. I. VARIETY AND DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. II. VARIETY AND DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. III. FERTILIZATION AND CULTIVATION OF CORN AND COTTON. IV. COMPOST AND COMPOSTING. V. FERTILIZERS FOR TOBACCO. CORN AND COTTON PLATS— EDGECOMBE TEST FARM. PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND SENT FREE TO CITIZENS ON APPLICATION. ENTERED AT THE RALEIGH POST-OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. S. L. Patterson, Connnissioner, ex officio Chairman, Raleigh. J. J. Laughinghouse Greenville First District. C. W. Mitchell Aulander Second District. William Dunn New Bern Third District. Ashley Hobne Clayton Fourth District. R. W. Scott Melville Fifth District. A. T. McCallum Red Springs Sixth District. J. P. McRae Laurinburg Seventh District. R. L. Doughton Laurel Springs Eighth District. W. A. Graham Machpelah Ninth District. A. Cannon Horse Shoe Tenth District. OFFICERS AND STAFF. S. L. Patterson Commissioner. T. K. Bruner , Secretary. B. W. Kilgore State Chemist, Field Crops. Tait Butler Veterinarian, Animal Husbandry. Franklin Sherman, Jr Entomologist. W. N. Hutt Horticulturist. H. H. Brimleit Naturalist and Curator. T. B. Parker Demonstration Work. W. M. Allen Food Chemist. J. M. Pickel Assistant Chemist. C. D. Harris . . . Assistant Chemist and Microscopist, Stock Feeds. W. G. Haywood Assistant Chemist. G. M. MacNider Assistant Chemist, Soils. L. L. Brinkley Assistant Chemist. S. O. Perkins Assistant Chemist. Hampden Hill Assistant Chemist. S. C. Clapp .Nursery and Orchard Inspector. S. B. Shaw Assistant Horticulturist. R. W. Scott, Jr., Superintendent Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C. F. T. Meacham, Superintendent Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. John H. Jefferies, Superintendent Pender Test Farm, Willard, N. C. R. W. Collett, Superintendent Transylvania Test Farm, Blantyre, N. C. e. TRAOEs ffiffi ncouN aL 1 EIGHTH (PARTIAL) REPORT OF THE WORK ON THE DEPART- MENT TEST FARMS FOR SEASON 1907, 2 INCLUDING VARIETY AND DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN AND COTTON. B. W. KILGOIIE, State Chemist, Field Crops. by G. M. MacNideb, Soil Work, AND R. W. Scott, Jb., Superintendent Edgecombe Test Farm, F. T. Meacham, Supebintendent Ibedell Test Fabm, R. W. Collett, Supebintendent Teansylvania Test Faem. On the following pages are recorded the results of this year's work with the variety and distance tests of corn and cotton on the Department's Test Farms. The testing of these two factors in the production of cotton and corn is of the most fundamental importance, as is evidenced by the differ- ence in yield of different varieties and of different distancing when grown side by side in the same field, on the same type of soil, with identical cul- tivation and fertilization. Its importance is further emphasized when it is considered that 64.7 per cent (17.5 per cent to cotton and 47.2 per cent to corn) of the cultivated lands of North Carolina are devoted to these two crops, with the small average annual yields of 215 pounds of lint cotton and 12.8 bushels shelled corn per acre. If by carefully con- ducted experiments through a number of years the most advantageous distancing and most prolific varieties of corn and cotton on the different types of soil for an average season can be ascertained, and farmers gener- ally be induced to use the best varieties and distances in growing these crops, material assistance will have been rendered in increasing the total amounts per acre of these crops grown in the State. Increasing the aver- age yield of corn one bushel and seed cotton fifty pounds per acre will, according to the census of 1900, increase the annual profits of the farmers of North Carolina by about $3,650,000,. allowing sixty cents per bushel for shelled corn and three and one-half cents per pound for seed cotton. This does not appear, with the hearty co-operation of farmers, such a far- distant possibility, in the light of results obtained during the past seven lr The main portion of the work for 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 is reserved for publication later, when the results of our tests, which have now been running some six or seven years, will be brought together, with the view of drawing such conclusions as may be warranted on the subjects covered by the experiments. 2 Thanks are due Mr. C B. Williams, Director of the Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, West Raleigh, for valuable assistance in the preparation of this bulletin. s The results at the Edgecombe farm are taken for these comparisons because, it being the oldest farm, we have data for a greater number of years. 4 The Bulletin. years in our testing of varieties of corn and cotton. Take, for example, the results of our variety tests at the Edgecombe farm 3 during this time. In comparative variety tests of corn, with the number of varieties in the different tests varying from eight to thirty-six, we have found the differ- ences between the one yielding the highest and the one the lowest amount of shelled corn per acre in the individual test to range from 6.2 to 26.6 bushels. "With cotton the^range of difference in the different tests has been all the way from 530 to 915 pounds of seed cotton per acre, when from seven to twenty-six varieties were used in the different tests. It must not be forgotten that the best distancing of any crop is principally dependent upon soil fertility, while yield of variety is governed largely by soil fertility and adaptability and by the rigidity with which selection of seed of desirable characteristics has been made. LOCATION AND CHARACTER OF SOILS OF TEST FARMS. Edgecombe Farm. — This farm is located in Edgecombe County, about midway between the towns of Tarboro and Rocky Mount, and about two miles from Kingsboro, a station on the Atlantic Coast Line Eailway. The soil of this farm consists, principally, of sandy loam, with moder- ately fine sand, underlain by a rather tenacious sandy clay subsoil at a depth, generally, of from 8 to 12 inches. The subsoil is a moderately good sandy clay, such as is found under the larger portion of the "lands of the eastern part of the State. This type of soil responds very rapidly in remunerative crops to proper fertilization and cultivation, and repre- sents a large and important part of the coastal plain formation, which comprises something like forty per cent of the total area of the State. The types of soil on this farm are designated by the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture as Norfolk sandy loam and Norfolk fine sandy loam. Red Springs Farm. — This farm is located in the coastal plain region, about one mile east of the corporate limits of the town of Red Springs, in Robeson County. The soil is a rather deep phase of Norfolk sandy loam, a gray medium sandy loam underlain at from 12 to 15 inches by a yellow sandy clay subsoil. This type of soil is found in considerable areas in the middle-eastern and southeastern portions of the State, and being of a dry nature and warming up early in the spring, it is especially adapted to the growth of truck and other crops where early maturity is an important consideration. Although this soil is not as strong as that found on the Edgecombe farm, it will produce good yields under liberal fertilization and proper cultivation and rotation of crops. Iredell Farm. — This farm, located in the Piedmont section of the State, lies about one and one-half miles northwest of the corporate limits of Statesville, and is bisected by the Statesville and Western Division of the Southern Railway. The soils consist of Cecil clay and Cecil sandy loam, which are the predominant types throughout the Piedmont Plateau. The surface soil of the Cecil sandy loam is a grayish brown sandy loam, while that of the Cecil clay is a deep red tenacious clay. Both are underlain by a heavy red clay subsoil. These soils are naturally strong and are susceptible of high productivity under judicious fertilization and proper cultural management. They are especially adapted to the growth of grains, grasses and clover. The Bulletin. 5 Transylvania Farm. — This farm is located at Blantyre, on the west side of the French Broad Eiver, twelve miles directly west of Henderson- ville, and is situated on both sides of the Hendersonville and Lake Tox- away Branch of the Asheville and Spartanburg Division of the Southern Bailway. The farm embraces both valley and mountain-side soils. The valley soil consists of a dark, heavy loam, containing organic matter and a liberal supply of plant-food constituents ; it is known as Toxaway loam. This soil, which is typical of large areas of soil in the French Broad Val- ley, is deep and fertile, and generally produces large yields when not sub- ject to too great overflows during the growing season._ The mountain- side soil consists of a grayish to dark red loam, underlain at from 6 to 12 inches by a stiff clay loam ; it is known as Porter's loam. Both soil and subsoil contain some rock fragments. This is one of the typical soils of the mountains of western North Carolina. It washes badly if not cov- ered by forest or carefully looked after when cultivated. This soil, when not too steep, is devoted to some extent to general farming and fruit growing. I. Variety, Variety-distance and Distance Tests of Corn. Preparation and Cultivation. — The plats were all broke alike with a two-horse turning plow 8 to 10 inches deep and harrowed. Soon after the rows were run 4 to 5 inches deep and 4 feet apart in variety tests and the several distances in the distance tests. The stalks in the variety tests were reduced to a stand of 2 x /2 feet in the row. The fertilizer materials were applied uniformly in these drills and covered, the application being at the following rate per acre in all tests : Three hundred pounds of a mixture of acid phosphate, dried blood and manure salt, 1 which contained 7 per cent available phosphoric acid, 1% per cent potash and 3 per cent nitrogen (equal to 3.64 per cent ammonia), costing $3.12, were used. The slight ridges formed in covering the fertilizer were opened and the corn planted a little below the level, all tests of the same kind at the same farm being given the same treatment as to time of planting and otherwise. All cultivations were as nearly level as possible and rather deep early in the season, with the small hoes of the Planet Jr. Cultivator, but became shallower, using the large hoes as the season advanced and the roots extended towards the middle of the rows and nearer the surface. This system of cultivation afforded pretty thorough breaking of the land early in the season and prevented the disturbance of the root systems of the plants later. An effort was made to cultivate every ten or twelve days, as far as the weather would permit, and especially immediately after rains, in order to produce a fine dust mulch with the shallow-run- ning plows, to retard the evaporation of the recently, added moisture. The varieties of corn were harvested and shocked on September 16 at the Edgecombe farm, on September 14 at the Iredell farm, but were not husked until December 3 and 4 at Edgecombe, November 7 at Iredell. RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN. The results of these tests are contained in the following tables : 1 Manure salt is a potash compound containing about 20 per cent potash, princi- pally in the form of muriate. The Bulletin. Table I— RESULTS OF EDGECOMBE Rank in Produc- tivity. c u o JS 1 2 S 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 19 20 20 21 22 22 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Varieties Tested. > o W 14 13 6 20 1 21 29 24 23 31 34 18 7 30 33 8 16 26 28 19 17 9 10 3 32 12 5 27 15 4 23 25 7 22 2 11 Wyatt's Improved Yellow • Cocke's Prolific Weekley's Improved Marlboro Prolific Jarvis' Improved Biggs' Seven Ear American Queen Pool's Boone County White Six Ear Corn Boone County White Hickory King Cocke's Prolific Reid's Yellow Dent Riley's Favorite Williams' Hickory King Wilson's Success Parker's Cocke's Prolific Sanders' Improved Sharber's Marlboro Prolific Southern Beauty Fry's Improved Farmers' Favorite Brake's Holt's Strawberry Selection 77 — McMackin's Gourd Seed - Iowa Silver Mine Learning Yellow Boone County Special Hastings' Prolific Bradbury's Improved ■ Henry Grady Mosby's Prolific Number Stalks per Plat. ■w o f> ri u 3 o+S S 3 53.0 49.0 60.0 42.0 50.0 46.0 43.0 36.0 42.0 52.0 40.0 39.0 47.0 39.0 34.0 51.0 40.0 52.0 41.0 49.0 44.0 49.0 46.0 53.0 45.0 47.0 51.0 39.0 47.0 28.0 35-0 37.0 51.0 47.0 58.0 53.0 to U cd H ■g. u a ■a s o a> ~ cj +• $? it ® Yield per Plat. M ca o 182 232 291 243 180 306 236 217 171 225 154 200 252 142 173 150 217 208 204 169 186 212 156 166 132 139 164 170 163 126 160 159 254 172 165 191 1.02 1.34 1.32 1.29 1.11 1.56 1.45 1.17 1.03 1.42 .90 1.13 1.24 .89 .94 .84 1.06 1.30 1.30 1.14 1.15 1.40 .90 .87 1.00 .86 .85 .94 .89 • 88 .97 .91 1.20 .90 .95 .97 p m ■° 3 2. § 70.50 69.76 66.50 73.25 67.75 64.00 63.75 58-00 66.50 66-50 45.00 54.00 53-01 55.25 60.50 60.75 53.50 57.25 56.25 52.75 55.50 50.00 50.50 50.50 52.50 41-25 45.50 51.00 46. 5C 44.50 49.50 49.25 38.00 40.25 44.50 37.00 13.60 12.75 13.00 6.00 7.75 14.75 10.75 11.75 5.50 5.50 24.00 11.00 15.00 10.50 6.00 10.00 9.50 9.75 7.25 5.25 8.75 11.50 9.25 8.50 8.00 15.00 12.50 6.75 10.25 11.75 7.50 6.00 15.00 11.00 8.25 9.00 The Bulletin. VARIETY TEST OF CORN. FAHM. Yield per Acre. Number Ears to Shell One Bushel. c-fi 5 g .9 m So " US H 11 w o 3ja o o Ears. Shelling Capacity. Total Weight. Stover per Acre— Pounds. Weight in Pounds of Measured Bushel of Shelled Corn. m T3 C o 1 00 U ca H 1 1 Si 4) to wffl Average Length- Inches. Average Cir- cumference — Inches i H 1 o 21 25 11 20 22 7 15 19 23 16 10 2 31 3 26 13 9 6 18 4 14 1 24 30 28 27 12 29 8 23 21 32 5 17 15 32 34 Varieties Tested. Number Stalks per Plat. b( c Oi , o fc.t/3 MO c3 Q Biggs' Seven Ear American Queen Southern Beauty Pool's Boone County White Cocke's Prolific Marlboro Prolific Selection 77 Goodman's Prolific Jarvis' Improved Wilson's Success Henry Grady Parker's Cocke's Prolific- Brake's Boone County Special Hickory King Weekley's Improved Cocke's Prolific Sanders' Improved Fry's Improved McMackin's Gourd Seed- Holt's Strawberry Wyatt's Improved Currituck Sharber's Boone County White Hickory King Iowa Silver Mine Williams' Farmers' Favorite Bradbury's Improved — Learning Yellow Mosby's Prolific Six Ear Corn Hastings' Prolific Reid's Yellow Dent Riley's Favorite 218 128 July 218 128 " 218 133 " 218 141 " 218 146 " 218 132 " 218 129 " 218 123 " 218 102 " 218 148 " 218 108 " 218 137 " 218 123 " 218 149 " 218 138 " 218 148 " 218 130 " 218 119 " 218 168 " 218 129 " 218 162 " 218 138 " 218J 126 " 218J 138 " 218 138 " 218 122 " 218 128 " 218 143 " 218 132 " 218. 119 " 218i 118 " 218 129 " 218 128 " 218 115 " 218 124 " 218J 123 " 218! 130 " 18 25 26 114. 25 130.0 24 130.0 18 114.0 18 1C8.0 24 126-0 25 108.0 18 116.0 26 102.0 22 124.0 20 108 20 125 20 120.0 20 122. 18 116.0 97.0 114.0 20 124.0 22 120.0 20 130.0 20 100.0 20 126.0 25 120.0 22 116.0 20 122.0 22 102.0 22 120.0 15 99.0 26 124.0 18| 120.0 25! 120.0 15 106.0 25 106.0 26 114.0 26 127.0 18 111.0 15 120.0 S 3 a 01 u a H o 11 £ 3 •z 60.0 54.0 48.0 54.0 54.0 72.0 48. 54. 48.0 54. 60.0 66.0 66.0 60.0 66.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 72.0 72.0 60.0 66.0 60.0 60.0 66.0 60-0 60.0 48-0 66.0 72.0 72.0 60.0 60.0 66.0 72.0 48.0 72.0 w u a H o U E 3 bt C8 < a Yield per Plat. 09 U H m U C fci 3 CS o to . .— ^ •° c ■° 3 264 237 157 201 140 266 221 143 222 137! 217 150 220 125 137 156 206 169j 180 142 138 122 137 135 133 126 163 143 123 123j 145 133 178 230 180 129 135 2.06 138 50 20.00 1.85 142 00 12.00 1.18; 138. 00 6.00 1.42 126-50 11.00 .95129.50i 5.00 2.01 125.50 11.00 1.70 120-00 18.00 1.16 118-50 8.00 2. 17117. 00 5.00 .92110.00 14.50 2.00 122-50 16.00 1.94 118.00 15.00 1.78 122.00 9.00 .83 108.50 15.00 .99108.50 12.00 1.05 119.00 2.00 1.58 105.00 18.00 1.42103 00' 18.00 1.70 109.50 8.00 1.10 104.50 17.00 .85107.50 10.00 .88 114.00 6.00 1.87|ll4.50' 8.00 .97 104. 50 12.00 .95105-50 7.50 1.83109.50 8.00 1.27103.00 7.00 1.00 103.00 7.00 .93 106.50 11.00 1.03 106. 00| 6.00 1.22 92.50 | 11.00 1.03 98.00! 9-00 1.39 85.00 12.00 2.00 i 75.50 19.00 1.45 81.00 12.00 1.04 88.00 4.00 1.03 74.00 3.00 The Bulletin. TEST OF CORN— Continued. FARM. Yield per Acre. 73 a I Si

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Jh q> H T3 4J Num Bush C^ 2-° p o 210 183 118 162 117 199 19s! 125 156 119 111 114 168 112 119 108 140 163 164 122 122 120 117 122 169 120 120 133 117 112 151 136 164 229 200 121 128 67.5 68.2 65.9 63.6 66.7 68.9 70.0 65.0 63.0 58.1 72.5 70.0 69.3 66.7 65.1 65.9 67.5 68.1 65.2 68.4 66.7 63.3 70.0 66.7 65.1 68.3 65.2 66.6 71.8 70.0 65.3 68.3 64.4 63.6 65.9 65.9 72.3 Ears. 3 -" .hi 01 m M6 Shelling Capacity. 2m» S-2*. .EO g c-g g Eg 3 fc, IB o * 53.7 55.0 47. 2 46. 2 49.8, 43.3 44. 6 ! 47.7 48 8 44.1 46.1 39.1 58.2! 37.4 49.1 43.2 42.0 39.6 45.1: 37.31 42.6 35.2 49.0 54.1 50.2 50.0 47. oj 52.3 45.1 1 46.6 43.1 54.9; 33. 4J 31.4 37.2 51.1 48.1 46.3 45.0 52.8 53.8 50.2 55.7 55.4 52.3 51.2 55.9 53.1 60.9 41.8 62.6 50.9 56.8 57.6 60.4 54.9 62.7 57.4 64-8 51.0 45.9 49.8 50.0 52.6 47.7 54.9 53.4 56.9 46.1 66.6 68.6' 62.8 48.9 51.9 c o - < u o •H n ° 1?* 5 m . — v Source of Seed. 2730 2520 3220 2750 2710 3470 3140 2770 2560 3110 3230 4140 1880 4130! 2490, 3180 1 3340 1 3680! 2850 4070 3150 4400 2550 1970 2240 2350 3200 2000 3450 2560 2730 1760 3860 2920 3140 1760j 1660 North Carolina. North Carolina. North Carolina. Georgia. Indiana. Edgecombe Farm. South Carolina. Ohio. North Carolina. North Carolina. Virginia. Georgia. North Carolina. North Carolina. Illinois. Tennessee. Iredell Farm. Tennessee. Georgia. Georgia. Tennessee. Virginia. North Carolina. North Carolina. North Carolina. Tennessee. Virginia. Illinois. North Carolina. North Carolina. Georgia. Ohio. Mississippi. Georgia. Georgia. Illinois. Indiana. 10 The Bulletin. Table II— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN. EDGECOMBE FABM. 1900. Varieties Tested. -a •A W 2 a! GQ U M v. a a, — a r? 5 ^ 1901. > — • . « e 1902. | 09 to > '•3 . lo 2 2 2" 3^,2^ CUTJ'M 3«i|£ Quit; Br C 0> S3, C 2 fi S — U — ' & — 41 — & "" 1 ax. -o c .ax 2 c ■*£ am S u S«3, "3 .. ceo « o ><0 o rt Cocke's Prolific (Edgecombe.) Cocke's Prolific (Tenn. ) Weekley 's Improved— 20.0 Pool's 19.4 Craig's Prolific Straw- — berry Sander's Improved --- 17.8 Holt's Strawberry Craig's Prolific White- Champion White Pearl. Cooley's Red Cob Improved Golden Dent. Champion Dent 22.4 17.2 2 28.1 D5 5^U « o 2 35.2 29.5 27.0 25.7 Hickory King (Tenn.) Mosby's Prolific Tatum's Choice Shaw's Improved Tennessee Yellow Killebrew's (Native) - Learning Yellow Brake's 17.4 17.0 16.2 Marlboro Prolific (B. P. I.) Biggs' Seven Ear Iowa Silver Mine — Reid's Yellow Dent- Riley's Favorite Boone County White (Ind.) Boone County White (Tenn.) Number 167 Selection 77 Cocke's Prolific (Pou) Williams' Square Deal 22.5 22.2 21.4 26.6 26.9 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1 "3 J3 £ \Mj\S %j& t3 e '.2 I'Sd-S.'Se .c 8 -a o -S Sz-o o -5 8 v g x, 8 -vS X h bo Aver- ages. '3 JJk'OO 2 c 0) E gW ... C W«j ><0 « o ax -a c ■*-"= 2 » E £W 33.5 26.1 29.1 27.1 24.9 24.6 21.6 20.6 1 24.4 1 — 19.9 7 2 19.5 10 5 19.7 8 3 >"0 «o^OKo^O«o^OMo 30.3 26.4 25.5 5 35.9 1 26.8 14 35.5 31.5 59.3 41.9 53.1 22.4 11 26.5 2 26.2 3 24.0 16.1 16 27.8 8 - 15.3 17 31.0 3 31.8 4 44.2 25 30.6 7 42.7 10 24.1 6 16.2 15 18 7 14.9 8 10 20.1 21.4 20.0 20.5 18.6 27.1 22.4 21.1 13.7 17.6 21.4 17-3 17.8 19.6 19.4 17.6 16.2 20.2 23.4 21 31.2 18 24.6 28.5 32.3 32.4 25.2 6 22 40.9 37.7 24.1 21 26.9 13 11 S c a) t COT .» c *«„ 31.9 1 30.2 19.8 19.0 8 18 26.7 22 25.0 2 27.9 1 ___. 33.6 40.4 42.1 21.5 15.7 18.8 19.1 19.8 52.2 3 24.8 24 21 18 6 14 22.3 24 36.6 21 18.9 23 12 23.4 18 23.3 23 35.3 24 22.2 22.8 20 24.6 18 26.8 23.9 24.5 32.3 30.5 11 17 23.3 23 28.9 16 29.5 9 35.2 37.6 34.5 24.1 21 37.0 40.7 29.6 6 25.0 17 22.0 22.9 23.6 20 12 19.0 21.8 12 13 10 9 22 14 The Bulletin. 11 Table ,11— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN— Con. EDGECOMBE FARM. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. Aver- ages. Varieties Tested. "8 ** ~3 xt VI m 1l gc M< at — c 2c C = 1? I' Or h'- M-c - * k ■*" aj BK «0 | .B J8 < B a ■ 3 c 2c c = . u c ' o£ l --3 -MX CM (3 -g •a V — -» " ° c T3 C 2<- *■* a = k — 4 ■M.C BK M C 03 • 1 « < B a — B 2c ;g . ° c 1 Mt a Be k --J ■MX BK Mo Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled finrn •a J3 m w h 03 B a •~ c 2c ii *■ > ° c 3 t "2 c or Mt: _ n 8c — a Mx BK M^ Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled i > ° B T3 O •-"3 ;MX CM Mo Boone County Special- 27.5 23. J 22. J 21.4 20.6 20.3 t 9 19 21 22 23 24 25.5 25. £ ! 16 15 34.6 43.2 27 5 18. C 19. C 25 22 McMackin's Gourd Seed. -^ 23. S 32.4 23 3 40.9 32.7 11 30 Thomas' Improved Chester County Mam- moth. Hickory King (Va.) - 28.1 27.7 24.6 24.5 24.2 10 12 18 19 20 34.8 42.5 37.4 40.2 26 7 19 14 22.9 10 Peele's Prolific - 41.1 39.6 38.0 35.8 35.7 35.2 10 15 16 22 23 25 24.1 17.9 19.5 19.4 21.2 7 26 19 20 16 Battle's Prolific Wyatt's Improved Yellow. 27.0 25.7 !5.2 !3.6 !0.1 9.8 9.4 7.4 7.2 1 4 5 9 17 18 . 20 27 28 . Parker's Cocke's Pro- lific. Bradbury's Improved- 1 1 12 The Bulletin. Table II— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OP CORN— Con. EED SPRINGS FAEM. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. Averages. Varieties Tested. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. o >> '> "■5 o 3 2| C cy Km Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. o o 3 TJ • o c Qu ° .S-o ■*= 5 « 22.4 16.6 15.4 15.0 14.4 10.2 10.0 9.0 8.4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 14.1 4 18 3 1 Coman's Best Bradbury's Improved 15.3 3 14.9 2 14.1 5 12.1 4 17.3 19.0 14.0 13. 5 12.4 11.3 2 1 6 7 8 9 12.9 3 Champion Dent 1 The Bulletin. 13 Table II— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN— Con. IREDELL FARM. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. Aver- ages. Varieties Tested. •a V "a! tn to n< ^ u C n •-" ft 2c >> 3 c 3 u •O o go On -a c^ ■~ 0) -MX CO) X o Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. 1 ui n s « -5 * CO CJ c 2 2c > ■a o go P<"a c^ "" o> -M.C CM On o •a "3 tn to Ig i« M * c - — ft 2c >H(J Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. >> > go *-% R5 — a) -*J= CW CG „. « C Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. >> "P 3 £ ■a o go Oi-a ceo X o Biggs' Seven Ear 29.7 24.7 24.3 23.9 23.5 23.3 22.6 22.6 21.9 21.9 21.8 21.7 21.2 20.8 20.8 20.^ 20.6 19.9 17.1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 9 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 16 31.8 26.0 28.8 22.5 23.4 21.9 24.6 22.3 20.4 23.5 22.9 21.5 22.5 22.5 24.2 2 6 3 14 10 18 7 16 22 9 12 19 14 14 8 38.8 9 16.9 1 Craig's Prolific Straw- — berry. 33.5 31.8 35.2 40.3 27.6 27.8 31.7 28.7 35.4 33.4 29.7 31.3 31.0 38.1 30.5 32.8 12 18 9 2 31 30 19 27 8 13 25 20 21 6 24 14 40.2 6 39.4 7 Craig's Prolific White- Cocke's Prolific 32.7 42.0 30.4 36.4 31.7 36.7 35.7 35.3 32.4 33.4 39.6 30.4 33.9 21 1 26 14 24 12 15 16 22 •20 8 26 19 36.4 36.4 30.1 34.4 35.1 21.3 43.2 36.0 38.9 27.9 31.3 36.7 33.0 40.3 15 15 30 23 19 34 4 16 8 33 29 14 25 5 30.0 33.0 26.1 29.5 28.5 25.8 3 1 9 5 6 10 (Tenn. ) Boone County White (Tenn.) Holt's Strawberry Pool's 30.0 29.6 26.7 27. S 25.4 30.2 3 4 8 7 Selection 77 Reid's Yellow Dent Learning Yellow Hickory King (Tenn.) 11 2 Boone County White (Ind.) • 32.4 26.3 26.1 23.3 22.7 22.5 22.4 22.3 22.2 21.5 21.1 21.1 20.3 1 4 5 11 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 20 23 37.4 41.0 7 1 40.3 39.9 5 7 37.0 39.6 13 6 — Cocke's Prolific (Edgecombe.) 30.9 28.0 38.8 38.7 32.5 33.9 22 29 4 5 15 10 34-5 18 34.9 21 37.9 40.4 28.7 36.7 11 4 27 12 32.7 37.0 26 13 — Boone County Special- Shellem's Prolific Pride of Burke McMackin's Gourd 28.5 28 31.3 25 35.2 18 — Seed. Parks' Large Yellow - Parks' White Beauty - 14 The Bulletin. Table II— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN— Con. IREDELL FAEM. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. Aver- ages. Varieties Tested. 2 "3 X M •2 . X h 2 ° B J, 2c 1? > is fln-O c^ ™" 0> MX CM 04 -a "3 X w DO lg CO « C 01 — a 2c > •§S 2^ *•§ Cs — • a MX CM Oh T3 2 "3 X 02 DQ "3 d 3 «f! c « — ' ft 2c C° ► ° c ■a o 2w — u CW M o Yield in Bushels Shelled Corn per Acre. Rank in Productivity of Shelled Corn. ■o _a> "3 X DQ "3 m x Z ■n ty &< g J> — ft 2c >> -t-> '> '£ . u c T3 O go c== — u MX era rt ti_. « T3 J) "3 X W « "3 O) x s ffl " 1- c k - ft 2 c >> \> 2^ c "X — 0) cm K 2 "3 Vl Ol "3 a •S " At! C 1) — 2c (HO >> > 2. >• T3 O go C3 — 4> .X.C g W • GO y C 0) ■- O 2c £° C ■O O SO e- •- o> MX cm ,2> ■M '> '■5 . c "2 ° 2" *■% CS3 •- a) CM tf Hickory King (Va.) — — — 20.8 21 30.6 33.8 32.3 32.0 39.2 29.5 23 11 16 17 3 26 34.8 40.8 32.0 40.6 38.7 36.6 32.7 17 2 23 3 10 13 21 33.7 38.7 24 9 45.1 2 32.0 27 ^ 43.7 9 28.2 32 38.2 10 38.2 38.0 37.8 35.5 35.0 34.7 31.7 28.6 10 11 12 17 20 22 28 31 Parker's Cocke's Prolific. Wyatt's Improved ■ Bradbury's Im- proved . The Bulletin. 15 Table III— SHOWING RELATIVE EARLINESS, YIELDS, SIZE OF EARS, HEIGHT OF STALKS AND EARS, AND PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN, COB, EARS AND STOVER OF VARIETIES OF CORN TESTED IN 1907. EDGECOMBE FARM. Varieties. Wyatt's Improved Cocke's Prolific (Tenn.) Weekley's Improved Marlboro Prolific (B. P. I.)— . Jarvis' Improved Biggs' Seven Ear American Queen Pool's Boone County White (Tenn. ) Six-Ear Corn Boone County White (Ind. ) -- Hickory King (Va.) Cocke's Prolific (Edgecombe) Reid's Yellow Dent Riley's Favorite Williams' Hickory King (Tenn.) Wilson's Success Parker's Cocke's Prolific Sander's Improved Sharber's 1 Marlboro Prolific Southern Beauty Fry's Improved Farmers' Favorite Brake's Holt's Strawberry Selection 77 McMackin's Gourd Seed Rank According to the Following Characters. §2 Is J3 to O M UK a; S<* i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 19 •20 20 21 22 22 22 u <" 5 a W » •acoo £.5 £.E > 1) 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 10 8 8 11 16 12 15 14 9 19 13 18 24 17 20 22 23 21 28 21 25 27 14 13 6 20 1 21 29 24 23 31 34 18 7 30 33 8 16 26 28 19 17 9 10 3 32 12 E 27 15 <0 CD O ; O h I u O Cm 24 24 15 20 10 27 21 2 17 17 11 1 15 7 12 28 4 25 26 4 28 2-1 18 15 23 5 16 14 9 5 9 15 10 20 2 8 28 13 13 19 29 15 23 18 1 26 4 3 26 1 7 12 15 6 25 14 16 21 4 18 20 22 3 25 21 16 6 6 5 15 19 9 13 8 14 23 19 14 8 17 1 8 7 12 2 11 2 12 14 23 8 26 3 5 9 10 4 1 17 24 7 2 22 19 13 11 20 18 27 28 33 6 2,') 31 15 23 21 22 12 28 8 33 31 27 26 32 35 19 10 29 34 13 16 23 25 15 17 7 11 2 30 9 4 21 12 .5 w^v S£§ S rt.fi 11 19 11 14 5 16 17 15 8 8 12 8 18 7 5 17 2 9 8 7 17 15 2 16 13 12 10 (4 W . . *% Sod o i. Oh P, IS o.S Ms! toW '/J c 0 ca * CD o u Smallness Ear Corn E Shell Bush 8^ o cf Set O J. 01 c to m CD .2 .£ « ■BO o o M «H O •g.2 •5U ?.£ £.s £.£ 0. 4) PL, ca 91 Ph ai Ph fci CD Ph a 26 - - 3 19 n 20 23 28 4 8 22 10 32 3 16 3 ?4 '6 ?ft 13 17 1? 17 18 8 20 1 18 18 11 25 ?9 ?5 18 1? 7 16 ?0 2 23 3 14 16 19 ?"> 30 7 fi 24 ?4 30 5 14 10 9 B 4 4 Bradbury's Improved 27 32 22 5 25 7 21 14 6 24 8 11 7 10 ?8 31 ? 19 11 ? 34 1 1 21 8 1 1 20 29 33 11 3 27 16 29 6 4 20 9 10 2 13 The Bulletin. 17 Table III— SHOWING RELATIVE EARLINESS, YIELDS, SIZE OF EARS, HEIGHT OF STALKS AND EARS, AND PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN, COB, EARS AND STOVER OF VARIETIES OF CORN TESTED IN 1907— Con. iredell farm. Varieties. Rank According to the Following Characters. a . u cu o u °3 V u S v a> p. m% o to 2,3 £.5 S , Ok ft WJ2 s i be '<3 'm CD Biggs' Seven Ear American Queen Southern Beauty' Poole's Boone County White (Ind.) -- Cocke's Prolific (Edgecombe) Marlboro Prolific Selection 77 Goodman's Prolific Jarvis' Improved Wilson's Success Henry Grady Parker's Cocke's Prolific Brake's Boone County Special Hickory King (Tenn.) Weekley's Improved Cocke's Prolific (Tenn.) Sanders' Improved Fry's Improved McMackin's Gourd Seed Holt's Strawberry Wyatt's Improved Currituck Sharber's Boone County White (Tenn.) Hickory King (Va.) Iowa Silver Mine Williams' Farmers' Favorite 1 2 21 8 5 26 5 32 2 1 25 9 4 22 2 35 3 3 11 6 7 7 16 20 4 6 20 2 11 17 18 17 5 8 22 7 6 5 10 27 6 7 7 10 3 24 23 14 7 5 15 11 2 23 21 15 8 11 19 4 9 12 15 22 9 17 23 1 12 18 13 24 10 13 16 4 9 8 22 13 10 4 10 10 3 2 19 19 11 9 2 11 2 4 29 7 12 10 31 10 3 20 1 36 13 14 3 7 6 3 30 6 13 20 26 4 9 8 11 26 14 19 13 6 7 1 24 12 15 15 9 8 5 16 27 9 15 12 6 10 3 18 28 8 16 22 18 4 9 19 20 16 17 18 4 9 4 11 31 5 18 22 14 7 6 11 26 10 19 21 1 9 4 9 33 3 20 16 24 11 2 5 12 25 21 23 30 7 6 11 .4 33 22 24 28 4 9 21 8 29 23 22 27 9 4 9 9 28 24 26 12 4 9 9 17 21 25 26 29 7 6 14 6 31 26 22 8 12 1 5 20 16 27 25 23 11 2 3 17 18 12 14 9 3 11 17 19 5 2 1 22 19 18 11 6 9 12 13 7 16 11 15 19 11 6 15 7 10 20 19 2 10 7 8 16 8 12 4 25 3 3 9 9 8 17 3 1 9 27 6 4 5 5 4 8 5 30 5 23 3 19 3 10 9 12 6 9 7 18 5 29 5 28 5 6 8 24 7 25 5 21 5 14 5 22 2 26 10 21 4 9 1 1 9 13 3 13 8 15 5 13 4 7 6 3 IS 9 5 7 1 16 3 7 8 6 15 7 17 5 7 18 The Bulletin. Table III— SHOWING RELATIVE EARLINESS, YIELDS, SIZE OF EARS, HEIGHT OF STALKS AND EARS, AND PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN, COB, EARS AND STOVER OF VARIETIES OF CORN TESTED IN 1907— Con. iredell faem. Varieties. Rank According to the Following Characters. 03 C . _ t. oj -° < B o O (4 o s< ,, u V h «H 0> O O o ft a « ty to M °> fcc bo 0) ■r. T3 e c 3 •a o T3 O o m %^ "30* e £.5 P« Cm 0) CM en h w OJ B » 05 1 . 01 — 5 53 ^ m o O o *J5 +J +> E « .fl .fl Hi R. to 60 'S w 60 "5 01 J3 o «E oO J3*S 60=3 '3 4) >•* Bradbury's Improved Learning Yellow Mosby's Prolific Six-Ear Corn Hastings' Prolific Reid's Yellow Dent- Riley's Favorite 28 28 21 4 9 17 29 27 32 9 4 15 30 29 5 3 10 19 31 30 17 6 7 27 32 30 15 5 7 25 33 31 32 6 8 10 34 32 33 7 6 13 11 34 2 1 4 30 23 15 4 3 9 9 21 15 8 7 1 21 1 14 3 13 8 14 3 4 10 9 2 11 10 2 1 20 3 12 5 21 2 7 1 The Bulletin. 19 Table IV— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN, SHOW- ING RELATIVE EARLINESS, YIELDS, SIZE OF EARS, HEIGHT OF STALKS AND EARS, AND* PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN, COB, EARS AND STOVER. EDGECOMBE FARM. Varieties. Holt's Strawberry Marlboro Prolific Sanders' Improved Cocke's Prolific (Edgecombe) Brake's Boone County White (Ind.) -- Cocke's Prolific (Tenn.) Weekley's Improved Iowa Silver Mine Learning Yellow Selection 77 Boone County White (Tenn. ) Reid's Yellow Dent Mosby's Prolific Riley's Favorite Rank According to the Following Characters. — Q> cu 0. — » O 00 n\S a . >< a 0) o u V C4 9 3 11 4 7 13 5 8 1 1 2 13 10 4 4 7 13 10 3 6 12 2 5 9 14 10 3 13 12 5 8 11 7 6 9 14 12 14 6 15 1 2 11 15 8 c 'ej a > 13 6 3 4 5 7 2 7 9 6 11 3 4 7 1 5 10 3 11 1 12 3 8 2 7 4 6 8 8 3 M c3 H "3 ja .a H 1 7 4 5 3 10 6 8 14 13 9 10 11 2 » 12 Results in this column are from data of 1907 only. 2 Results in these columns are from data of 1905, 1906 and 1907. 20 The Bulletin. Table IV— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN, SHOW- ING RELATIVE EARLINESS, YIELDS, SIZE OF EARS, HEIGHT OF STALKS AND EARS, AND PERCENTAGE OF GRAIN, COB, EARS AND STOVER— Con. IREDELL FAEM. Varieties. Cocke's Prolific (Tenn.) Weekley's Improved Mosby's Prolific Boone County White (Tenn.) Holt's Strawberry Riley's Favorite Sanders' Improved Selection 77 Reid's Yellow Dent Learning: Yellow Iowa Silver Mine Boone County White (Ind. ) - a a a H m h a 3 !h ■H o a e Rank According to the Following Characters. s . o >- « t. = 1 0) ft "I *s-g 3 1 in 5 6 5 11 2 • .S oi co i- S h » s » s •** o •— o 4 2 3 6 1 12 5 9 8 10 11 7 ■8 u o » H 3 +3 C 01 o h 2 3 10 4 1 6 12 8 11 9 7 5 W h .22 ^ e 09 h H «H o 0) > o ta «H O

H o B . o.S = m 03:= K03 n O a' m 9 ho +3 ojO — S a. 4 Oh ft 3 6 2 11 10 3 8 1 8 3 11 2 3 4 8 5 6 7 7 9 4 8 12 1 9 11 7 1 1 12 10 8 5 10 8 5 1 2 7 4 4 9 5 5 3 6 7 6 2 6 3 9 3 10 4 7 2 11 2 11 6 8 1 12 5 8 7 10 4 7 CO = '3 4 3 2 5 1 12 8 6 9 10 11 7 Results in this column are from data of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. The Bulletin. 21 comments on variety tests of cokn. The variety tests were conducted this year at the Edgecomhe and Iredell farms. The land at the Edgecombe farm devoted, to this test was good general farm land, while at Iredell a fine brownish clay soil with a red clay subsoil was used. To eliminate all inequalities in the character of the land, if any, the designated varieties at the dif- ferent farms were planted each in separate rows, arranged consecu- tively, and this plan was repeated from two to four times, varying with the length of the rows, in order to give the desired acreage to each variety. The varieties are arranged in Table I in the order of their productivity of shell corn per acre ; also the rank of stover per acre is indicated in the second column. In Table II are brought to- gether the results of varietal tests obtained at the Edgecombe farm during 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907; at Red Springs in 1900 and 1901, and at Iredell during 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907. Results from the testing of varieties of corn were obtained at the Transylvania during 1906 only. The vigorous- ness in growth, prolificacy, largeness of ears, percentages of grain and stover, yields, etc., of all varieties tested at the different farms are shown in Tables I, II, III and IV. By consulting Table II it will be seen that the differences in yield of shelled corn per acre on the different farms during the period covered by the tests between the variety yielding the highest and the one the lowest in the individual tests have ranged all the way from 6.2 to 26.6 bushels of shelled corn at the Edgecombe farm during the past eight years, with the number of varieties in the different tests varying from eight to thirty-six; from 7.7 to 14 bushels at Red Springs, when using nine varieties for each of two years; from 12.1 to 13.5 bushels during five years at Iredell, where from nineteen to thirty-seven varieties were employed; and a difference of 24.8 bushels at Transylvania during 1906, where thirty-four varieties were planted. Tables III and IV will be found to contain much valuable data, in plain, compact form, relative to the different characters of corn when grown under widely varying soil and climatic conditions. A careful study of these tables should be made by every corn-growing reader. Table II also gives the average standing of all the varieties, at each farm, that have been tested continuously since the beginning of the work in the different localities. The varieties which have averaged the highest yields of shelled corn at the different farms are : At Edge- combe, during eight years, Cocke's Prolific, Weekley's Improved, Sanders' Improved and Holt's Strawberry ; at Red Springs, during two years, Native, Cocke's Prolific, Holt's Strawberry and Weekley's Improved; at Iredell, Weekley's Improved, Sanders' Improved, Cocke's Prolific and Boone County White. 22 The Bulletin. notes on varieties op corn tested in 1907. 1 Cocke's Prolific, from Edgeconibe-grown seed, ranked second in 1900, 1901 and 1904, first in 1902, 1903, 1905 and 1906, and eleventh in 1907, at the Edgecombe farm; at Red Springs it stood fifth in 1900 and third in 1901 ; at Iredell, from Edgecombe-grown seed, sixth in 1904, first in 1905, seventh in 1906, and sixth in 1907 ; at Transylvania, second in 1906. The yield from Tennessee-grown seed of this variety at Edgecombe was seventh in 1903, twelfth in 1904, fourteenth in 1905, ninth in 1906, and second in 1907 ; four- teenth in 1904, tenth in 1905, twenty-first in 1906, and fifteenth in 1907 at Iredell; twenty-eighth in 1906 at Transylvania. From Experiment Station-grown seed, originally from Edgecombe farm, Cocke's Prolific ranked twenty-fourth in 1906 at Transylvania. The results of comparative varietal tests conducted during the past eight years on the test farms indicate this to be a most substantial and reliable variety; in fact, one of the best varieties thus far tested for growth on the sandy loam soils of the esatern portion of the State. One defect, however, with this variety is that the grains are too short. Weekley's Improved is a very good variety, having ranked first and second at the Iredell and Edgecombe farms as an average of four and seven years' trials, respectively. It is fairly early in maturity, and can be grown with more safety than most of the other varieties when only a short growing season is afforded. At the Edgecombe farm it ranked in 1900 third, in 1901 first, in 1902, 1905 and 1906 second, but in 1903 and 1904 it fell down to tenth and thirteenth places, respectively, and in 1907 ranked third. In 1901 it was first at Red Springs ; in 1903 sixth, in 1904 tenth, in 1905 second, in 1906 first, and in 1907 fifteenth at Iredell ; and in 1906 fifth at Transylvania. This variety has a little smaller ear and cob than Cocke's Prolific. Sanders' Improved, from Georgia-grown seed, ranked fourth in 1900, third in 1901, fourth in 1902 and in 1906, seventeenth in 1903, third in 1904, fourth in 1905, and eighteenth in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm; sixth in 1901 at Red Springs; and tenth in 1903, ninth in 1904, thirteenth in 1905, fifteenth in 1906, and sixteenth in 1907 at Iredell; and third in 1906 at Transylvania. This variety produces an ear about the size of Cocke's Prolific, but contains a smaller cob by about three to six per cent, and consequently requires about three to five pounds less of corn on the ear, as shown by an average of the result of the past eight years, to shell a bushel of corn. Holt's Strawberry occupied first place in 1900, sixth in 1901, 1902 and 1906, fifteenth in 1903, twenty-fifth in 1904, seventh in 1905, and twenty-second in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm; ninth in 1900 and second in 1901 at Red Springs; eighth in 1903, sixteenth in 1904, nineteenth in 1905 and 1907, and twenty-fourth in 1906 at 1 The basis of rank in these notes is according to the yield of bushels cf shelled corn per acre. The Bulletin. 23 Iredell; and second in 1906 at Transylvania. It has a much larger ear than Cocke's Prolific, and produces a large percentage of stover. Brake s, as the result of the tests in Edgecombe, the home of the variety, ranked eleventh in 1902, nineteenth in 1903, seventh in 1904, thirteenth in 1905 and 1906, and twenty-first in 1907. At Iredell it occupied first place in the tests of 1904, seventh in 1905, fifth in 1906, and thirteenth in 1907 ; and twentieth at Transylvania in 1906. This variety has a short, large ear. Learning Yellow ranked twelfth in 1902, fourth in 1903, fifteenth in 1904, twenty-first in 1905, twenty-ninth in 1906, and twenty- fourth in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm; and twelfth in 1903, four- teenth in 1904, twenty-first in 1905 and 1906, and twenty-ninth in 1907 at Iredell; and thirty-second at Transylvania in 1906. This is a yellow corn that has a strong tendency to produce only one large ear per stalk. It has yielded excellent results in Indiana, Iowa and Illinois in comparison with other varieties. Selection 77 ', from Ohio-grown seed, ranked fifth, sixteenth, eighth, twentieth and twenty-second at Edgecombe, and eleventh, twelfth, twenty-fifth, sixteenth and eighth at Iredell in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, respectively; and twenty-fifth in 1906 at Transyl- vania. This corn has a larger ear and a slightly greater percentage of shelling capacity than Cocke's Prolific. Riley's Favorite, from Indiana-grown seed, ranked ninth, eigh- teenth, twenty-fifth and thirteenth at the Edgecombe farm ; eighth, twenty-second, twenty-seventh, twelfth and thirty-fourth at Iredell in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, respecively; and twenty-ninth in 1906 at Transylvania. This* is a yellow corn, with fairly small and narrow grains. It has a somewhat larger ear than Cocke's Pro- lific. This is an early maturing variety. Boone County White, from Indiana-grown seed, stood in 1903, 1904, 1906 and 1907 eleventh, twenty-third, eighteenth and tenth at Edgecombe, and fifteenth in 1903, eighth in 1904, fourteenth in 1905, nineteenth in 1906 and fifth in 1907 at Iredell; and eighteenth in 1906 at Transylvania; while from Tennessee-grown seed it ranked thirteenth, seventeenth, ninth, twenty-eighth and ninth at Edgecombe in 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 ; seventh in 1904, thirteenth in 1905, fourteenth in 1906 and twenty-third in 1907 at Iredell; and twenty-third in 1906 at Transylvania. This is a large, white-eared variety. Reid's Yellow Dent, from Illinois-grown seed, ranked twelfth in 1903, eighteenth in 1904, twenty-third in 1905, twenty-fourth in 1906 and twelfth in 1907 at Edgecombe; twelfth in 1903, nineteenth in 1904, twentieth in 1905, twenty-second in 1906 and thirty-third in 1907 at Iredell; and thirty-third in 1906 at Transylvania. This is a yellow variety of corn that has done well in the Northwestern States, but has a strong tendency, when grown under Southern con- ditions, as indicated by our variety tests, to produce only one large 24 The Bulletin. ear per stalk and smaller yields per acre than the two-eared varieties. It is medium early in maturity. Marlboro Prolific, from South Carolina-grown seed, from Bureau of Plant Industry, ranked thirteenth in 1903, second in 1904, eleventh in 1905, eighth in 1906 and eighteenth in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm; third in 1903, twelfth in 1905, sixth in 1906 and seventh in 1907 at Iredell ; and seventh in 1906 at Transylvania. From South Carolina-grown seed, from Excelsior Seed Farm, Marlboro Prolific ranked fourth in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm. This variety has an ear a little larger in size than Cocke's Prolific, and has a decidedly strong tendency to bear more than one ear to each stalk. Iowa Silver Mine, from Illinois seed, ranked fourteenth at both Edgecombe and Iredell farms in both 1903 and 1904, twenty-fourth at both in 1905, twenty-first in 1906, and twenty-third in 1907 at Edgecombe, and twenty-sixth in 1906, twenty-fifth in 1907 at Ire- dell; and thirty-first in 1906 at Transylvania. This is a white, large-eared corn that has a smaller percentage of cob to grain than Cocke's Prolific. Its grains are well shaped, showing the effect of prolonged and intelligent breeding and selection. This is one of the earliest varieties which the Department has tested. Mosby's Prolific, from Mississippi-grown seed, ranked fifth in 1900, twelfth in 1903, eighteenth in 1904, twenty-second in 1905, seventeenth in 1906 and twenty-ninth in 1907 at Edgecombe; third in 1900 at Red Springs; seventh in 1903, eighteenth in 1904, thirty- first in 1905, twenty-sixth in 1906 and thirteenth in 1907 at Iredell; and twenty-seventh in 1906 at Transylvania. It has a large propor- tion of stalk to ear, as it has a large istalk. Williams' ranked in 1904 fourth and fifteenth, in 1905 twenty- first and fifth, in 1906 twelfth and fourth, and in 1907 fourteenth and twenty-sixth at Edgecombe and Iredell, respectively; and thir- teenth in 1906 at Transylvania. This variety has a large, tall stalk and large ears that contain a medium high percentage of cob, espe- cially when grown at Iredell. It seems better suited to bottom than up land. Boone County Special stood ninth and sixteenth in 1904, sixteenth and fifteenth in 1905, twenty-seventh and twenty-seventh in 1906, and twenty-fifth and thirteenth in 1907, respectively, at the Edge- combe and Iredell farms; and thirteenth in 1906 at Transylvania. The ears are rather below the medium in size. McMachins Gourd Seed ranked nineteenth, fifteenth, fifth and twenty-second at Edgecombe; twentieth, twenty-eighth, twenty-fifth and eighteenth at Iredell in 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907, respectively, and eighth in 1906 at Transylvania. Medium in date of maturity. Currituck, which is grown rather extensively in some sections of the Piedmont Plateau of North Carolina, ranked twenty-second in 1904, eleventh in 1905 and twenty-second in 1906 at Edgecombe; The Bulletin. 25 twenty-third in 1904, eleventh in 1905, eighteenth in 1906 and twenty-first in 1907 at Iredell; and seventeenth in 1906 at Transyl- vania. Its ears are large and contain a medium high percentage of cob to grain. Shellem's Prolific ranked at Iredell seventeenth in 1904, tenth in 1905 and twelfth in 1906; at Edgecombe, nineteenth in 1905 and fourteenth in 1906 ; and fifteenth at Transylvania in 1906. It has a small ear and is early when grown in western North Carolina. Eureka ranked twelfth in 1905 and seventh in 1906 at Edgecombe ; twenty-sixth in 1905 and twenty-third in 1906 at Iredell ; and fourth in 1906 at Transylvania. This variety has a white ear, with a com- paratively high percentage of cob to grain. Hickory King, from Tennessee-grown seed, ranked ninth in 1901, sixth in 1903 and 1905, eleventh in 1906 and fifteenth in 1907 at Edgecombe; thirteenth in 1903, sixth in 1905, eighth in 1906 and fourteenth in 1907 at Iredell; eighth in 1901 at Red Springs; and first in 1906 at Transylvania. From Virginia-grown seed it stood tenth in 1905, twenty-sixth in 1906 and tenth in 1907 at Edgecombe ; eleventh in 1905 and twenty-fourth in 1907 at Iredell; and twenty- first in 1906 at Transylvania. This is a prolific variety, with small ears and broad and shallow grains. Thomas' Improved ranked fourteenth in 1904, fourth in 1905 and eleventh in 1906, third in 1905 and thirteenth in 1906 at Edge- combe; and fourteenth in 1906 at Transylvania. This is a vigorous, rank-growing variety that matures rather late. Peele's Prolific stood eighteenth in 1905 and nineteenth in 1906 at Edgecombe; seventeenth in 1905 and 1906 at Iredell; and ninth in 1906 at Transylvania. •American Queen occupied third place in 1905, second in 1906 and second in 1907 at Iredell; tenth in 1906 and seventh in 1907 at Edgecombe ; and twelfth in 1906 at Transylvania. Square Deal, in 1904 and 1905, ranked sixth and seventh at Edge- combe, and twenty-first and twenty-third at Iredell. Hastings' Prolific ranked fifteenth in 1906 and twenty-sixth in 1907 at Edgecombe; twenty-first in 1906 and thirty-second in 1907 at Iredell ; and twenty-second in 1906 at Transylvania. Southern Beauty ranked sixteenth in 1906 and nineteenth in 1907 at Edgecombe; thirteenth in 1906 and third in 1907 at Iredell; and sixth in 1906 at Transylvania. Farmers' Favorite ranked twenty-second in 1906 and twentieth in 1907 at Edgecombe; third in 1906 and twenty-seventh in 1907 at Iredell ; and sixteenth in 1906 at Transylvania. Biggs' Seven Ear ranked third in 1903, first in 1904, third in 1906 and sixth in 1907 at Edgecombe; first in 1903, second in 1904, ninth in 1906 and first in 1907 at Iredell; and tenth in 1906 at Tran- sylvania. 26 The Bulletin. Wilson s Success ranked twenty-third in 1906 and sixteenth in 1907 at Edgecombe, and tenth in 1907 at Iredell. Battle's Prolific stood twenty-fifth in 1906 at Edgecombe, and tenth in 1906 at Iredell, and eleventh in 1906 at Transylvania. Hamilton (native) ranked twenty-sixth in 1906 at Transylvania. Merrill (native) ranked nineteenth in 1906 at Transylvania. Jarvis' Improved ranked this year fifth at Edgecombe and tenth at Iredell. Wyatt's Improved ranked first at Edgecombe this year, and twen- tieth at Iredell. Pool's, from Georgia-grown seed, ranked eighth this year at Edge- combe, and fourth at Iredell. Six-Ear Corn ranked ninth this year at Edgecombe, and thirty- first at Iredell. Parkers Cocke's Prolific ranked seventeenth this year at Edge- combe, and twelfth at Iredell. Sharber's ranked eighteenth this year at Edgecombe, and twenty- second at Iredell. Fry's Improved ranked twentieth this year at Edgecombe, and seventeenth at Iredell. Bradbury's Improved ranked twenty-seventh this year at Edge- combe, and twenty-eighth at Iredell. Henry Grady ranked twenty-eighth this year at Edgecombe, and eleventh at Iredell. Goodman's Prolific ranked ninth this year at Iredell. STUDY OF COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF CORN. During the past eight years on the test farms of the Department something over fifty varieties of corn have been studied in compara- tive field tests. The number of varieties in the different tests has ranged all the way from eight in 1900 to thirty-seven in 1907. The different tests of varieties at the several farms were grown as nearly under the same conditions of soil, fertilization and cultivation as it was possible to provide. To eliminate all inequalities in the character of the land, if any, the varieties at the different farms were planted each in separate rows, arranged consecutively, and this plan was re- peated from three to four times, varying with the length of the rows, in order to give the desired acreage to each variety. By taking these precautions the results obtained should be reliable and highly valu- able. WHAT IS A VARIETY ? A variety is supposed to represent in a general way a class of plants with one or more distinguishing characteristics, but with a cereal like corn, which crosses so readily, variety does not signify much unless proper precautions have been exercised in its growth. The Bulletin. 27 Take some variety of corn, say Cocke's Prolific, that has been bred carefully and intelligently through a number of years for high yield of shelled corn per stalk, and grow it continuously in or adjacent to a field of inferior corn, and in a very short time, especially if proper seed selection is not practiced, it will give much smaller yields, when grown under the same conditions, than the original pure-bred corn ; this being due to the fact that you no longer have pure Cocke's Pro- lific, but a mixture of "scrub" and Cocke's Prolific corn. This fact emphasizes the importance of securing seed from reliable parties. EARLY MATURING VARIETIES. Iowa Silver Mine, Eiley's Favorite, Learning Yellow, Eeid's Yel- low Dent, Boone County Special and Boone County White are six of the earliest varieties in maturing that have thus far been tested on the farms of the Department. These were all originated in the north- ern-central States, where they have been accustomed to a compara- tively short growing season, which accounts largely for their inherent tendency to early maturity when grown under North Carolina condi-. tions. Earliness, however, we do not consider an important requisite with corn for this climate, except, possibly, where corn is grown in the mountainous section of the State, or where corn, of necessity, has to be planted late, after the maturity of some crop like Irish potatoes or other truck crop. Under these circumstances it may be well to use one of the varieties mentioned above, especially if experience has taught the farmer that local varieties do not thoroughly mature before frost. MEDIUM MATURING VARIETIES. Biggs' Prolific, Craig's Prolific White, Cocke's Prolific and Craig's Prolific Strawberry mature at a medium date in the fall, and some of these are our most prolific varieties. All these will mature on the different types of soil of the State if planted before July 1. LATE MATURING VARIETIES. It has been found that Holt's Strawberry, Marlboro Prolific, San- ders' Improved, Weekley's Improved and Mosby's Prolific are the latest maturing varieties tested during the past five years. These varieties generally produce a large and tall stalk when grown under conditions as represented by the Iredell farm, i. e., the results of the past five years' tests at that place indicate as much. VARIETIES ADAPTED TO THE EAST SECTION. A study of the results of the variety tests conducted at the Edge- combe farm during the past seven years indicates that the varieties of corn best suited to the fine loamy soils of the eastern and south- 28 The Bulletin. western parts of the State are Cocke's Prolific, Biggs' Seven Ear, Weekley's Improved, Marlboro Prolific, Craig's Prolific Strawberry, Sanders' Improved and Holt's Strawberry, in about the order in which they are arranged. Cocke's Prolific and Biggs' Seven Ear have proven exceedingly promising varieties. All these varieties, except Holt's Strawberry and Craig's Prolific Strawberry, are white and prolific, and produce medium to small ears. VARIETIES ADAPTED TO PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAIN SECTIONS. It has been found from a testing of thirty-eight varieties during the past five years at the Iredell farm, located in the Piedmont sec- tion, that Weekley's Improved, Biggs' Seven Ear, Craig's Prolific White, Cocke's Prolific, Sanders' Improved, Hickory King, Holt's Strawberry, Boone County White, Learning Yellow and Reid's Yel- low Dent are the largest yielders of shelled corn per acre of all the varieties thus far tested. These, too, are all white varieties and are medium to medium late in maturity. The best of the varieties tested at the western farm are almost the same as for the east, but the order of prolificacy is somewhat different, CORRELATION OF CHARACTERS OF VARIETIES OF CORN. One of the purposes of our detailed study of varieties of corn, exhibited in Tables I, II, III and IV, is to ascertain what characters, being mutually helpful and hence conducive of greater yields, may be expected to be found combined in the same variety, and what ones, being generally antagonistic, seldom or never occur in the same plant or group of plants. This knowledge is of the most fundamental im- portance in the proper production of not only corn, but all other agri- cultural crops, as one being familiar with these facts will be better enabled to originate, improve or select varieties best adapted to dif- ferent localities, soils and purposes. It is also felt that a more correct interpretation can be placed on the results obtained in variety tests. In Table IV are brought together the average results of the work of five years (1903-'04-'05-'06-'07) at the Edgecombe and Iredell farms, separately. From a detailed study of this table, supplemented by field observations, the following tentative inductions, are made with reference to varieties of corn studied when they are grown under conditions of soil and climate as represented by these two farms : Antagonistic Characters. — (1) Earliness in maturity, other things being equal, is not generally conducive to large yields of grain and stover. (2) Large-eared varieties usually have a low percentage of grain to cob, and are as a rule less productive of shelled corn per acre. (3) Ears with very small cob have poorly shaped kernels, and give a small amount of shelled corn per ear, and vice versa. (4) Kernels of low vitality do not tend to the growth of plants of maximum yields. The Bulletin. 29 Associated Characters. — (1) Earliness, other things being equal, usually tends to high percentage of ear to stover, and vice versa, although this ratio is more or less modified by season, soil, fertiliza- tion and breeding. (2) Varieties producing two ears per stalk are generally more productive of shelled corn per acre than those bearing only one ear, although it may be a large one. ( 3 ) Medium maturity, other things being equal, tends to increase yields per acre of grain. (4) Small kernels usually possess low vitality. (5) Kernels with small germs (chits) contain a small percentage of oil or fat. (6) Va- rieties with good root and leaf development are usually the most re- sistant ones to drought and disease and insect ravages. SELECTING SEED FOE, IMPROVEMENT. In the improvement of corn by seed selection an endeavor should be made to start with the best variety as ascertained by actual tests in the field through a sufficient number of years to eliminate weather conditions. It must be borne in mind that in all plant improvement the same principles and practices that have been employed with such striking results in the improvement of the different breeds of animals must be followed. For corn there are three general methods of improvement : First, by importation of seed from some reputable breeder or grower ; second, by the careful selection of seed corn from one's own field or from a neighbor's ; third, by careful selection and growing of seed corn in a field isolated something like four or five hundred yards from any other corn field. The characters that should be taken into account in the improve- ment of corn by selection are: (1) Selection of ears from stalk bearing two or more ears, as it has been demonstrated time and again that a variety that bears two medium-sized ears per stalk will generally give higher yields of shelled corn per acre than a variety bearing one large ear to the stalk. (2) The stalk should be large at the base and tapering * gradually towards the tassel, for two reasons — first, because it will be better enabled to withstand drought, and, second, because it will stand up better in windstorms. (3) The ears should by all means be of a cylindrical form, with both butts and tips filled out, as this is the form that gives the highest percentage of yield of shelled corn per ear, other things being equal. (4) The best-shaped kernel is a medium wedge, as this fills out the space on the cob most completely. Also, the distance between the rows of grains should be small, while the number of rows should be large and run parallel the full length of the cob, with little or no diminution in size, either at the butts or tips. The percentage of grains should be from 80 to 90 and should be held rigidly by the cob. It should also possess a high (90 to 95 per cent) germinating power, and great resisting power to disease and insect ravages. 30 The Bulletin. It should be kept clearly in mind that, with varieties of corn, selec- tion should be made particularly with reference to total yield of shelled corn and the characters which tend to give this and an im- proved quality of grains. If it is to be used in feeding growing animals, or to be ground into meal for human consumption, it should be high in flesh and muscle-forming material (protein) ; if for fatten- ing stock, high in fat, and if to manufacture whiskey, alcohol or starch, high in starch, sugar, etc. (carbohydrates). SOURCES OF VARIETIES OF CORN TESTED. The seed used in the variety tests of corn at the Edgecombe and Iredell farms this year were obtained from the following sources : American Queen R. P. Dalton, Winston, N. C. Boone County Special (Illinois) . .Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Boone County White (Tennessee) Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D. C. Boone County White (Indiana) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Brake's Joe L. Brake, Rocky Mount, N. C. Bradbury's Improved J. E. Bradbury, Jr., Athens, Ga. Biggs' Seven Ear Noah Biggs, Scotland Neck, N. C. Cocke's Prolific Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C. Cocke's Prolific (Tennessee) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Currituck T. L. Jarvis, Moyock, N. C. Farmers' Favorite A. Cannon, Horse Shoe, N. C. Fry's Improved : H. C. Fry, Clarksville, Ga. Goodman's Prolific J. K. Goodman, Mount Ulla, N. C. Hastings' Prolific H. G. Hastings & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Hickory King (Virginia) A. O. Lee, Hickory, Va. Hickory King (Tennessee) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Holt's Strawberry T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va. Henry Grady W. G. Headden, Austill, Ga. Iowa Silver Mine (Illinois) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Jarvis' Improved T. L. Jarvis, Moyock, N. C. Learning Yellow (Ohio) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Marlboro Prolific (S. Carolina) . .Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Marlboro Prolific Excelsior Seed Farm, Cheraw, S. C. McMackin's Gourd Seed (Tenn.) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Mosby's Prolific (Miss.) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Parker's Cocke's Prolific T. B. Parker, Raleigh, N. C. Poole's '. J- C. Poole, Marion, N. C. Reid's Yellow Dent (Illinois) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Riley's Favorite (Indiana) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C Sanders' Improved (Georgia) . .Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Selection 77 (Ohio) Bureau of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. Shax-ber's M. D. Dozier, Camden, N. C. Six-Ear Corn Alexander Seed Co., Augusta, Ga. Southern Beauty L. A. Strupe, Tobaccoville, N. C. Weekley's Improved Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. Williams' C. S. Williams, Franklinton, N. C. Wilson's Success F. D. Wilson, Chase City, Va. Wyatt's Improved Job P. Wyatt, Raleigh, N. C. RESULTS OF VARIETY-DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. The results of these tests are included in the following tables : The Bulletin. 31 Table V— RESULTS OF TESTS OF THREE LEADING VARIETIES OF CORN AT DIFFERENT SPACING IN THE ROWS IN 1907. EDGECOMBE EARM. Yield. Height of Stalks and Ears at Different Spacing of Stalks in Four- foot Rows. 20 Inches. 24 Inches. 30 Inches. 36 Inches. 40 Inches. Varieties. Height of Stalks in Inches at Maturity. to 41 43 u c c 01 . as 3° "■" c 2o 4>0 Height of Stalks in Inches at Maturity. 01 V 43 o c a 01 a£ > »*. 01 B a 3 1 w o 01 o; 01— 1 a 01 u- . CO >. w.-a 01 R a 73 J» "3 43 m o to oi 39 oi c 6 il oio £ Height of Stalks in Inches at Maturity. 01 01 43 O a e 01 fa ■S ^ 01 B a 1 "oi 43 » W.-S

G a - fi 2S 41(J 09 4) 43 u ■fi a n 4^ 3i °1 £l 41 B a 01 41 43 O a *-* a m t. . B >> W.-S c O -w 43S .Sf-P 41 B a 2 "oi 43 w o 01 Q> oi CO is 41 CO H w O J2 oi 0) h co oi J5 Sa >• -a « <« s S3 S ° *" _ p. +j is a ~ »s .20 01 M 'E o ~ .»« a-- : * ■a§ ■»*» Inches. 0) C -a s ~s ■a m ° . rr. u •a.2 2 oi< ^ 03 V -a a « m .S 32 . 01 si 13 _0> "3 .13 W •H O 01 «h 3 °* 01 09 n . oi C *>.Xti 03 oi H = 36 Inches. -a o c ai 01 J3 o B 40 Inches. .a -a u -a c 02 : w > WE M . "3 h IO+j. ft i -m * 5 -■ '£§ «S !'Sto .20 'EC >< Cocke's Prolific 116.0 55.2 25.7 111.0 56.0 29.4 Holt's Strawberry 119.2 58.4 20.8 120.6 58.0 20.3 Weekley's Improved 1 107.4 52.0 25.3} 110.9 52.5 24.2 115.4 55.9 28-7 113.4 53.9 21.9 112.2 50.7 23.4 121.6 59.919.8 118.3 56.919.3 118.0 58. 20.0 113.455.929.3 113.0 55.7 28.3 112.0 53.9 23.7 IREDELL FARM. Cocke's Prolific Holt's Strawberry Weekley's Improved 115.0 57.0 39.1 117.3 121.0 64.0 28.8 119.0 56.0 64.0 122.0 63.0 31.4 119.0 61.0 33.7; 115.3 58.0 29.6 116.6 61.0 30.1 127.0 62.0 38.0 115.0 32.4 111.0 38.0 116.6 55.0 62.0 57.0 36.9 30.7 35.3 116.3 52.0 120.0 63.3 121.0 62.0 35.2 30.2 30.6 'Results in this table for the Edgecombe farm were obtained from data of 1C05 and 1907. These tests were conducted at both the Edgecombe and Iredell farms this year. The land devoted to this test at the Edgecombe farm was good general farm land, while that at the Iredell farm was a deep, red, rather open clay soil, underlain by a tenacious red clay subsoil. Both soil and subsoil contain some rock fragments. The tests were planned and put out in 1905, and continued this year to ascertain if the claim made by some that if distance is given the large one-eared varieties they will produce larger yields of shelled corn per acre than those producing or tending to produce two small or medium-sized ears per stalk. Eor the test, as seen above, two well- known prolific varieties — Cocke's Prolific and Weekley's Improved — are being compared with Holt's Strawberry, one of the best one-eared varieties. It will be noted that both Cocke's Prolific and Weekley's Improved have each, as an average of three years' results at Iredell and two years' results at Edgecombe, made larger yields than Holt's Strawberry, at both farms, and at all the different distancing of the hills in the rows that were tried. The Bulletin. 33 At the Edgecombe farm, as an average of the results of 1905 and 1907, Cocke's. Prolific produced the following increase of bushels of shelled corn over Holt's Strawberry: At 20 inches, 4.9 ; at 24 inches, 9.1; at 30 inches, 8.9; at 36 inches, 2.6; at 40 inches, 3.4 bushels; while at Iredell the increased yields of Cocke's Prolific over Holt's Strawberry, as an average of the results for 1905, 1906 and 1907, were: At 20 inches, 10.3; at 24 inches, 4.1; at 30 inches, 5.6; at 36 inches, 6.2; at 40 inches, 5.0 bushels. Weekley's Improved increased yields over Holt's Strawberry, as an average for 1905 and 1907 at the Edgecombe farm, wore: At 20 inches, 4.5; at 24 inches, 3.9; at 30 inches, 9.5; at 36 inches, 9.0; at 40 inches, 3.7 bushels; while at the Iredell farm, as an average of three years' tests, 1905, 1906, 1907, the increases of Weekley's Im- proved over Holt's Strawberry were: at 20 inches, 2.6; at 24 inches, 0.5 ; at 30 inches, 5.6; at 36 inches, 4.6; at 40 inches, 0.4 bushels. In the light of these results, coupled with six years' variety tests, it is evident that the largest yields of shelled corn per acre on any type of soil are going to result generally from the use of more prolific varieties, because they will produce more shelled corn per stalk, and, as the stalks are generally smaller and can be planted closer in the row, will contain more stalks per acre. AVhen the corn is planted wide apart in the row, and in wide-apart rows — matters not if the best one-eared varieties are used — the land will not "turn out" the maximum yield which it is capable of pro- ducing, for the reason that there are not enough stalks per acre. In 1905 Cocke's Prolific and Weekley's Improved, at both the Edgecombe and Iredell farms, produced their largest yields in these tests at the distancing centering about 30 to 36 inches, while Holt's Strawberry did best at the greatest distancing. At the most favor- able distancing (40 inches) Holt's Strawberry at the Edgecombe and Iredell farms yielded less by 12.6 and 4.2 bushels of shelled corn per acre, respectively, than Cocke's Prolific at the distancing best suited to it, which was 30 and 36 inches, respectively. Weekley's Improved, with its best distancing at Edgecombe, yielded 13 bushels more than Holt's Strawberry at 40-inch distancing; while at Iredell Weekley's Improved, with the stalks 36 inches in the row, produced 4.2 bushels more per acre than Holt's Strawberry at its optimum distancing (40 inches) in the row. In 1906, being a year in which excessive amounts of rain fell dur- ing the growing period, all three varieties produced largest yields at a distancing of 20 inches in the row ; while the next best yields for all were at 30 inches in the row. This year seemed to be especially favorable to the production of maximum yields of all the large one- eared varieties, and at the Iredell farm Holt's Strawberry outyielded Weekley's Improved at both 20 and 30 inches between the hills in four-foot rows. 31 The Bulletin. In 1907, at the Edgecombe farm, all three varieties attained their highest yields at a distancing of 20 inches in the row. At this dis- tancing Cocke's Prolific slightly exceeded Holt's Strawberry, and Holt's Strawberry exceeded Weekley's Improved by 1.8 bushels shelled corn per acre. At the Iredell farm all three varieties made the best yields at a distancing of 36 inches in the row. At this dis- tancing Cocke's Prolific exceeded Holt's Strawberry by 4.7, and AVeekley's Improved exceeded Holt's Strawberry by 3.1 bushels shelled corn per acre. DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. The results of the distance tests of corn are brought together in Tables VII and VIII, which follow : Table VII— COMPILED RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. EDGECOMBE FARM. - £ .as c c £W 05 o Distance Between Stalks. 7 2 5 1 4 3 6 8 9 11 10 12 Distance Be- tween Stalks in Row. No. Stalks per Plat. * o h 11 . faw eg 3 >> o MO Three and one-half feet. Three and one-half feet. Three and one-half feet. Three and one- half feet. Four feet Four feet Four feet Four feet Five feet Five feet Five feet -, Five feet Four feet Three feet Two and one- half feet. Two feet Four feet Three feet Two and one- half feet. Two feet Four feet Three feet Two feet One and one- half feet. 250 248 333 364 400 371 500 498 250 284 333 287 400 404 500 449 250 292 333 395 500 379 666 171 365 410 478 631 464 440 472 494 458 404 490 487 MS »8 > - <£ Yield per Plat in Pounds. to W 0) HO u ca ■3 106.0 108.0 107.0 109.0 110.0 100.0 111.0 109-0 110.0 112.75 149.25 130.00 177.25! 165. 00 : 174.50 132.25 124.50 145.75 10.25 14.00 17.75 15.50 12.75 10.50 18.00 a u o O.Q -2 ° ° G Eh o 123. 163. 147. 192. 177. 185. 150. 107.0 126.75 109.0 106.0 145.00 117.75 14.50139 16.75 11.00 13.50 16.50 162 137 158 134, w 92.00 161.75 162.25 112.25 142.25 150.00 25.7 154.75 20 ■o v -c W . IB ^ 3 fc o c HO 73 J5 . CO.* c w O D Cm d 19.6 26.1 22.3 30.8 24.7 176.00 162.50 97.25 136.50 19.3 18.2 15.4 17.7 150.7515.0 .41 .37 .33 .32 .52 .53 .30 .25 .46 .29 .40 .23 T3 C § Cm < U <0 a, u > o -t-> w 1140 2005 2011 1391 1536 1620 1671 1900 1413 846 1187 1311 The Bulletin. 35 Table VII— COMPILED RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. IREDELL FARM. 73 8 & 11 Distance Between Stalks. Distance Between Stalks in Row. No. Stalks per Plat. +3 0! u 0) a tn H P CO o *■< e * EPS 73 c o o HO a S O oi =3 j= . CM O > o mo m u rt H So c 3 oi C 3 c ft Oj£ £o o c Ho u oi > o < u 01 a u 0) > o m 6 2 5 4 11 7 10 Three and one-half feet. Three and one-half feet. Three and one-half feet. Three and one-half feet. Four feet- 187 218 233 241 201 231 216 243 281 198 214 243 301 353 384 405 430 382 427 399 452 527 364 503 478 590 96.0 102.0 100.0 100.0 94.0 108.0 100.0 102.0 94.0 90.0 96.0 110.0 102.0 82.5 88.0 84.0 79.0 81.0 88.0 79.0 78.0 91.0 95.0 94.0 111.0 118.0 3.6 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 9.0 10.0 13.0 14.0 5.0 11.0 10.0 15.0 86.1 92.0 88.0 82.0 84.0 97.0 89.0 91.0 105.0 100.0 105.0 121.0 133.0 119.0 153.0 137.0 148-0 141.0 133.0 146.0 149.0 175.0 80.0 135.0 174.0 202.0 29.1 31.2 29.8 30.7 24.8 28.7 26.3 26.9 31.1 23.7 24.8 28.6 31.5 .38 .35 .31 .28 .34 .34 .34 .31 .31 .41 .40 .41 .36 S>725 3503 Two and one-half feet. Two feet 3137 3389 2820 2660 Two and one-half feet Two feet -- - 2920 9 3 2980 One and one-half feet. 3500 12 11 8 1 1280 2160 2784 One and one-half feet. 3232 36 The Bulletin. Table VIII— COMPILED RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF CORN. EDGECOMBE FABM. Year. Yield of Shelled Corn in Bushels per Acre at Different Distancing. 4J -M 0> _ 01 o> 4J V 4J^ 4J41 4Jth 4J V «H & so.fi co.fi co.fi co.fi ea.fi i^.o ■* •fl*.0 Tf .a 01 ■4J«4H T*.fi 0) (1) "H >. «H >. ■a-.fi -G£l <0 O) «H aii 01 " ie .fi 0) 4> 4) m o> v 4J*H -*J«H +^«w Q> CM ai CO qj ^ oX ie.fi ie.fi 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 Averages 22.0 36.8 16.1 18.8 35.8 12.7 16.1 26.8 37.4 22.7 14.6 23.7 37.4 29.6 28.6 35.8 12.7 33.7 18.1 17.6 27.4 35.8 18.3 28.4 16.1 23.0 40.1 15.8 24.4 16.2 25.0 30.2 17.6 22.5 24.6 32.7 26.1 24.3 23.0 13.0 13.6 19.5 18.7 32.8 31.9 20.4 20.6 30.8 22.3 26.1 — 19.6 19.3 20.8 25.7— - 24.7 15.0 17.7 15.418.2 BED SPEINGS FABM. 1901 9.2 *. 10 10 7 16 •> '0 17 9 18 3 1902 14.8 — 11.9 14.4 11.4 12.2 11.3 10.9 1903 17.8 18.3 16.5 18.2 17.6 19.2 14.4 1904 23.3 ?1 8 ?S 6 20.8 16.3 — 18.4 17.3 - - IBEDELL FABM. 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 Averages - 15.8— -21.9 42.4-.. 39.3 31.4— -38.0 27.8 26.9 27.2 30.7 29.8 31.2 18.0 40-6 39.1 24.3 29.1 -29.6 31.51 30.2 22.9 14.5 36.4 35.1 37.0 34.1 — . 20.5 31.126.9 — - 26.2 16.4 17.1 — 39.3 35.4— - 37.2 34.5 — 28.8 25.9 — 26.3 28.7- — 29.6 28.3 15.4 — 41.01— 34.8 — - 19.8 46.9 46.9 24.3 28.8 23.8 24.8 31.5 28.6 28.0— - 33.2 20.519.8 37.231.0 35.0 33.9 17.5 18.4 24.8 23.7 27.0 25.3 The Bulletin. 37 COMMENTS ON DISTANCE TESTS. These tests were conducted this year at the Iredell and Edgecombe farms — seed of Cocke's Prolific having been used at Edgecombe and Weekley's Improved at Iredell for planting the different tests during all the years. The distancing best suited to the soil of the Edge- combe farm in its present state of fertility, as indicated by an average of six years' results, is 4 feet by 3" feet ; at Iredell and Reel Springs, as an average of three and five years' results, respectively, 5 feet by 2 feet. It will require a number of repetitions of this test to arrive at a fair idea of the best width of rows and distance in rows for plant- ing corn on the types of soil used in the experiments. This will no doubt vary with the different kinds of corn, soil and season. In Table VIII is presented in concise form the results of all dis- tance tests with corn that have been conducted at the Edgecombe farm during six years, and the Red Springs farm during four years, and the Iredell farm during five years. II. Variety and Distance Tests of Cotton. Preparation and Cultivation, — All plats devoted to these tests were broke 8 to 10 inches deep during March at Edgecombe, and in April at Iredell, with a two-horse turning plow, followed by a thorough disking during the middle of April. Just before laying off the rows, which was during the last of April, the ground was gone over with a smoothing harrow. The rows were run 5 to 7 inches deep, 3^3 feet apart, with an 8-inch shovel, and the fertilizer materials applied in the drill, at the following rate per acre in all tests : Four hundred pounds of a mixture of acid phosphate, manure salt and dried blood, which contained 7 per cent available phosphoric acid, 2y 2 per cent potash and 2l/ 2 per cent nitrogen (equal to 3.04 per cent ammonia), costing $3.95, were used. The cultivation was level, with cultivators, being moderately deep at the beginning of the season and shallower as the root zone increased. The cultivator was never run more than twice to the row at a time, as this more than covered the middle, and an effort was made to work over the plats as quickly as possible immediately after rains to break the crust formed by the showers and leave a dust mulch to check evaporation. The cultivator was run about iy 2 to 2 inches deep toward the close of the season. It was attempted to cultivate every ten days, which had to be changed, of course, to suit the season. The cotton was reduced to a stand of 15 inches at Edgecombe and 16 inches at Iredell between the hills in the rows with the variety tests. RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON. The results of these tests are included in the following tables : 38 The Bulletin. Table IX— RESULTS OF EDGECOMBE M c 2 M & o 36.50 36.50 46.25 31.00 26.50 20.25 43.50 28.50 49.50 46.75 23.50 31.50 27.25 45.50 42.50 38.50 33.75 36-00 33.50 10.50 22.50 17.25 34.50 28.50 28.50 11.50 9.50 M a Sot OH S b « 2 O r a o 2 3$, "c3T3 O 05 Source of Seed. 1278.63 54 2000 35.14 64.86 449.3 829.3 $49.42 $ 8.29 $57.71 Georgia. 1225.55 69 2676 32.68 67.32 400.5 825.0 44.05 8.25 52.30 North Carolina. 1095.28 87 2825 36.28 63.72 397.3 697.9 43.70 6.97 50.67 North Carolina. 993.95 58 2312 38.49 61.51 382.5 611.4 42.08 6.11 48.19 -Georgia. 1134.88 54 2000 31.95 68.05 362.5 772.3 39.87 7.72 47.59 Edgecombe Farm. 969.82 61 2353 38.61 61.39 374.4 595.4 41.18 5.95 47.13 Georgia. 1100.10 63 2567 32.90 67.10 361.9 438.2 39-80 4.38 44.18 North Carolina. 931.23 79 2812 36.68 63.32 341.5 589.7 37.56 5.90 43.46 North Carolina. 1027.73 83 2862 32.73 67.27 330.3 697.4 36.33 6.97 43.30 North Carolina. 993.95 76 2839 33.51 66.49 333-0 660.9 36.63 6.60 43.23 North Carolina. 955.35 54 2150 33.19 66.81 317.0 638.3 34.87 6.38 41.25 Georgia. 868. 50 86 2921 37.40 62.60 324.8 543.7 35.72 5.44 41.16 Iredell Farm. 926.40 61 1959 33.80 66.18 313.3 613.1 34.46 6.13 40.59 Edgecombe Farm. 945.70 59 2331 31.51 68.49 297.9 647.8 32.76 6.48 39.24 South Carolina. 863.68 77 2630 35.00 65.00 302.2 561.4 33.24 5.61 38.85 North Carolina. 878.15 58 2199 1 32. 81 67.19 288.1 590.0 31.69 5.90 37.59 Georgia. 844.38 71 2707 1 33.51 66.49 282.9 561.4 31.11 5.61 36.72 North Carolina. 849.20 69 2535 32.88 67.12 279.2 570. 30.71 5.70 36.41 North Carolina. 743.05 71 2921 38.55 61.45 286.4 456.6 31.50 4.57 36.07 South Carolina. 709.28 74 3102 39.26 60.74 278.4 430.8 30.62 4.31 34.93 South Carolina. 757.53 58 2031 35.93 64.07 272.1 485.4 29.93 4.85 34.78 Georgia. 694.80 73 2966 38.80 61.20 269.5 425.3 29.65 4.25 33.90 Georgia. 733.40 74 2812 36.21 63.79 265.5 467.9 29.20 4.68 33.88 South Carolina. 791.30 76 2911 32.61 67.39 258.0 533.3 28.38 5.33 33.71 North Carolina. 680.33 72 3002 37.36 62.64 254.1 426.2 27.95 4.26 32.21 South Carolina. 646.55 56 1864 30.10 69-90 194.6 451.9 21.40 4.52 25.92 Georgia. 521.10 76 3215 1 _ 36.57 63.43 190.5 330.6 20.95 3.30 24.25 North Carolina. 40 The Bulletin. Table IX— RESULTS OF VARIETY IREDELL bo .5 S DO 1) + J °"S bo£_; o o« M > « 434 523 465 525 431 497 429 442 407 435 472 478 436 450 490 402 492 423 426 542 442 445 478 550 2 « 30.0 40.0 36.0 33.0 40.0 36.0 35.0 42.0 44.0 45.0 48.0 32.0 40.0 32.0 33.0 34.0 42.0 30.0 36.0 30.0 44.0 42.0 32.0 30-0 B . 04 4) at 39.14 62.21 30.31 47.17 30.30 46.30 37.06 41.25 25.10 26.16 32.65 24.21 19.35 39-30 37-61 28.87 21.38 39.20 31.21 19.19 17.25 1S.72 17.62 14.15 bo B . bS 32.50 15.00 27.00 .13.25 25.00 10.00 21.00 12.25 30.50 29.00 21.50 26.50 26.60 14.00 10.00 24.00 24.00 11.00 18.25 23.00 24.00 21.25 17.00 20.00 be B 3 T3 U 'a H be B u 5 u 3 o 10 be B Cl, o 71.64 67.21 57.31 60.42 55.30 56.30 58.06 53.50 55.60 55.10 54.15 50.71 45.85 53.30 47.61 52.87 48.38 50.20 49.46 42.19 41.25 36.97 34.62 34.15 The Bulletin. 41 TESTS OF COTTON— Continued. FABM. Total Pounds Seed Cotton per Acre. Number of Bolls Required to Yield One Pound of Seed Cotton. Number of Seed in One Pound of Seed Cotton. Pounds of Lint in 100 Pounds of Seed Cotton. Pounds of Seed in 100 Pounds of Seed Cotton. Pounds of Lint per Acre. Pounds of Seed per Acre. 3 * S no *>& B u •- (0 1-J ft •H tO O +j Value of Seed per Acre at $1.00 per 100 Pounds or 30 Cents per Bushel. % Total Value of Lint and Seed per Acre. Source of Seed. 1432.80 61 1950 38.69 61.31 554.3 878.5 60.97 8.79 69.76 Georgia. 1344.20 83 2811 37.92 62.08 509.7 834.5 56.06 8.36 64.42 Iredell Test Farm. 1146.20 63 2221 39.71 60.29 455.0 691.2 50.05 6.91 56.96 Georgia. 1208.40 85 2665 36.36 63.64 439.3 769.1 48.32 7.69 56.01 North Carolina. 1106.00 76 2267 39.58 60.42 438.0 668-0 48.18 6.68 54.86 Georgia. 1126.00 95 2811 38.54 61.46 434.0 692.0 47.74 6.92 54.66 North Carolina. 1161.20 63 1904 36.94 63.06 429.0 732.2 47.19 7.32 54.51 Georgia. 1070.00 79 2902 37.61 62.39 402.4 667.6 44.26 6.68 50.94 North Carolina. 1112.00 62 2086 34.69 65.31 385.7 726.3 42.42 7.26 49.68 Edgecombe Test Farm. Georgia. 1102.00 60 2176 35.06 64.94 386.3 715.7 42.49 7.16 49.65 1083.00 71 2528 34.99 65.01 379.0 704.0 41.69 7.04 48.73 North Carolina. 1014.20 82 2964 37.24 62.76 378.0 636.2 41.58 6.36 47.88 Georgia. 917.00 73 3079 41.15 58.85 377.3 539.7 41.50 5.40 46.90 South Carolina. 1066.00 76 2584 33.80 66.20 363.3 705.7 39.63 7.06 46.69 North Carolina. 952.20 89 2502 38.98 61.02 371.2 581.0 40.83 5.81 46.64 North Carolina. 1057.40 73 2584 33-90 66.10 358.4 699.0 39.42 6.99 46.41 Georgia. 967,60 72 2312 37.09 62.91 359.0 608.6 39 .-49 6.09 45.58 North Carolina. 1004.00 82 2779 34.45 65-55 316.0 658.0 38.06 6.58 44.60 North Carolina. 989.20 82 2457 34.56 65.44 342.1 647.1 37.63 6.47 44.10 North Carolina. 818.80 69 2539 37.21 62.79 314.0 , 529.0 34.54 5.29 39.83 Georgia. 825.00 79 2856 34.87 65.13 287.6 537.4 31.63 5.37 37.00 North Carolina. 739.40 82 3174 37.12 62.88 274.4 465.0 30.18 4.65 31.83 North Carolina. 692.40 sa 2766 34.70 65.30 240.2 452.2 26.42 4.52 30.94 North Carolina. 683.00 86 2811 35.05 64.95 239.3 443.7 26.32 4.44 30.76 North Carolina. 42 The Bulletin. Table X— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON. EDGECOMBE FARM. i 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1 1907. j Averages. Varieties Tested. -a 0) CD m to a> Oh cd B» ■~ a -3 O r° CD 3 3 > o . «2 I. O °^ ,3 O . « 05 E 3 hi o ;~ O O . ^ to S 3 L, C Oft, «!3 K O -3 01 0) W to a! is 3 o . ^ to »ts S 3 t=2 <"3 -M 93 O CD V w . to ai *3 ** 3^ ft< V e° - C 22 CD 3 3 > . « to 60 "51 5 3 ^ P. oft, o_ o . ^ to by -5 5 3 be O cy ft. o . *» to S 3 ■=2 t. ? - ft. °Z. <53 Jd o § B Oh O -3 V ID M CO id' "SB §<: 3 b, ft. o ^ to S 3 s- c o > oOui <)3 3hS -a CD CD OT . to CD ■as 30 3 Li ft. CD B fi •" B 22 CD -^ r ° ID 3 3 > o . ^ to S 3 b O °> Oft. °_ o . *• 00 beg .5 3 S p oPh o o . +> to bfS .5 3 „0h «si'3 M% BH Ph o 0) 4) 03 m 4) T3 >- S5 3< O Li Oh S c ft ■- e 2° 1*0 4) 3 "3 > O . ■^ m beg .5 3 C p <)3 Ph o T3 4) 4) w to 4) T3 h 3 o , *> 03 Mtr .5 3 ^2 h P °a* gfc Jd« P5o T3 4> 41 CO CO 41 3.3 3 o . "^ 03 .5 3 'OTJ S o <5 "5 « c s 4) ta 01 4) 13 *■< s.3 3 •- O 4) 3 3 > .S 3 ti p ofo ;— O 4) 3 3 > o . ■t-tt 11 u P oCm <3 j*S Ph O T3 4) 4) GO , 01 4> 'O >* 3< Oh S B ft — B »n o 41 H-» !T ° 41 3 "3 >■ O . *> to bfg .5 3 T3 'U S P >^3 45 "h P3 O T3 41 41 w . 01 4) ■gj| 3 ■- o >HO 41 3 3 > o . +> oi bfg .S 3 h p «Ph 45 «H Ph O Wilson's Matchless 1678.2 1535.4 16 12 23 20 22 13 14 19 11 1242.4 12 849.2 18 Jackson Limbless (Wilt Resistant). 1181.1 1387.8 1496.6 1535.4 1643.7 1520.7 1845.5 (No. 128-1-29-1-11). 1193.7 11 844.4 17 Berry's Big Boll- - Lay ton's Improved- Gold Standard - 743.1 19 * 1268.8 1030.3 1252.9 1243.7 1303.0 1281.9 1196.3 952.6 984.2 961.8 876.1 797.1 3 19 2 5 6 7 9 18 22 23 24 25 993.9 10 Butler's Early Prolific. 993.9 4 jointed. Bigham's Improved 1100.1 7 931.2 8 Big Boll. 646.6 26 Red Rust Proof Cleveland's Big Boll 1278.6 1095. 3 954.4 945.7 757.5 694.8 791.3 1 3 11 14 21 22 24 Re-Improved. Pullnot - Maker. 44 The Bulletin. Table X— COMPILED RESULTS OF 'VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON— Con. BED SPBINGS FABM. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. Averages. Varieties Tested. Yield in Pounds ■ Seed Cotton per Acre. Rank According to Value of Total Products. Yield in Pounds Seed Cotton Per Acre. Rank According to Value of Total Products. Yield in Pounds Seed Cotton per Acre. Rank According to Value of Total Products. Yield in Pounds Seed Cotton per Acre. Rank According to Value of Total Products. Yield in Pounds Seed Cotton per Acre. Rank According to Value of Total Products. Yield in Pounds Seed Cotton per Acre. Rank According to Value of Total Products. Russell's Big Boll Culpepper's Improved (Edgecombe). Culpepper's Improved (Red Springs). Peterkin's Improved Daughty's Excelsior Allen's Long Staple Excelsior Prolific v — 675.0 3 734.4 1 496.3 477.0 1 1070.0 2 1218.5 3 1 887.9 897.2 915.9 915.9 7 4 3 2 557.6 5 737.4 831.8 4 1 635.2 441.4 2 10 660.0 2 655.0 4 635.0 7 635.0 6 630.0 5 605.0 7 530.0 8 440.0 4 982.5 2 688.0 5 895.0 5 943.9 1 548.0 3 755.5 2 473.1 448.3 417.0 255.0 3 5 Hawkins' Extra Prolific- 6 334.5 17 7 910.0 4 813.1 6 500.5 347.7 6 19 741.2 3 Peterkin's Improved (Craig's). / 411.2 925.2 8 5 491.0 680.4 490.1 503.2 494.9 431.0 452.6 413.6 382.5 396.4 392.7 383.7 312.1 9 1 4 7 8 11 12' 13 14 15 16 18 Shine's Extra Early Prolific. 20 The Bulletin. 45 Table X— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON— Con. IREDELL FARM. 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. Averages. Varieties Tested. * V w . « «J 3 £° 3 73 > .S3 T3-C It O °Jr go, HO 0) 3 > .5 3 S p <$ MP § H Oh C T3 3 V M . m •a ** Oh >HO 3 73 > o . *» CO Wg .S3 h p °> «!73 Oh o a> v 03 to 3 3 3«J Oh T3 O r° 3 73 > o . *" 05 ^« .S 3 ■rtT3 C p ° J - OOh o . +> w M-g .5 3 u o °f &>0h °I- HQ _3 73 > o . .5 3 S o °> gPn <$ M c Oh T3 M . 01 ■SB 0h •s£ 'rt O *X -J- !*rj _3 73 >• H » F OPh •^73 "1 Ph O ■8 w . w 3^ Ph 3° "" C 2 2 +■> •- o 3 73 > o *■ v\ w-5 .5 3 u p ° Jr «Ph 2 M - si gPn Ph oi IV 3 "3 > o . *• DO totS .5 3 u o oa. xp — o s oi w . "SB 3< O In Ph oi s ft — c 2° c° 0) ,3 15 > O . *> m beg .S3 'fl'3 Si 4 o . *> to .5 3 T3"B K P uOu ■"jjls 4H .*'C rt .,_. PSo a W . to 41 ■ga 3*< P- oi a 2 -rt O (HO 1) 3 3 > o , ■* to .S 3 £ p nrj oi _3 "3 > o . +* oi .S 3 B o uQ< o <) « ^^ <2 CO 3 "3 > o . ■^ 01 .5 s T3-3 1- O of" C° — a 2° 01 3 3 > o , +" to sotS .5 3 -n'3 s s o . •^ m bfg .5 3 B p gpH w , -t^TT 'S'o o o «H V to to o> h u u u 01 CD CO CO >h<< >H< Ph C4 hJ ►J 1 1 13 14 1 3 2 2 22 5 7 13 3 4 10 17 17 16 4 10 5 22 3 7 6 3 24 3 1 3 5 11 3 24 5 9 7 22 18 9 6 11 8 13 8 19 14 15 10 5 21 6 15 18 9 6 16 11 12 17 12 8 17 10 1 5 .11 16 6 21 16 20 13 9 15 12 5 2 15 7 25 2 4 8 14 15 14 13 13 12 16 12 20 7 3 6 18 15 16 11 8 14 19 14 19 8 7 10 17 20 4 23 8 20 20 23 1 26 11 23 21 18 12 15 3 4 22 26 2 25 10 21 23 19 11 16 11 15 24 17 23 4 12 19 25 25 7 20 9 22 26 21 26 1 2 1 27 24 9 18 12 24 J3 to 'S 7 6 10 7 7 9 5 12 10 5 7 13 13 4 11 5 8 7 6 9 10 7 7 2 3 6 1 4S The Bulletin. Table XI— SHOWING RELATIVE EARLINESS, VALUE, YIELD, AND SIZE OF BOLLS, SEED, AND STALKS OF VARIETIES OF COTTON TESTED IN 1907— Con. IREDELL FAEM. Percentage cf Cotton Open at the Several Pickings. Rank According to the Following Characters. Varieties. H C faO Pullnot 54.63 King's Improved 77.68 Cook's Improved 52.88 King's Improved (Native) 78.06 Brown's No. 1 54.79 Sugar Loaf 82.23 Cleveland Big Boll 63.83 Simpkin's Prolific 77.10 Culpepper's Re-Improved 45.14 Mortgage Lifter 47.47 Wilson's Matchless 60.29 Alexander Money- Maker 47. 74 Moss' Improved 42.20 Bigham's Improved 73.73 Williams' 78.99 Drake's Defiance 54.60 Excelsior Prolific 50.39 Dozier's Improved 78.08 Shine's Extra Early Prolific 63.10 Edgeworth 45.48 Cluster Black Texas Wood 41.81 42.52 Webb 50.89 Brasswell's Cluster 41.43 I u .5«S .3.5 5 "J'oOj 2 S = C^ u o ^* — !_■ X -a 3 s M c 45.37 22.32 47.12 21.94 45.21 17.77 36.17 22.90 54.86 52.53 39.71 52.26 57.80 26.27 21.01 45.30 49.61 21.92 36.90 54.52 58.19 57.48 49.11 58.57 .5 3 u JSmL L S^"3S1 .2S.2S 12 5 14 4 11 1 8 6 20 18 10 17 22 7 2 13 16 3 9 19 23 21 15 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 2 1! 3 12 6 10 7 S 10 9 11 12 13 15 14 17 16 is 19 2U 21 22 23 24 5 7 2 14 3 6 13 8 20 15 17 9 1 24 4 23 12 22 21 10 IS 11 19 16 31 m 13 K Ul g IV U ho s- t. c« a 1-1 J 20 18 22 11 23 19 12 17 10 8 16 24 1 21 2 13 3 4 15 7 14 6 9 2 2 12 16 4 5 13 13 9 6 17 16 4 1 10 3 1 C 11 s 9 16 8 7 11 11 5 10 11 15 14 18 3 4 10 18 19 12 9 12 7 15 8 11 17 19 14 1(5 to M *a *> in «H O +> A 00 ■3 11 5 6 9 5 6. 7 4 3 2 1 10 5 10 9 8 4 11 6 11 3 4 10 11 The Bulletin. 49 Table XII— COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON, SHOWING RELATIVE EARLINESS, VALUE, YIELDS, AND SIZE OF BOLLS, AND STALKS. 1 EDGECOMBE FARM. Rank According to the Following 13 Characters. I I | a 4) 3) V 3 u a £0 Varieties. H m u a Ov o H 0) XI T3 O h o c 4) rt < a .S J "3.3 a HI V M c o 9) M (9 c T3 4) o to (3 10 "o M o 05 09 V a w •a 0) 0) w o 03 4) a Offl M to CO S S'O •a c T3 C "3 => o u bo to u %z& to 9 •2 o •2 o a) 0) ej so aJ oj oj fc >co >hCL, >Hfc Pn 111 J !-l WOm t« W \ 3 3 1 6 2 1 1 6 3 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 s 5 4 5 5 3 4 2 2 1 ' A 1 1 6 1 7 3 3 5 6 4 4 5 4 3 5 fi 6 1 5 4 6 6 3 7 1 5 5 3 2 4 7 7 7 2 6 6 7 7 3 RED SPRINGS FARM. Russell's Big Boll Edgeworth Culpepper's Improved - Peterkin's Improved -- King's Improved Excelsior Prolific 2 5 6 2 5 1 1 1 5 2 3 5 3 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 6 3 5 2 4 4 5 4 2 1 4 6 1 5 6 6 6 2 4 1 4 2 4 5 4 3 IREDELL FARM. King's Improved (Native) King's Improved Edgeworth 5 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 5 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 5 3 3 3 3 i * 1 2 3 ir The comparisons of varieties in this table are the average of results of tests of 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 at Iredell; of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 at Edgecombe; and of 1903 and- 1904 at Red Springs. 2 Results in this column for Red Springs farm were obtained from data of 1904 only. 3 Results in this column for the Iredell and Edgecombe farms were obtained from data of 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 at former, and 1904, 1905 and 1907 at the latter. ♦Results in this column for the Edgecombe farm were obtained from data of 1906 and 1907. 50 The Bulletin. comments on variety tests of cotton. The varieties tested this year at the Edgecombe and Iredell farms are arranged in Table IX in the order of their selling price of "total products," when lint is selling at 11 cents per pound and seed at 30 cents per bushel. This order may not be the order of productivity of seed cotton, as is shown in the tests this year at both the Edgecombe and Iredell farms. For example, at the Edgecombe farm, although Russell's Big Boll produced more seed cotton than Brown's No. 1 and Sugar Loaf, each ranked higher in value of total products. The same was true of Cleveland's Big Boll, when compared with Brown's No. 1 and Cook's Improved at the Iredell farm. The reason for some varieties with smaller yields of seed cotton producing more lint and hence greater selling price per acre than some others with a larger amount of seed cotton per acre, is due to the former varieties producing a higher percentage of lint to seed. To eliminate inequalities in the land, if any, the different varieties at ihe separate farms were planted each in separate rows, arranged consecutively, and this plan repeated a sufficient number of times to give the designated acreage. It is absolutely essential, in order to eliminate soil and weather conditions as much as possible, to continue work of this kind for some years on different types of soils before attempting to draw definite conclusions. The yields for this year are presented in Table IX, while the aver- age rank in value of total products of the several varieties tested dur- ing the past seven years is shown in Table X. Taking the whole variety test at the Edgecombe farm, the stand was very irregular and poor. The late, cold spring was largely the cause of this defect in stand. It should not be overlooked, however, that all the varieties were planted in the same way, on the same day, on uniform land, and given the same fertilization and cultural treatment, hence the re- sults are valuable as showing the ability of certain varieties to with- stand adverse seasonal conditions and produce paying yields, which is a matter of considerable importance. At the Iredell farm the stand of the different varieties was considerably better than at the Edge- combe, but the yields at both farms were comparatively small, as an unusually early frost in the fall cut off the crop from one-third to one- half. Two pickings were made of the varieties this year at both the Edgecombe and Iredell farms. Of the varieties that have been tested continuously at 'the different farms since the inauguration of variety testing at them, as seen by Table X, Russell's Big Boll and Culpep- per's Improved, as an average of eight years' tests, have ranked as the best varieties at the Edgecombe farm ; Culpepper's Improved, Excel- sior Prolific, King's Improved and Russell's Big Boll were best at Red Springs as an average ©f five years' tests ; while King's Improved, King's Improved Native and Edgeworth were highest at the Iredell farm as an average of five years' testing. The Bulletin. 51 In this connection it is interesting to note that in the several tests of cotton on the different' farms the differences between the one yield- ing the highest amount of seed cotton per acre and the one the lowest in the individual tests ranged from 530 to 915 pounds of seed cotton at Edgecombe, with the number of varieties ranging from seven to twenty-seven during the past eight years ; at Red Springs, 204 to 533 pounds during five years, with from five to twenty varieties ; and at Iredell, from 455 to 565 pounds when using from nine to twenty-five varieties in the different tests during the past five years. These results speak in no uncertain terms as to the importance and value of good seed which are adapted to the different soils and locali- ties of the State. In Table XI is given the rank of the varieties tested this year according to certain characteristics ; while Table XII shows the aver- age ranking of three years at Edgecombe, two at Red Springs and five at Iredell. Both of these tables will be found to contain much in- formation, compiled in compact form. NOTES ON VARIETIES OF COTTON TESTED IN 1907. Russell's Big Boll is a hardy, large-boiled and vigorous-growing variety that yields well, especially on a loamy or sandy soil in the eastern part of the State, and is very popular with pickers. In value of total products (lint and seed) it stood third in 1900 and 1905, first in 1901 and 1902, seventh in 1903, fourth in 1904, twentieth in 1906 and fifth in 1907 at the Edgecombe farm; third in 1900 and 1902, first in 1901, seventh in 1903 and fifth in 1904 at Red Springs ; third in 1903 and seventh in 1904 at Iredell. In ordinary seasons this variety is not only prolific, but fairly reliable, especially on the well- drained sandy or loamy soil of the east. This season it was greatly cut off by an early frost. Culpepper's Improved is a large-boiled variety, yielding generally a little less per boll than Russell's Big Boll. It ranked fourth in 1900, third in 1901, fifth in 1902, ninth in 1903, seventeenth in 1904, second in 1905, thirteenth in 1906 and 1907 at the Edgecombe farm; first in 1900, second in 1901, first in 1902, third from Red Springs seed and fourth from Edgecombe seed in 1903, second from Red Springs seed in 1904 at the Red Springs farm; fifth, eighth, fourth and sixteenth in 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906, respectively, at Iredell. This variety is earlier by about ten days and seems to be more subject to variation than Russell's Big Boll, but, notwithstand- ing this last defect, is considered a good, reliable variety. Being a late-maturing variety, and having a short growing season this year, it was cut off some by frost. It has a large-sized weed, with spreading limbs, well boiled, and holds cotton well. 52 The Bulletin. King's Improved has a boll a little smaller than Peterkin's Im- proved, but does not generally yield quite as high percentage of lint. It has a rather small stalk, with spreading limbs. This and Dozier's Improved are two of the earliest-maturing varieties thus far tested. It occupied seventh place in 1902, third in 1903 and 1904, sixteenth in 1906 and twelfth in 1907 at Edgecombe; fourth in 1902, sixth in 1903 and 1904 at Ked Springs; second in 1903, first in 1904 and 1906, eleventh in 1905 and second in 1907 at Iredell. Edgeworth stood first in 1903, tenth in 1904 and 1905, eighth in 1906 and sixteenth in 1907 at Edgecombe; fifth in 1903 and ninth in 1904 at Ked Springs; fourth in 1903, eleventh in 1904, twelfth in 1905, thirteenth in 1906 and twentieth in 1907 at Iredell. It has a rather heavy stalk, large leaves and short stems, and is ordinarily a rather late-maturing variety. Moss' Improved stood first in 1900, sixth in 1901, seventeenth in 1904, eighth in 1905, tenth. in 1906 and twentieth in 1907 at Edge- combe ; sixth in 1901 and seventeenth in 1904 at Red Springs ; nine- teenth in 1904, eighteenth in 1905, seventeenth in 1906 and thirteenth in 1907 at Iredell. This variety possessed as high percentage of lint as any other variety tested during the past three years. Cook's Improved ranked second in 1904, fifth in 1905, first in 1906 and sixth in 1907 at Edgecombe; tenth in 1904, third in 1905 and third in 1907 at Iredell. It is a medium early maturing variety. Webb occupied eighth and seventeenth places at Edgecombe in 1904 and 1905, fourth in 1906 and ninth in 1907 ; seventh at Eed Springs in 1904; and third, fifth, eleventh and twenty-third in 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907 at Iredell. Has rather small bolls and seeds. Shine's Extra Early Prolific ranked eleventh in 1904, fifteenth in 1905, twenty-first in 1906 and second in 1907 at Edgecombe; twelfth at Red Springs in 1904; and fifth in 1904, seventh in 1905, fourth in 1906 and nineteenth in 1907 at Iredell. Our tests of three years indicate this to be a rather early maturing variety. Black Texas Wood ranked fifteenth in 1904 and 1906, ninth in 1905 and twenty-seventh in 1907 at Edgecombe; thirteenth at Red Springs in 1904; twentieth in 1904, fifteenth in 1905, fourteenth in 1906 and twenty-second in 1907 at Iredell. This is a late-maturing variety. King's Improved (native) stood first in 1903 and 1905, second in 1904, third in 1906 and fourth in 1907 at the Iredell farm. Wilson's Matchless ranked sixteenth in 1905, twelfth in 1906 and eighteenth in 1907 at Edgecombe; sixth in 1905, fifth in 1906 and eleventh in 1907 at Iredell. Dozier's Improved ranked twentieth in 1905, eleventh in 1906 and seventeenth in 1907 at Edgecombe ; ninth in 1905, eighth in 1906 and eighteenth in 1907 at Iredell. This is a small-boiled and very early maturing variety. The Bulletin. 53 Browns No. 1 ranked second in 1906 and fourth in 1907 at Edge- combe ; twelfth in 1906 and fifth in 1907 at Iredell. Braswell's Cluster ranked nineteenth in 1905, third in 1906 and tenth in 1907 at Edgecombe; and twenty-fourth at Iredell in 1907. Bigliam's Improved ranked sixth in 1906 and seventh in 1907 at Edgecombe; and sixth in 1906 and fourteenth in 1907 at Iredell. Drakes Defiance ranked ninth in 1906 at Edgecombe; and ninth in 1906 and sixteenth in 1907 at Iredell. Simpkins Prolific ranked eighteenth in 1906 and eighth in 1907 at Edgecombe; and eighth in 1907 at Iredell. Mortgage Lifter ranked twenty-third in 1906 and twenty-sixth in 1907 at Edgecombe; and fifteenth in 1906 and tenth in 1907 at Iredell. Cleveland's Big Boll ranked first at Edgecombe and seventh at Iredell in this year's tests. Hodge ranked fifth in 1904, fourth in 1905 and fifteenth in 1907 at Edgecombe; and fourth in 1904 and second in 1905 at Iredell. Peterkin's Improved ranked second in 1901 and 1902, fourth in 1903, sixteenth in 1904, sixth in 1905 and twenty-fifth in 1907 at Edgecombe; eighth in 1903, twenty-first in 1904 and twentieth in 1905 at Iredell. Excelsior Prolific ranked second in 1903, seventh in 1904, first in 1905 and twenty-third in 1907 at Edgecombe; sixth in 1903 and 1904, tenth in 1905 and seventeenth in 1907 at Iredell. Alexander Money Maker ranked twenty-second at Edgecombe and twelfth at Iredell in this year's tests. Morgans Climax ranked fourteenth at Edgecombe in this year's tests. Culpepper s Re-Improved ranked eleventh at Edgecombe and ninth at Iredell in this year's tests. Layton's Improved ranked thirteenth in 1905 and nineteenth in 1907 at Edgecombe, and fourteenth in 1905 at Iredell. Pullnot ranked twenty-first at Edgecombe and first at Iredell in this year's tests. Sugar Loaf ranked third at Edgecombe and sixth at Iredell in this year's tests. Cluster ranked twenty-fourth at Edgecombe and twenty-fourth at Iredell in this year's tests. Williams' ranked fifteenth at Iredell in this year's tests. STUDY OF COMPILED RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON. Eight years ago the Department of Agriculture, by means of its test farms, began comparative tests of varieties of cotton, with the pur- pose, primarily, of ascertaining, if possible, the varieties that are most prolific of seed cotton per acre when grown under our conditions of 54 The Bulletin. soil and climate. During this time tests have been made of seven varieties in 1900 to twenty-seven in 1907 in the tests on the different farms. It is felt from these accumulated data of eight years' tests that some very reliable and valuable information has been derived, especially if taken and intelligently applied by the individual farmers of the State in their farming operations. VARIATION IN YIELD OF VARIETIES. In our variety tests we have had some variety or varieties to yield 700 to 900 pounds of seed cotton per acre more than other varieties in the same tests and grown under identical conditions of soil, fertiliza- tion and cultivation. This variation in yield has been no uncommon occurrence in our experience. Take, for instance, the results at the Edgecombe farm during the past eight years. In 1900, in a test of eight varieties, the difference between the variety yielding the largest amount of seed cotton per acre and the one the smallest was 565 pounds; in 1901 and 1902, in tests of. seven varieties each, the differ- ences were 530 and 790 pounds, respectively; in 1903, 663 pounds, when nine varieties were incorporated, 724 pounds in 1904 with twenty-one varieties, 576 pounds in 1905 with twenty-three varieties, 915 pounds in 1906 with twenty-six varieties, and 758 pounds in 1907 with twenty-seven varieties. The average of these^ differences is more than the average annual yield per acre of seed cotton in North Carolina. To grow cotton cheaply per pound, more must be produced per acre than is at present done on an average. To do this, better varieties must be planted, more thorough preparation and cultivation be given to the land, and more intelligent fertilization, either directly or indirectly, must be practised. It costs no more to cultivate a pro- lific variety of cotton than one that has few bolls to the stalk or has a larger number of stalks missing in the row, due to imperfect germina- tion of the seed, or some other avoidable or unavoidable cause. WHAT A VARIETY SHOULD BE. A variety of cotton should be a group of plants having some special excellencies, such as total yield of lint per acre, resistance to disease and insect pests, etc., and the seed of which should be able to trans- mit to their progeny, with certainty and without diminution, the ex- cellent qualities of the parent plants. If the designated group of plants does not have these qualities, then it is not worthy to be styled a variety. Neither should the same variety have two names. EARLY MATURING VARIETIES. The earliest varieties, judged from the percentage of total cotton open at first picking in the past three or four years' tests at the test farms of the Department, are Dozier's Improved, King's Improved, The Bulletin. 55 Hodge, Shine's Extra Early Prolific, and Webb. The first two named are probably the earliest maturing varieties we have thus far tested. They are especially adapted for growth in regions where cotton is liable to be cut off by frost, mattering not whether the pro- longed growth be due to climate or soil. MEDIUM MATURING VARIETIES. Culpepper's Improved, Cook's Improved, Excelsior Prolific^ Peter- kin's Improved, and Edgeworth are varieties that matured during the past year at a medium date. LATE MATURING VARIETIES. Russell's Big Boll, Black Texas Wood, and Moss' Improved were the latest varieties tested. Some of these are good yielding varieties when grown where the season is long enough for complete develop- ment of their bolls before frost. VARIETIES WITH HIGH PERCENTAGE OF LINT. Of the varieties tested, Moss' Improved, King's Improved, Brown Texas Wood, Peterkin's Improved, Cook's Improved, Tool's Early Prolific, Hodge, Excelsior Prolific, Brown's No. 1, Edgeworth, and Mortgage Lifter are the ones that have yielded the highest percentage of lint to seed. With these varieties in 1904 the percentage of lint to seed varied from 35.42 per cent with Excelsior Prolific at the Edgecombe farm to 43.03 per cent with Moss' Improved at Iredell. The percentage yield of lint alone of a variety is frequently an unsafe guide in selecting a variety that will produce a large amount of lint cotton per acre. VARIETIES WITH LARGE BOLLS. Russell's Big Boll, Culpepper's Improved, Edgeworth, Double- header, and Brown's No. 1 are the five varieties thus far tested that possess the largest-sized bolls as well as seed. As an average of four years' tests at the Edgecombe farm and three years' each at the Red Springs and Iredell farms, it has required the following number of bolls to yield a pound of seed cotton : Russell's Big Boll, at Edge- combe, 53; at Red Springs, 64, and at Iredell, 72. Culpepper's Improved, at Edgecombe, 60 ; at Red Springs, 71, and at Iredell, 74. Edgeworth, at Edgecombe, 66 ; at Red Springs, 77, and at Iredell, 79. These are late varieties and heavy producers of both lint and seed when planted upon soils that will mature them before frost. 56 The Bulletin. varieties adapted to the eastern and southeastern sections of the state. After a study of our results with varieties obtained at the Edge- combe and Red Springs farms during the past six or seven years, it is found that of the varieties of cotton thus far tested, Excelsior Prolific, Edgeworth, Culpepper's Improved, King's Improved, Rus- sell's Big Boll, and Peterkin's Improved have yielded the largest amounts of seed cotton per acre on an average. In the eastern part of the State, on the stiffer clayey soils, bottom lands, poorly drained lands and lands near the northern border of the State, it will gener- ally be found advisable to use the best of the earlier maturing varie- ties, such as King's Improved, Edgeworth, and Excelsior Prolific ; while on the more open, sandy and loamy soils of the east and south- east the larger-boiled and more vigorously growing varieties, such as Culpepper's Improved and Russell's Big Boll, will generally yield most satisfactory returns. VARIETIES ADAPTED TO PIEDMONT SECTION OF THE STATE. With reference to varieties of cotton suited to this portion of the State, we cannot assert with the same degree of certainty as we can for the eastern part of the State, as our experiments have only been conducted in Iredell for four years, and with some of the varieties for only the past season. So, with reference to this portion of the State, on a red-clay soil, we would recommend, tentatively, guided by our results, the use of either King's Improved, Culpepper's Im- proved, Edgeworth, or Excelsior Prolific as the best suited. King's Improved has, in our experiments at the Iredell farm, proved to be the earliest and decidedly the most prolific variety thus far tested there, where the growing season for cotton is comparatively short. There are other promising varieties being tested, but data for a suffi- cient number of years are not yet in hand to justify anything like definite statements in reference to them and their adaptability to dif- ferent localities. CORRELATION OF CHARACTERS OF VARIETIES OF COTTON. With cotton, as with corn, it is of the highest importance for farm- ers, and imperative for all those who are studying or trying to im- prove varieties, to know what characters are usually antagonistic and what ones are mutually helpful in their economic development. In Table XII are compiled, in concise form, the' results of four years' tests at Edgecombe, five at Iredell and two at Red Springs. From this compilation, supplemented by observation in the field and at the gin, the following tentative inferences are made in reference to the varieties of upland cotton tested, when grown under the conditions of climate and soil as represented by these three farms : The Bulletin. 57 Antagonistic Characters. — (1) Earliness in maturity is not usually conducive to large yields, although in areas where a short growing period is afforded the earlier maturing varieties often give the greater yields (but these are not large generally), as is shown by King's Improved, which, during the past five years, has proven the most pro- lific of seed cotton at the Iredell farm, where the growing period for cotton during an average season is comparatively short. (2) Varie- ties that have large seed generally yield a small percentage of lint to seed. (3) Late-maturing varieties do not generally produce seed cotton that yields a high percentage of lint, although the number of pounds of lint per acre may be large. (4) Small-boiled varieties are not generally easily picked, and hence are unpopular with pickers. Associated Characters. — (1) Varieties that mature early tend to the production of seed cotton that contains a high percentage of lint to seed. (2) Varieties with short staple usually have a high per- centage of lint, and vice versa. (3) Varieties with large bolls gener- ally have large seed and small percentage of lint. (4) The larger the yield of seed cotton per acre, through proper fertilization or favor- able seasonal conditions, the lower the percentage of lint to seed, even of the same variety. ( 5 ) Good root and leaf development of a variety tends to increase power of resistance to drought, insect and disease ravages. PK.OPER PLACE 'TO SELECT SEED. With cotton, as with any other staple crop, the place to select seed for the next year's planting is in the field — selecting with reference to total yield of seed cotton, percentage of lint, date of maturity, vigor, hardiness,. form and size of bolls, leaves, stalks, limbs, and resistance to disease and insect ravages. By selecting from stalks that bear a large number of bolls per stalk, the tendency will be in the progeny to give an increased yield over the average of the patch, which is the seed obtained when one waits to secure his seed at random from the gin. Another objection to securing seed from the gin in the usual way is that it is usually deferred until late in the fall, and thereby, generally, seed from the last picking are obtained, which are not the best seed. The best seed, as a rule, are from the middle picking. In selecting a variety one must not be guided entirely by total yield of seed cotton, for often between two varieties producing about the same quantity per acre the one with the smaller yield should be chosen because of its production of a larger amount of lint and higher selling price of total products (lint and seed). It should be remembered that lint sells for from eight to fifteen times as much per pound as seed. Other things being equal, preference should be given to the larger- boiled varieties, with a large number of locks per boll, as they are much easier picked, and hence are most popular with pickers. 58 The Bulletin. A few hours spent in the fall in selecting and gathering separately the seed cotton from stalks that have a large number of bolls well dis- tributed over the stalks and with other desirable characters, will pay as well or better than any other form of farm work. The seed cotton thus gathered should be ginned separately and the seed carefully saved in some secure place for the next year's planting. Every one who has been through a cotton field in the fall has surely noticed the great difference in the same field, in the form, shape and number of bolls on different stalks, as well as in the characteristics of the stalks them- selves. Now, remembering that the law of heredity is as strong and constant in plants as in animals will help to emphasize the great im- portance of selecting seed of the short staple cotton only from those stalks that bear the largest amount of lint cotton per stalk. Of course, this latter statement does not apply to long-staple cottons in compari- son with the short-staple ones, for a long-staple cotton may produce less lint per acre than a short-"staple one, yet this smaller number of pounds may sell for more on the market, on account of its higher sell- ing price per pound. BUYING COTTON SEED. Seed of cotton, as well as all other crops, should be purchased only from the most reliable sources, for frequently seeds advertised in extravagant superlatives are inferior. It is not always the cheapest seed that are secured for the smallest outlay ; nor, on the other hand, are all expensive seed of superior quality ; so the only safe plan to fol- low is to buy from the most reliable parties. It might be said, how- ever, that if seed are properly selected they will have to bring a good price to compensate the seedsman or grower for his extra care and expense. The seed should possess strong vitality, for seed of low vitality produce a poor stand of stunted plants that do not produce as large yields as good seed when grown under identical conditions of soil, fertilization and cultivation. It will be remembered, however, that stunted cotton will give larger proportional yields than will corn. It is common to see cotton only a few inches high bearing one, two or more small bolls per stalk, while corn that only reaches three or four or five feet high will frequently produce not much more than a spin- dling stalk, small shuck and cob. SOURCES OF VARIETIES OF COTTON TESTED. The seed used in the variety tests of cotton at the Edgecombe and Iredell farms this year were received from the following sources : Alexander Money Maker Alexander Seed Co., Augusta, Ga. Bigham's Improved J. N. Bighain, R. F. D. No. 5, Charlotte, N. C. Black Texas Wood Martin McKinnon, Red Springs, N. C. Braswell's Cluster J. R. Pitt, Rocky Mount, N. C. Brown's No. 1 M. L. Brown, Decatur, Ga. Cook's Improved J. R. Cook, Schley, Ga. The Bulletin. 59 Culpepper's Re-Improved J. E. Culpepper, Luthersville, Ga. Cluster Martin McKinnori, Red Springs, N. C. Cleveland's Big Boll J. R. Cleveland, Decatur, Ga. Culpepper's Improved, Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mt, N. C. (R. F. D. No. 5) Dozier's Improved W. D. Dozier, Camden, N. C. Drake's Defiance Drake Brothers, Philomath, Ga. Edgeworth J. C. Little, Louisville, Ga. Excelsior Prolific Excelsior Seed Farm, Cheraw, S. C. Hodge C. N. Allen, Auburn, N. C. King's Improved i Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. King's Improved (native) J. W. Sherrill, Statesville, N. C. Layton's Improved R. D. Layton, St. Matthews, S. C. Mortgage Lifter H. G. Hastings & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Moss' Improved B. D. Moss, Norway, S. C. Morgan's Climax J. W. Morgan, Glendale, S. C. Pullnot J. E. Bradbury, Athens, < }a. Peterkin's Improved J. N. Peterkin, Fort Motte, S. C. Russell's Big Boll. . .Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mt., N. C. (R. F. D. No. 5). Sugar Loaf C. S. Williams, Franklinton, N. C. Shine's Extra Early Prolific J. A. Shine, Faison, N. C. Simpkins' Prolific W. A. Simpkins, Raleigh, N. C. Williams' C. S. Williams, Franklinton, N. C. Webb Dr. C. L. Killibrew, Rocky Mount, N. C. Wilson's Matchless F. D. Wilson, Littleton, N. C. RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. These results are found in Tables XIII and XIV, which follow : Table XIII— RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. Iredell Farm — 1907. 4> TD d OS S3 .5.2 Distance Between Rows. ZVz feet Z l A feet ZYi feet ZYi feet 4 feet -- 4 feet-. 4 feet -. 4 feet - Distance Between Stalks in Rows. Number .£ Stalks o> per Plat m % W +> o u ■o fa 12 inches- 16 inches- 20 inches-- 24 inches- 12 inches-- 16 inches-. 20 inches- 24 inches — 651 489 390 324 651 489 390 327 o +j ■£' c •5 3 "SiS a. Yield Seed Cotton in Pounds per Plat at the Several Pickings. I to .5 • 3:2 «^ pL, Ol 495 51136.0 502 488 476 442 353 368 36.0 40.0 40.0 38.0 38.0 40.0 40.0 20.00 21.50 17.50 25.00 33.00 22.00 14.00 23.00 I u a 3 . o o WO 13.50 14.00 13.25 18.00 20.25 15.50 12.50 13.00 3> • .2 » HP 10.50 13.50 13.00 13.50 13.00 14.25 12.00 10.00 to W a 3 u $ o 44.00 49.00 43.75 56.50 66.25 51.75 38.50 46.00 +j o O ■a 41 v co "3 o a o to a p o 880.00 980.00 875.00 1030.00 1093.12 853.87 635.25 759.00 333.7 371.6 331.8 390.6 415.5 323.8 240.9 287.8 u o .< u a a> 0) a 3 o 516.3 608.4 543.2 639.4 678.6 530.1 394.4 471.2 Ed < 0>T3 a. c •sfi J* O ft 0> 01 !« DQ 01 tj c O "5 < PL, T) 2 ci) 0) K a T1 t- ■o R 0) 3 O x « 0! O CO .y.. ° T3 Ol Ol ra 13 C (« -t-> c 3 >S •3< O 0> E-i ft $36.70 $ 5.46 40.87 6.08 36.49 5.43 42.96 6.39 45.70 6.79 35.61 5.30 26.49 3.94 31.65 4.71 $42.16 46.95 41.92 49.35 52.49 40.90 30.43 36.36 60 The Bulletin. Table XIV— COMPILED RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. EDGECOMBE FABM. Yield Seed Cotton in Pounds per Acre at Different Distancing. Year. >> fa a COi-H 3Yi Feet by 16 Inches. 3Ms Feet by 20 Inches. >> fa a C3CM >> CO XI 01 » 2 • ■° 2 o> a fa 1-1 £>8 ■<-> -"- « 2 o> a , n X « » 2 a) a &<" © >. 01 • 2 a) a ^^ 1901 1286.0 1507.1 1541.2 1444.7 1384-0 1507.1 1751.9 1547.6 1410.0 1342.9 1632.4 1461.7 1063.0 1342.9 1746.0 1383.9 964.0 1506.3 1723.3 1397.8 893.0 1306.3 1646.6 1281.9 1903 1331.1 1828.9 1312.5 1861.1 1904 Averages Year. >> fa B -SP 1- * COi-H 3H Feet by 16 Inches. ZVi Feet by 20 Inches. ZYz Feet by 24 Inches. 4 Feet by 12 Inches. 4 Feet by 15 Inches. 4 Feet by 16 Inches. 4 Feet by 20 Inches. 4 Feet by 24 Inches. 1905 1593.8 1457.7 1214.2 1683.4 18%. 7 2019.1 1577.1 1493.4 BED SPBINGS FABM. Year. >> •° ~! 8^ 0> o fa E COr-1 >> ^oJ *> $ <"xi sCl 1 "" 1 >-N«0 CO-H >> ^cc *> £ Q)Jc fa a COlM 3V 2 Feet by 24 Inches. 4 Feet by 12 Inches. 4 Feet by 15 Inches. >» 00* X 01 « a at a fa 1-1 "to ■° 2 o> a fa 1-1 "o ■*esi 4 Feet by 24 Inches. 1901 284.0 1258. 6 831.8 791.4 288.0 1310.3 897.2 831.7 359.0 1340.5 906.5 868.6 447.8 1428.9 757-0 877.9 566.9 1229.3 883.1 893.1 634.7 1153.2 997.6 928.5 1902 1903 1051.4 842.2 1165.8 727.7 x> • >> X • >> X ■ „ w I, n " 0) 7. m >> 01 Year. 0) „ fa a 11 •5 fa a -° 2 oi B XI 0) oi a XI 0) « 2 ■° 2 » 2 01 B XI 01 ijXI « 2 ►N.CM *JxcO *s NT 1 " 1 .is-.* CM lO fa 1-1 50 fe 1 - 1 £" COH COi-l COIM COCJ "* I-H ■*rH TCH <*N ■*> to fa 612.5 845.8 1340.0 1215.3 1093.1 1021.3 >> to » 2 «.£ fa"* "us ■*1-l 700.0 >> 0) 42 I' a. a fa M "to 675.0 812.5 1280.0 937.5 853.9 911.7 >> to » « IV S fa 1-1 "o ■*f! tO Is -»(N 791.7 762.5 1325.0 612.0 759.0 850.0 COMMENTS ON DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. The average results of the distance tests conducted at the Edge- combe and Red Springs farms during the past four years indicate that the best distancing of cotton for the Edgecombe section is some- where about Sy 2 feet by 16 inches, while at Red Springs it centers closely around 4 feet by 16 inches. As the average of five years' tests at the Iredell farm, the best distancing was 3% feet by 16 inches. The general deductions above should be accepted tentatively, as here, as with other tests, it will require a number of repetitions to arrive at a fair idea of the best width of rows and distance in rows for planting cotton on the types of soils on which these tests were made. The plats at the four farms were arranged in lateral series, with each test occupying from three to five rows. 'As the results of this test are likely to vary somewhat with different varieties, Culpepper's Improved seed were used at Red Springs, Rus- sell's Big Boll at Edgecombe, and King's Improved 1 at Iredell. In Table XIV is presented a summary of five years' tests at Edge- combe and at Red Springs, and five at Iredell. III. Fertilization and Cultivation of Cokn and Cotton. coen. Culture. — It unquestionably pays well to thoroughly break and broadcast-harrow land for corn. Using a two-horse plow and run- ning it 8 to 10 inches deep, and afterwards harrowing with large smoothing harrow, puts the land in nice condition. It is also well to run a small-tooth harrow or weeder across corn rows about the time the plants are coming up, and even after they are several inches high, Culpepper's Improved was used in the test of 1903. & 62 The Bulletin. slanting the teeth of the harrow backward. Harrowing in this way saves after-cultivation, and is a quick and comparatively inexpensive way of getting over the land. The land being thoroughly broken before the corn is put in the ground, only shallow, level cultivation with some one of the considerable number of good cultivators need be given the crop during the growing season. The one-horse cultivators cover corn rows in two or three furrows, and the two-horse ones at a single trip. The cultivation should be frequent — about every ten to twelve days — and, if possible, just after rains, so as to break any crust formed by showers, leaving a dust mulch to retard the loss of moisture added to the soil by previous rains. * Toward the end of the growing season the cultivators should only be run one to one -and a half inches deep, so as -to disturb as little as possible the roots of the plants, which, by that time, are well into the middle of the rows. Fertilizers for Corn. — The experimental work on the sandy soils of the east, reports of which have been made previously, has pro- gressed far enough, we feel, to draw some conclusions in reference to the best amounts and proportions of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash for corn. As the results of the past five years' work have not yet been published, the following formulas, based on the results of the first two years' tests, and tests in other States with similar soil and cli- matic conditions, are given as good ones for corn: For Corn on Land in Fair Condition. No. 1— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 900 pounds ■ Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 2 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 960 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 140 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.5 per cent; potash, 1.6 per cent; nitrogen, 3.2 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.9 per cent). No. 2— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 1,045 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 520 pounds Nitrate of soda, 15 per cent nitrogen 225 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 210 pounds 2,000 pounds In this formula one-half of the nitrogen is supplied by nitrate of soda and the other one-half by cotton-seed meal. This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 8.0 per cent ; potash, 1.7 per cent ; nitrogen, 3.4 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.0 per cent). 2 6.59 per cent nitrogen equals 8 per cent ammonia. The Bulletin. 63 No. 3— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 965 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 750 pounds Nitrate of soda, 15 per cent nitrogen 110 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 175 pounds 2,000 pounds In this formula one-fourth of the nitrogen is supplied by nitrate of soda and the other three-fourths by cotton-seed meal. This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.7 per cent; potash, 1.7 per cent; nitrogen, 3.3 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.0 per cent). No. 4— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 835 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1*5 per cent potash 1,010 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 155 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.0 per cent; potash, 1.7 per cent; nitrogen, 3.3 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.0 per cent). No. 5— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 860 pounds Fish scrap, 8.25 per cent nitrogen and 6.0 per cent phos- phoric acid 850 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 290 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 8.6 per cent; potash, 1.8 per cent; nitrogen, 3.5 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.3 per cent). No. 6— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 800 pounds Fish scrap, 8.25 per cent nitrogen and 6.0 per cent phos- phoric acid 900 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 300 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture is more concentrated than preceding ones, on account of the use of higher-grade materials, and will contain : available phos- phoric acid, 9.1 per cent; potash, 1.9 per cent; nitrogen, 3.7 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.5 per cent). No. 7— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 960 pounds Fish scrap, 8.25 per cent nitrogen and 6.0 per cent phos- phoric acid 960 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 80 pounds 2,000 pounds 64 The Bulletin. This mixture, too, is more concentrated than the preceding ones, on account of the use of a high-grade potassic material, muriate of pot- ash, and will contain: available phosphoric acid, 9.6 per cent; potash, 2.0 per cent; nitrogen, 4.0 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.8 per cent). No. 8— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 950 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 1,015 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 35 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 7.9 per cent; potash, 1.6 per cent; nitrogen, 3.3 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.0 per cent). No. 9— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 900 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 1,060 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash. 40 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 8.5 per cent; potash, 1.8 per cent; nitrogen, 3.5 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.3 per cent). No. 10— 1 Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 1,365 pounds Dried Wood, 13 per cent nitrogen 555 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 80 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture is a concentrated one, on account of high-grade ni- trogenous and potassic materials being used, and will contain : avail- able phosphoric acid, 9.6 per cent; potash, 2.0 per cent; nitrogen, 3.6 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.4 per cent). No. 11— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 1,310 pounds Dried blood, 13 per cent nitrogen 600 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 90 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture is quite concentrated, on account of the high-grade phosphatic and potassic materials used, and will contain: available phosphoric acid, 10.5 per cent; potash, 2.3 per cent; nitrogen, 3.9 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.7 per cent). No. 12— Bone meal, 22.5 per cent phosphoric acid and 3.7 per cent nitrogen 950 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 975 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 75 pounds 2,000 pounds The Bulletin. 65 This mixture is a concentrated one, on account of the high-grade phosphatic and potassic materials used, and will contain : available phosphoric acid, 11.9 per cent; potash, 2.6 per cent; nitrogen, 5.0 per cent (equal to ammonia, 6.0 per cent). No. 13— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 585 pounds Cotton seed, 3.1 per cent nitrogen, 1.3 per cent phosphoric acid and 1.2 per cent potash 1,375 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 40 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 5.0 per cent; potash, 1.1 per cent; nitrogen, 2.1 per cent (equal to ammonia, 2.6 per cent). Cotton Seed. — Cotton seed may replace the meal in preceding formulas containing meal by allowing 2 pounds of seed for one of meal. Nitrate of Soda. — This material is quick-acting, because of its easy solubility in water. For this reason, when used in a considerable quantity in fertilizers at time of planting, especially on light sandy land, there is considerable danger of its being leached beyond the reach of the roots of the plants before they can use it. On clay lands and loams having good subsoils to them this danger does not exist, certainly not to the extent that it does on light soils. A small amount of nitrate of soda in the mixture will give the crop a quick start and make its cultivation easier and more economical. Formula No. 3 has been arranged with this idea in view, and in No. 2 one-half the nitro- gen comes from nitrate of soda. On light lands it would likely be better to omit the nitrate from the mixture and apply it as a top dress- ing, between the 10th and last of June, on early corn. Nitrate of soda may take the place of a portion of the other nitrogen-furnishing materials in any of the formulas, one pound of nitrate being equal in its content of nitrogen to 2.2 pounds of cotton-seed meal, 2 pounds of fish scrap, 1.2 pounds of dried blood. Nitrate of soda is frequently used as a top dressing for corn, and is a very valuable material for use in this way. A good application is 50 to 75 pounds per acre, dis- tributed along the side of the row or dropped beside the plants and three or four inches from them, or else, where there is a ridge in the center, it may be distributed on this, and when it is thrown out the nitrate will be thrown to the two sides of the row. Application of Fertilizers to Corn. — On clay lands and loams hav- ing good subsoil the fertilizer should be applied in the drill, at or just before planting, at the rate of 200 to 400 pounds per acre. On light sandy lands it is best to use 50 to 100 pounds in the drill at time of planting, to give the crop a good start, and the balance of the fertilizer as a side dressing when the corn has begun to grow well. 5 66 The Bulletin. Fertilizers for Corn Following Peas and Other Legumes. The best and most profitable yields of corn in our experimental work were where the corn followed velvet beans, bur clover, cow-peas, crimson clover and other leguminous crops. These crops, with acid phosphate and kainit, or some other potash salt, are the best previous treatment and fertilization for corn. Where light crops of peas have been grown in corn, or cut from the land and the stubble left, it would be safest to add some nitrogenous material in the fertilizer mixture. In cases of this kind it is suggested that the nitrogen-furnishing ma- terial in any of the preceding formulas be reduced one-half. Where corn is to follow good crops of velvet beans, peas, bur and crimson clover or soja beans, especially where the entire crops have been left on the soil, no further application of nitrogen need be made, but it is advised that 200 to 300 pounds per acre of the following mixture, in the drill, be used just before planting : Acid phosphate 200 pounds Kainit 100 pounds COTTON. Culture. — The remarks regarding the preparation and cultivation of corn also apply with equal force to cotton, unless it be the part regarding breaking-the land well before planting. Some doubt the necessity of this for cotton. Cotton is generally grown on ridges. This is necessary on wet soils, but on all fairly well drained upland and sandy soils we are convinced that level and frequent shallow cul- tivation, as was indicated for corn, is the best and most economical method to follow, in growing cotton. Eidge culture may give better results in very wet years, but, taking the seasons as they come, the advantage will lie, we think, with flat culture. Fertilizers for Cotton. — The preliminary remarks regarding fer- tilizers for corn also apply to cotton, the following formulas being offered tentatively and as the result of our best judgment, after study- ing the best obtainable data on this subject : For Cotton on Land in Fair Condition. No. 1— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 895 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 790 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 315 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.2 per cent; potash, 2.6 per cent; nitrogen, 2.6 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.2 per cent). The Bulletin. 67 No. 2— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 1,015 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 415 pounds Nitrate of soda, 15 per cent nitrogen 180 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 390 pounds 2,000 pounds In this formula one-half of the nitrogen is supplied by nitrate of soda and the other one-half by cotton-seed meal. This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 7.6 per cent ; potash, 2.7 per cent ; nitrogen, 2.7 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.3 per cent). No. 3— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 955 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen. 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 605 pounds Nitrate of soda, 15 per cent nitrogen 90 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 350 pounds 2,000 pounds In this formula one-fourth of the nitrogen is supplied by nitrate of soda and the other three-fourths by cotton-seed meal. This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.4 per cent; potash, 2.6 per cent ; nitrogen, 2.6 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.1 per cent). No. 4— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 830 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 830 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 340 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.7 per cent; potash, 2.7 per cent; nitrogen, 2.7 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.3 per cent). No. 5— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 850 pounds Fish scrap, 8.25 per cent nitrogen and 6.0 per cent phos- phoric acid 690 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 460 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 8.0 per cent; potash, 2.9 per cent; nitrogen, 2.9 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.5 per cent). No. 6— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 790 pounds Fish scrap, 8.25 per cent nitrogen and 6.0 per cent phos- phoric acid 730 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash 480 pounds 2,000 pounds 68 The Bulletin. This mixture is more concentrated than the foregoing ones, on account of the higher-grade materials used, and will contain : avail- able phosphoric acid, 8.5 per cent; potash, 3.0 per cent; nitrogen, 3.0 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.6 per cent). No. 7— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 1,020 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 890 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 90 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 8.3 per cent; potash, 2.9 per cent; nitrogen, 2.9 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.5 per cent). No. 8— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 965 pounds Cotton-seed meal, 6.59 per cent nitrogen, 2.5 per cent phos- phoric acid and 1.5 per cent potash 940 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 95 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture is a concentrated one, on account of the high-grade phosphatic and potassic materials used, and will contain: available phosphoric acid, 8.9 per cent; potash, 3.1 per cent; nitrogen, 3.1 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.8 per cent). No. 9— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 1,045 pounds Fish scrap, 8.25 per cent nitrogen and 6.0 per cent phos- phoric acid 820 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 135 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 9.8 per cent ; potash, 3.4 per cent; nitrogen, 3.4 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.1 per cent). No. 10— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 975 pounds Fish scrap, 8.25 per cent nitrogen and 6.0 per cent phos- phoric acid '. 880 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 145 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture is considerably more concentrated than the others, on account of the high-grade materials used, and will contain : available phosphoric acid, 10.4 per cent; potash, 3.6 per cent; nitrogen, 3.6 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.4 per cent). No. 11— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid * 1,355 pounds Dried blood, 13 per cent nitrogen 510 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 135 pounds 2,000 pounds The Bulletin. 69 This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 9.5 per cent; potash, 3.4 per cent; nitrogen, 3.3 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.0 per cent). No. 12— Acid phosphate, 16 per cent phosphoric acid 1,295 pounds Dried blood, 13 per cent nitrogen 560 pounds Muriate of potash, 50 per cent potash 145 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 10.4 per cent; potash, 3.6 per cent; nitrogen, 3.6 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.4 per cent). No. 13— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent phosphoric acid 630 pounds Cotton seed, 3.1 per cent nitrogen, 1.3 per cent phosphoric acid and 1.2 per cent potash 1,100 pounds Kainit, 12.5 per cent potash ISO pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 5.2 per cent ; potash, 1.8 per cent; nitrogen, 1.8 per cent (equal to ammonia, 2.2 per cent). Cotton Seed and Nitrate of Soda. — The remarks under "Com" re- garding these two fertilizing materials apply also to cotton, as do the suggestions concerning the change in the quantity of nitrogen-supply- ing materials in the formulas, should cotton follow peas or any other leguminous crop. In Formula No. 3 one-fourth of the nitrogen is supplied by nitrate of soda, with the view of giving the crop a quick start, and in No. 2 one-half of the nitrogen comes from this source. On light lands it will be good practice to omit this nitrate from the mixture and apply it as a side dressing about the middle of June. Good results come from the use of it in this way on heavy types of land. Where land does not produce a good stalk of cotton, and fer- tilizers are used which contain only a moderate amount of nitrogen or ammonia, good results are obtained from a side dressing of 50 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. The nitrate should be distributed along one side of the row, or, where there is a ridge in the middle, it may be put on this, and when the ridge is thrown out the nitrate will be thrown on two sides of the row. Application of Fertilizer to Cotton. — The fertilizer should be ap- plied in the drill at or just before planting. The quantity used for cotton varies from 200 to 1,000 pounds per acre ; 400 to 600 pounds are the more common quantities used of the grade of Formula No. 1. Some of the mixtures in this Bulletin are much more concentrated than No. 1, and when they are used the quantity may be reduced pro- portionately. 70 The Bulletin. IV. Composts and Composting. Compost for General Use. — Frequent requests are made for com- post formulas, and the following one, with barnyard manure, rich dirt, or woods mould, or all, and acid phosphate and kainit, is well suited for general use : Barnyard manure, rich dirt or woods mould 1,750 pounds Acid phosphate 200 pounds Kainit 50 pounds 2,000 pounds With average barnyard manure the above compost would contain: phosphoric acid, 1.7 per cent; potash, .7 per cent; and ammonia, .6 per cent. One ton of this compost is worth between 500 and 600 pounds of the average fertilizer containing 8 per cent of available phosphoric acid, 2 per cent of potash and 2 per cent of ammonia. It should be applied at the rate of 600 to 1,600 pounds per acre in the drill, 1,400 pounds of the compost being about equal to an application of 400 pounds of the 8-2-2 fertilizer. The compost may be made under shelter or out of doors. In either case select a place where the soil is compact, and arrange it so that the water that may run through the heap will not drain from it. Put down the materials in alternate layers — first, a layer 3 to 6 inches thick, according to the size of the compost to be made, of the manure, woods mould or rich dirt, then sprinkle upon this layers of acid phos- phate and kainit, and continue in this way to put down alternate layers of the materials till the compost is complete. If dry, the manure, mould, etc., should be moistened by sprinkling with water ^ and the heap should be brought to a conical or wedge shape, covered with dirt, preferably rich dirt, and thoroughly compacted to prevent undue entrance of air, which brings about heating and injurious fer- mentation of the heap. The compost must be watched, and if it be- comes hot a hole should be made in the side and towards the top and water poured in to cool it. Heating is likely to occur if made under shelter, while if made out of doors in the winter and early spring the rains are apt to be sufficient to keep it moist, but here there is danger of loss, especially of the very soluble potash and phosphoric acid, from leaching, and the heaps made out of doors need careful watching to see that they do not get too hot just after making and between rains, and more especially to see that they are thoroughly covered with dirt and compacted, so as to make the water run mostly off the sides instead of through the heap and draining off with the most valuable part of the manure. The heap should remain 40 to 60 days, and may stay longer. *Before using, it should be thoroughly cut up and mixed by means of hoes and shovels. If the manure, woods mould and dirt are The Bulletin. Yl reasonably free from litter and trash, the mixture may be put through a sand screen and be in condition to drill as other fertilizers are. This will require care in selecting the manure, mould and dirt. Unquestionably, there is great advantage, if it is not, indeed, an absolute necessity, to save scrupulously all the manure and other waste material on and around the farm to assist in maintaining or increasing- its productiveness. One way to do this is to use the compost in some way similar to that suggested in the foregoing. Another and perhaps somewhat cheaper way, unless the compost is made at a time when the farm labor is not profitably occupied with other work, is to apply the manure and woods mould, etc., broadcast where there are large quan- tities of them, or in the drill when the amounts are limited and less than 1,500 to 2,000 pounds to the acre, and drill the acid phosphate and kainit or other materials on them. This saves the cost of mixing. Each plan has its advantages, and each farmer can decide for himself which best suits his individual case and which will enable him to save to best advantage these exceedingly important and valuable fertilizer materials on and about the farm, and which go to waste, or partial waste, in far too many instances. Compost with Cotton Seed. — Frequently cotton seed are used as a fertilizer. One difficulty in the way of their use is the killing of the germs of the seed so as to prevent them from sprouting and growing. A common custom is to pile the seed in the field early in the spring and allow them to become wet and afterwards heat. They are then put in the drill as other fertilizers, or sometimes broadcast. They are also killed by composting, and the following compost with cotton seed is a well-balanced and rich one for general farm crops : Acid phosphate 300 pounds Cotton seed, 13% bushels 400 pounds Kainit 75 pounds Barnyard manure, etc 1,225 pounds 2,000 pounds This compost will contain: phosphoric acid, 2.6 per cent; potash, .9 per cent; ammonia, 1.1 per cent. One ton of it is worth between 800 and 900 pounds of the average fertilizer containing 8 per cent avail- able phosphoric acid, 2 per cent ammonia and 2 per cent potash, and a good application for cotton would be 600 to 1,200 pounds in the drill, and for corn 400 to 800 pounds in the drill. Compost with Cotton-seed Meal. — Cotton-seed meal may replace the seed in the preceding compost. In fact, it is much better to use some of the insoluble forms of nitrogen or ammonia in composts rather than nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia, which are already in easily soluble condition and ready to feed plants. Besides, there is not the same danger of loss when materials like cotton seed, cotton- 72 The Bulletin. seed meal, etc., are used as when nitrate of soda and sulphate of am- monia are employed. The following compost with cotton-seed meal is some richer than the one with seed given above : Acid phosphate 325 pounds Cotton-seed meal 200 pounds Kainit 100 pounds Barnyard manure, etc 1.375 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: phosphoric acid, 2.8 per cent; potash, 1.0 per cent; ammonia, 1.2 per cent. One ton of this is equal in fer- tilizing value to about one-half ton of a mixed fertilizer containing 8 per cent available phosphoric acid, 2 per cent ammonia and 2 per cent potash. A good application of it for cotton would be 400 to 800 pounds in the drill, and for corn 300 to 600 pounds in the drill. Use Lime in the Compost. — Where lime is used at all in the making of compost, it should not be put in contact with either the barnyard manure or acid phosphate, as it has an injurious action on both of these, endangering the loss of ammonia from the manure by setting it free and enabling it to pass off in the air, and changing the phosphoric acid of the acid phosphate into an insoluble form. Where sour muck or black soil is used, the lime mixed with these would correct their acidity or sourness and prove beneficial. V. Fertilizers for Tobacco. There are few products whose quality and quantity are more affected by the kind of soil and fertilizer used than is tobacco. For bright tobacco, the main kind grown in this State, the fine and deep, sandy loam with yellow-colored sandy clay subsoil is the type of land most largely used, and the one which grows the best grade of this character of tobacco. Generally, the kind of soil that is suited to the produc- tion of tobacco is better understood than the fertilizer that should be used on it. Evidence of this is seen in the great variation in the com- position of fertilizers sold in the State, especially for use on the tobacco crop. In 1901 there were registered with the Department of Agriculture one hundred and eight (108) special fertilizers for tobacco. It is interesting in this connection to note the wide varia- tion as well as the average composition of these fertilizers. The highest amount of available phosphoric acid guaranteed in any of them was 9.25 per cent, the lowest 5 per cent, and the average 8.12 per cent. The highest amount of ammonia guaranteed was 10 per cent, the lowest 2 per cent, and the average 2.73 per cent. The highest amount of potash guaranteed was 5 per cent, the lowest 1 per cent, and the average 2.61 per cent. These wide variations in the amounts of the valuable fertilizing constituents indicate that the fer- tilizers themselves must have had very varying effects on the quality and quantity of the tobacco crop. The Bulletin. 73 A study of the experiments in tobacco growing, and a consideration of the experiences of good tobacco growers, show that the amounts of ammonia and potash in the average tobacco fertilizers, as stated above, are not as large as are needed to give the best results. It would appear that the largest amount of ammonia (10 per cent) in any of these "specials" is greater than is required for bright tobacco, while the maximum quantity of potash (5 per cent) in any of the 108 brands is less than is used by numbers of our best bright tobacco growers, especially in the eastern part of the State. A considerable number of these growers either mix their own tobacco fertilizers or else have them put up according to formulas of their suggestion. Be- low are given eight formulas for mixing fertilizers for tobacco. The grade of those fertilizers will be higher and they will, of course, cost more than the goods that are generally used in the State on tobacco, but we feel confident that the increased yield will more than justify the additional expense. In The Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, and in our correspondence with farmers, we have been recommending formulas of about the composition of these for a num- ber of years, and evidence is accumulating which shows that the char- acter of tobacco fertilizers is undergoing quite a considerable change. No. 1— Acid phosphate, 14 per cent 750 pounds Cotton-seed meal 900 pounds Nitrate of soda 100 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 250 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 6.3 per cent ; potash, 6.9 per cent; nitrogen, 3.7 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.5 per cent). No. 2— Acid phosphate 1,065 pounds Dried blood, high grade 500 pounds Nitrate of soda 125 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 310 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 7.4 per cent ; potash, 7.7 per cent; nitrogen, 4.3 per cent (equal to ammonia, 5.2 per cent). No. 3— Acid phosphate 875 pounds Fish scrap 725 pounds Nitrate of soda 100 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 300 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 7.2 per cent ; potash, 7.5 per cent; nitrogen, 3.8 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.6 per cent). r> 74 The Bulletin. No. 4— Acid phosphate 1,000 pounds Dried blood 500 pounds Nitrate of soda 100 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 400 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 7 per cent ; potash, 10 per cent; nitrogen, 4.1 per cent (equal to ammonia, 5 per cent). No. 5— Acid phosphate 900 pounds Cotton-seed meal TOO pounds Nitrate of soda 100 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 300 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 7.2 per cent; potash, 7.7 per cent; nitrogen, 3.1 per cent (equal to ammonia, 3.8 per cent). No. 6— Acid phosphate 745 pounds Cotton-seed meal 1,140 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 115 pounds 2,000 pounds This mixture will contain : available phosphoric acid, 6. 6 per cent ; potash, 3.7 per cent; nitrogen, 3.8 per cent (equal to ammonia, 4.6 per cent). No. 7— Acid phosphate 885 pounds Dried blood 575 pounds Nitrate of soda 170 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 370 pounds 2,000 pounds In this formula one-fourth of the nitrogen is derived from nitrate of soda and the other three-fourths from dried blood. This mixture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 6.2 per cent; potash, 9.2 per cent; nitrogen, 5.2 per cent (equal to ammonia, 6.2 per cent). No. S— Acid phosphate - 874 pounds Cotton-seed meal 782 pounds Nitrate of soda 116 pounds Sulphate of potash, high grade 228 pounds 2,000 pounds In this formula one-fourth of the nitrogen is derived from nitrate of soda, and the other three-fourths from cotton-seed meal. This mix- ture will contain: available phosphoric acid, 4.2 per cent; potash, 6.3 per cent; nitrogen, 4.2 per cent (equal to ammonia, 5.1 per cent). The Bulletin. 75 Five hundred and seventy-five pounds of No. 8 is equivalent to 600 pounds of a mixture analyzing 4 per cent available phosphoric acid, 6 per cent potash and 4 per cent ammonia. Three hundred and fifty to one thousand pounds of these mixtures should be used to the acre. The mixtures made from Formulas Nos. 2 and 3 are somewhat more concentrated than that from No. 1, on account of cotton-seed meal containing less ammonia than fish scrap and dried blood. The three formulas are given to enable the use of any one of the three main organic nitrogenous materials — dried blood, fish scrap and cot- ton-seed meal. In the coastal sections fish scrap and meal are both easily obtained ; some distance inland meal is more accessible, while in the more western end of the tobacco belt it will be found convenient to use dried blood. All three are good sources of ammonia for tobacco. The other materials — nitrate of soda, sulphate of potash, and acid phosphate — are the same for all mixtures. Occasional requests are made for formulas furnishing as much as 10 per cent of potash, and No. 4 has been arranged to meet needs of this nature. It is known that excellent tobacco, in quality and quan- tity, is grown by the use of fertilizers of this class, and some of our farmers greatly prefer them to others containing less potash. It takes considerable observation and experimentation to determine the best practice in matters of this kind. Formula No. 7, in 1905, in some tobacco experiments conducted on the bright-leaf soils of Granville County, gave very promising re- sults. Three hundred and eighty-eight pounds per acre of this mix- ture were used, which was equal to an application of 600 pounds of a mixture analyzing 4 per cent available phosphoric acid, 6 per cent potash and 4 per cent ammonia. A limited quantity of stable manure is very beneficial to tobacco, and it succeeds well after peanuts. These materials add ammonia to the soil, and where heavy applications of fertilizers are to be made in connection with manure, and on peanut land, it would be well not to have so much ammonia in the fertilizers as is used in the ones em- ployed on land not having other ammoniated materials put on them. Formula No. 5 is destined to meet cases of this kind. A good many eastern tobacco growers plant tobacco after peanuts, and some of them grow peas between the hills of tobacco, planting them with hoes and putting six to ten peas in a place, the latter part of June or early in July. This improves the soil for after-crops, but tobacco grown after tobacco and peas is said not to be of good quality, though, as would be expected, the growth is very large. Good results will come from the use of high-grade fertilizers, such as are suggested above, or similar ones, and we believe that when once tried there will be no inclination to go back to the lower-grade ones, now so largely used. THE BULLETIN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA "SEES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RALEIGH. Volume 29. MARCH, 1908. Number 3. I. ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS— FALL SEASON, 1907. II. REGISTRATION OF FERTILIZERS. PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND SENT FREE TO CITIZENS ON APPLICATION. ENTERED AT THE RALEIGH POST-OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE S. L. Patterson, Commissioner, ex officio Chairman, Raleigh. J. J. Laughinghouse Greenville First District. C. W. Mitchell Aulander Second District. William Dunn New Bern Third District. Ashley Horne Clayton Fourth District. R. W. Scott Melville Fifth District. A. T. McCallum Red Springs Sixth District. J. P. McRae Laurinburg Seventh District. R. L. Doughton Laurel Springs Eighth District. W. A. Graham Machpelah Ninth District. A. Cannon Horse Shoe Tenth District. OFFICERS AND STAFF. S. L. Patterson Commissioner. Secretary B. W. Kilgore State Chemist, Field Crops. Tait Butler Veterinarian, Animal Husbandry. Franklin Sherman, Jr Entomologist. W. N. Hutt Horticulturist. H. H. Brimley Naturalist and Curator. T. B. Parker Demonstration Work. W. M. Allen Food Chemist. J. M. Pickel Assistant Chemist. C. D. Harris. . .Assistant Chemist and Microscopist, Stock Feeds. W. G. Haywood Assistant Chemist. G. M. MacNider Assistant Chemist, Soils. L. L. Brinkley Assistant Chemist. S. O. Perkins Assistant Chemist. Hampden Hill Assistant Chemist. S. C. Clapp Nursery and Orchard Inspector. S. B. Shaw Assistant Horticulturist. R. W. Scott, Jr., Superintendent Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C. F. T. Meacham, Superintendent Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. John H. Jefferies, Superintendent Pender Test Farm, Willard, N. C. R. W. Collett, Superintendent Transylvania and Buncombe Test Farms, Swannanoa, N. C. I. ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS— FALL SEASON, 1907. BY B. W. KILGORE, STATE CHEMIST. Tire analyses presented in this Bulletin are of samples collected by the fertilizer inspectors of the Department, under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, during the fall months of 1907. They should receive the careful study of every farmer in the State who uses fertilizers, as by comparing the analyses in the Bulletin with the claims made for the fertilizers actually used, the farmer can know by, or before, the time fertilizers are put in the ground whether or not they contain the fertilizing constituents in the amounts they were claimed to be present. TERMS USED IN ANALYSES. Water-soluble Phosphoric Acid. — Phosphate rock, as dug from the mines, mainly in South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee, is the chief source of phosphoric acid in fertilizers. In its raw, or natural, state the phosphate has three parts of lime united to the phosphoric acid (called by chemists tri-calcium phos- phate). This is" very insoluble in water and is not in condition to be taken up readily by plants. In order to render it soluble in water and fit for plant food, the rock is finely ground and treated with sul- phuric acid, which acts upon it in such a way as to take from the three-lime phosphate two parts of its lime, thus leaving only one part of lime united to the phosphoric acid. This one-lime phosphate is what is known as water-soluble phosphoric acid. Reverted Phosphoric Acid. — On long standing some of this water- soluble phosphoric acid has a tendency to take lime from other sub- stances in contact with it, and to become somewhat less soluble. This latter is known as reverted or gone-back phosphoric acid. This is thought to contain two parts of lime in combination with the phos- phoric acid, and is thus an intermediate product between water- soluble and the original rock. Water-soluble phosphoric acid is considered somewhat more valu- able than reverted, because it becomes better distributed in the soil as a consequence of its solubility in water. -A The Bulletin. Available Phosphoric Acid is made up of the water-soluble and reverted ; it is the sum of these two. Water-soluble Ammonia. — The main materials furnishing am- monia in fertilizers are nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, cotton- seed meal, dried blood, tankage, and fish scrap. The first two of these (nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia) are easily soluble in water and become well distributed in the soil where plant roots can get at them. They are, especially the nitrate of soda, ready to be taken up by plants, and are therefore quick-acting forms of ammonia. It is mainly the ammonia from nitrate of soda and sulphate of am- monia that will be designated under the heading of water-soluble ammonia. Organic Ammonia. — The ammonia in cotton-seed meal, dried blood, tankage, fish scrap, and so on, is included under this heading. These materials are insoluble in water, and before they can feed plants they must decay and have their ammonia changed, by the aid of the bacteria of the soil, to nitrates, similar to nitrate of soda. They are valuable then as plant food in proportion to their content of ammonia, and the rapidity with which they decay in the soil, or rather the rate of decay, will determine the quickness of their action as fertilizers. With short season, quick-growing crops, quickness of action is an important consideration, but with crops occupying the land during the greater portion, or all, of the growing season, it is better to have a fertilizer that will become available more slowly, so as to feed the plant till maturity. Cotton-seed meal and dried blood decompose fairly rapidly, but "will last the greater portion, if not all, of the growing season in this State. While cotton seed and tankage will last longer than meal and blood, none of these act so quickly, or give out so soon, as nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia. Total Ammonia is made up of the water-soluble and organic; it is the sum of these two. The farmer should suit, as far as possible, the kind of ammonia to his different crops, and a study of the forms of ammonia as given in the tables of analyses will help him to do this. VALUATIONS. To have a basis for comparing the values of different fertilizer materials and fertilizers, it is necessary to assign prices to the three The Bulletin. 5 valuable constituents of fertilizers — ammonia, phosphoric acid, and potash. These figures, expressing relative value per ton, are not intended to represent crop-producing power, or agricultural value, but are estimates of the commercial value of ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash in the materials supplying them. These values are only approximate (as the costs of fertilizing materials are liable to change, as other commercial products are), but they are believed to fairly represent the cost of making and putting fertilizers on the market. They are based on a careful examination of trade condi- tions, wholesale and retail, and upon quotations of manufacturers. Relative value per ton,, or the figures showing this, represents the prices on board the cars at the factory, in retail lots of five tons or less, for cash. To make a complete fertilizer the factories have to mix together in proper proportions materials containing ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash. This costs something. Tor this reason it is thought well to have two sets of valuations — one for the raw or unmixed materials, such as acid phosphate, kainit, cotton-seed meal, etc., and one for mixed fertilizers. The values used last season were : VALUATIONS FOR 1907. In Unmixed or Raw Materials. For phosphoric acid in acid phosphate 4 cents per pound. For phosphoric acid in bone meal, basic slag and Peruvian guano 3^ cents per pound. Tor ammonia 15 !/2 cents per pound. Tor potash 5 cents per pound. In Mixed Fertilizers. For phosphoric acid 4% cents per pound. For ammonia 161^ cents per pound. For potash 5y 2 cents per pound. HOW RELATIVE VALUE IS CALCULATED. In the calculation of relative value it is only necessary to remember that so many per cent means the same number of pounds per hun- dred, and that there are twenty hundred pounds in one ton (2,000 pounds). 6 The- Bulletin. With an 8 — 2 — 2 goods, which means that the fertilizer contains available phosphoric acid 8 per cent, potash 2 per cent, and ammonia 2 per cent, the calculation is made as follows : -r. j-t-, • -,nr>-ru ValuePer Value Per Ton, Percentage of Lbs. in 100 Lbs. 10 q j^ bg 2 000 Lbs. 8 pounds available phosphoric acid at 4J cents 0. 36 X 20= $7. 20 2 pounds potash at 5J 0.11X20= 2.20 2 pounds ammonia at 16J cents 0.33X20= 6.60 Total value 0.80X20= $16.00 Freight and merchant's commission must be added to these prices. Freight rates from the seaboard and manufacturing centers to inte- rior points are given in the following table : The Bulletin. Freight Rates from the Seaboard to Interior Points.— From the Published Rates of the Associated Railways of Virginia and the Carolinas. In car-loads, of not less than ten tons each, per ton of 2,000 pounds. Less than car-loads, add 20 per cent. Destination. 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Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. The Atlantic Chemical Corporation, Norfolk, Va. — Nitrate of Soda , Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit High Grade 16 Per Cent Acid Phos- Atlantic phate 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Dissolved Bone Acid Phosphate 10 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture. Bone and Potash for Grain Bone and Potash Mixture c 8 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture. . . 7 Per Cent Truck Guano Potato Guano Special Truck Guano High Grade Tobacco Guano. ....... Tobacco Grower Tobacco Compound Special Guano Cotton Grower Special Wheat Fertilizer Meal Compound High Grade Cotton Guano Soluble Guano Apex Peanut Grower Perfection Peanut Grower Oriental High Grade Guano Paloma Tobacco Guano Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Atlant Geo. L. Arps & Co., Norfolk, Va. — Arps' Potato Guano Arps' Standard Truck Guano Arps' Scuppernong Guano for Trucks Geo. L. Arps & Co.'s Big Yield Guano 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Kainit Arps' Premium Guano for Cotton, Tobacco and All Spring Crops Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 15.66 50.00 48.00 12.00 16.00 14.00 . . . . 13.00 , . 12.00 . . 10.00 , . 4.00 10.00 . . 3.00 10.00 . . 2.00 8.00 . . 4.00 7.00 5.77 7.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 8.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 0.00 1.65 1.00 0.00 2.06 1.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 0.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 .82 4.00 7.00 , . 5.00 S.00 3.30 4.00 S.00 3.30 4.00 6.00 5.76 5.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 14.00 , . . , 8.00 1.65 12.00 2.00 Acme Manufacturing Co., Wilmington, N. O. Acme Acid Phosphate Acme Bone and Potash Acme Bone and Potash Acme Bone and Potash Acme Bone and Potash ". Acme Bone and Potash Acme High Grade Acid Phosphate. Acme Acid Phosphate Acme Standard Guano Acme High Grade Acme Strawberry Top Dresser Acme Truck Grower 12.00 . , 10.00 2.00 10.00 3.00 10.00 4.00 8.00 4.00 11.00 2.00 14.00 , . 16.00 , t 8.00 2.06 2.00 6.00 4.95 8.00 8.00 1.65 4.00 6.00 3.30 8.00 The Bulletin. 15 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Acme Cotton Grower Acme Special Grain Acme Fertilizer for Tobacco Acme Fertilizer Acme Acid Phosphate v . Gibson's Melon Grower Corn Guano Clark's Corn Guano P. D. Special Quickstep Gem Fertilizer Cotton Seed Meal Guano Lattimer's Complete Fertilizer Tiptop Crop Grower Tiptop Tobacco Grower Sulphate of Ammonia Pure German Kainit Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potasb Acme Bone and Potash Muriate of Potash -Ashepoo Fertiliser Co., Charleston, 8. C. — High Grade Eutaw Acid Phosphate. . . .1 High Grade Ashepoo Acid Phosphate High Grade Dissolved Phosphate High Grade Superpotash Acid Phosphate High Grade Ashepoo Superpotash Acid Phos- phate High Grade Ashepoo Vegetable Guano High Grade Ashepoo Truck Guano High Grade Ashepoo Farmers' Special High Grade Ashepoo Special Cotton Seed Meal Guano High Grade Ashepoo Ammoniated Superphos- phate High Grade Ashepoo Bird and Fish Guano High Grade Ashepoo Meal Mixture High Grade Ashepoo X Tobacco Fertilizer High Grade Ashepoo Golden Tobacco Producer. High Grade Ashepoo Guauo High Grade Ashepoo Perfection Guano High Grade Ashepoo Fruit Grower High Grade Ashepoo Watermelon Guano High Grade Eutaw X Golden Fertilizer High Grade Eutaw Special Cotton Seed Meal Guano High Grade Carolina XXX Guano High Grade Taylor's Circle Guano Standard Eutaw XX Acid Phosphate Standard Eutaw XXX Acid Phosphate Standard Eutaw Potash Acid Phosphate Standard Eutaw Acid Phosphate and Potash. . . Standard Eutaw Circle Guano Standard Eutaw XX Guano Standard Eutaw XXX Guano Standard Eutaw Fertilizer •Standard Ashepoo Fertilizer Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 9.00 2.27 2.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 2.50 8.00 2.47 2.50 13/JO . . 1C.00 3.30 5.00 J.00 2.47 3.00 1.00 6.60 10.00 s.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.06 2 15.00 3.00 ii.oo 48.00 48.00 16.00 * " 5.00 55.00 14.00 14.00 t t , , 16.00 , . , . 10.00 4.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 4.12 5.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.46 2.00 8.00 2.46 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 S.00 3.29 6.00 8.00 3.91 2.75 10.00 3.29 5.00 8.00 2.46 4.00 S.00 2.46 4.00 S.00 2.46 3.00 9.00 1.65 4.00 12.00 . , . . 13.00 , . . , 11.00 . , 1.00 12.00 , . 1.00 8.00 2.00 2.00 8.50 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.85 1.00 9.00 1.S5 1.00 16 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Standard Ashepoo Harrow Brand Raw Bone Superphosphate 9.00 Standard Ashepoo Wheat and Oats Special 0.50 Standard Ashepoo XXX Guano 8.65 Standard Ashepoo XX Guano ; 8.50 Standard Ashepoo Circle Guano 8.00 Standard Ashepoo Guano S.50 Standard Ashepoo Special Fertilizer S.00 Standard Ashepoo Acid Phosphate and Potash . . 12.00 Standard Ashepoo Potash and Acid Phosphate. . 11.00 Standard Ashepoo Potash Compound 10.00 Standard Ashepoo XXX Acid Phosphate 13.00 Standard Ashepoo Dissolved Bone 12.00 Standard Ashepoo XX Acid Phosphate 12.00 Standard Coomassie Acid Phosphate 12.00 Standard Coomassie Circle Fertilizer 8.00 Standard Carolina Guano 8.00 Standard Carolina Acid Phosphate 13.00 Standard Circle Bone 13.00 Standard Palmetto Potash Acid Phosphate 11.00 Standard Brownwood Acid Phosphate 8.00 Standard P. D. Fertilizer 8.00 German Kainit Standard Enoree Acid Phosphate and Potash. . . 10.00 High Grade Ashepoo XXXX Acid Phosphate. . . 14.00 Taylor's XX Ammoniated Dissolved Fertilizer. . 10.00 The Armour Fertilizer Works, Atlanta, Chicago and Wilmington — Top Dresser 5.00 10 Per Cent Trucker 5.00 Manure Substitute 0.00 7 Per Cent Trucker 6.00 General 8.00 Fruit and Root Crop Special 8.00 High Grade Potato 8.00 King Cotton No. 2 8.00 Champion 8.00 Gold Medal for Tobacco -. S.00 Berry King S.00 Cotton Special S.00 Tobacco Special 8.00 Truck and Berry Special 8.00 All Soluble S.00 Special Trucker 8.00 Bone, Blood and Potash S.00 Bone and Dissolved Bone with Potash 9.00 African Cotton Grower 9.00 10 Per Cent Trucker 2.00 Dried Blood Phosphoric Acid with Potash 10.00 Superphosphate and Potash 10.00 W. H. White & Co.'s Special Corn Mixture 10.00 Phosphate and Potash No. 2 S.00 Phosphate and Potash No. 1 10.00 17 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 17.00 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 13 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 13.00 12 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 12.00 Star Phosphate 14.00 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 2.06 2.06 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 .82 S.25 8.25 3.30 5.78 1.65 1.65 1.65 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.47 2.47 2.47 2.88 3.30 4.12 1.65 2.47 8.25 13.20 2.00 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 4.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 2.00 5.00 10.00 2.00 2.50 3.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 10.00 4.00 4.00 7.00 3.00 3.00 5.00 4.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 The Bulletin. 17 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Nitrate of Soda Kainit King Cotton Ainmoniated Dissolved Bone with Potash Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Van Lindley's Special Standard Cotton Grower Armour's Slaughter House Fertilizer Anderson Phosphate and Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. — Anderson's Special Formula Anderson's Blood Guano Anderson's Special Fertilizer Anderson's Blood and Bone Guano American Fertilizer Co., Norfolk, Va. — 10 Per Cent Arnmoniated Guano.' Standard 7 Per Cent Ammonia Guano American Irish Potato Grower American 7-7-7 for Irish Potatoes American Fish Scrap Guano American Eagle Guano American No. 1 Fertilizer American No. 2 Fertilizer American Cotton Compound American Standard Cotton Grower American Special Potash Mixture for Wheat . . . American High Grade Acid Phosphate Special Formula Guano for Yellow Leaf Tobacco, Special Potato Guano Special Potato Manure Bone and Peruvian Guano Bone and Peruvian Guano A. L. Hanna's Special Peruvian Mixture Blood and Bone Compound Bob White Fertilizer for Tobacco J. G. Miller & Co. Yellow Leaf Fertilizer Pitt County Special Fertilizer N. C. and S. C. Cotton Grower Peruvian Mixture Guano Especially Prepared for Sweet Potatoes Kale, Spinach and Cabbage Guano Stable Manure Substitute Strawberry and Asparagus Guano. Ground Fish Scraps Nitrate of Soda Bone Meal Total Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Eagle Brand Acid Phosphate High Grade Acid Phosphate Dissolved Bone and Potash for Corn and Wheat, Double Dissolved Bone and Potash Cooper's Genuine Eagle Island Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 14.85 . , • * • 12.00 8.00 : 2.06 2.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 . 48.00 • . • 50.00 8.00 4.12 2.C0 8.50 1.65 2.00 S.OO L.65 2.00 * 10.00 : 2.47 3.00 S.OO L.65 2.00 s.oo : 2.47 3.00 10.00 L.65 2.00 7.00 S.24 2.00 7.00 5.76 5.00 7.00 1.12 5.00 7.00 5.76 7.00 7.00 3.29 4.00 S.I HI 2.47 3.00 S.OO 2.06 3.00 S.OO 1.65 2.00 S.OO 1.65 2.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 . 4.00 16.00 . . . 9.00 2.88 5.00 7.00 4.12 7.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.75 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.50 1.65 1.50 8.50 2.06 1.00 S.OO 2.06 2.50 S.OO 2.47 3.00 9.00 2.88 5.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 3.29 5.00 7.00 4.12 4.00 7.00 2.47 4.00 9.00 2.88 8.24 9.00 15.6E . . 20.00 3.71 50.00 49.00 12.00 13.00 . . 14.00 . , 10.00 2.00 10.00 . - 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 22.70 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 ( . 3.00 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 2.50 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 18 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. American Agricultural Chemical Co., New York — Holmes & Dawson Productive Cotton and Pea- nut Guano 9.00 Holmes & Dawson Triumph Soluble 8.00 Holmes & Dawson Gold Dust Guano 9.00 Savage Sons & Co. Purity Guano 8.00 Lazaretto Truckers' Favorite 6.00 Lazaretto Early Trucker 7.00 Lazaretto Challenge Fertilizer 8.00 Lazaretto Special for Tobacco and Potatoes. . . . 8.00 Lazaretto Climax Plant Food S.00 Lazaretto Universal Compound 8.00 Lazaretto Crop Grower 8.00 Lazaretto High Grade Dissolved Bone and Pot- ash 12.00 Lazaretto Alkaline Bone Phosphate 12.00 Lazaretto Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 Lazaretto Acid Phosphate '. 14.00 Reese Pacific Guano 8.00 Reese Pacific Guano for Tobacco 8.50 Canton Chemical Truckers' Special 7 Per Cent . . 6.00 Canton Chemical Excelsior Trucker 7.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Tobacco Fertilizer. . . . 8.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Fish Guano 8.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Dissolved S. C. Bone. . 14.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Standard High Grade Guano 8.00 2.06 3.00 Canton Chemical Gem Phosphate 12.00 Canton Chemical Soluble Bone and Potash 10.00 Canton Chemical Soluble Alkaline Bone 12.00 Canton Chemical Game Guano 8.00 Canton Chemical Virginia Standard High Grade Manure 8.00 Canton Chemical C. C. Special Compound 8.00 Canton Chemical Superior High Grade Fertilizer, S.00 Detrick's Gold Basis 6.00 Detrick's Special Trucker 7.00 Detrick's Gold Eagle 6.00 Detrick's Quickstep Bone and Potash S.00 Detrick's Special Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Detrick's Vegetator Ammoniated Superphosphate, 8.00 Detrick's Kangaroo Komplete Kompound 8.00 Detrick's Royal Crop Grower 8.00 Detrick's Fish Mixture 8.00 Detrick's Victory Alkaline Bone 12.00 Detrick's P. & B. Special 12.00 Detrick's Soluble Bone Phosphate and Potash.. 10.00 Detrick's XXtra Acid Phosphate 14.00 Zell's 10 Per Cent Trucker 5.00 Zell's 7 Per Cent Potato and Vegetable Manure, 6.00 Zell's Truck Grower 7.00 Zell's Special Compound for Potatoes and Vege- tables '. S.00 Zell's Tobacco Fertilizer s.Oi > Zell's Bright Tobacco Grower 8.00 Zell's .Royal High Grade Fertilizer 9.00 Zell's Special Compound for Tobacco 8.00 Zell's Calvert Guano 8.00 Zell's Ammonia Bone Superphosphate b.00 Zell's High Grade potash Fertilizer 10.00 2.00 . 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 2.00 2.06 6.00 2.47 3.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 3.00 2.00 8.23 3.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 , . 4.00 The Bulletin. 19 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Zell's Reliance High Grade Manure 8.00 Zell's Fish Guano 8.00 Zell's Dissolved Bone Phosphate 14.00 Zell's Electric Phosphate 10.00 Bull Head Potato and Vegetable Manure G.00 Enterprise Alkaline Phosphate 8.00 Royal Alkaline Bone 10.00 Palmetto Alkaline Phosphate 8.00 Slingluff's Bright Mixture ; 8.00 Pure Ground Bone Total 45.00 Muriate of Potash , A. A. C. Co.'s 16 Per Cent Superphosphate 10.00 Detrick's Superior Animal Bone Fertilizer 0.00 Lazaretto Retriever Animal Bone Fertilizer. . . . 0.00 Zell's Victoria Animal Bone Compound 0.00 Canton Chemical Bone Fertilizer 0-00 Canton Chemical Virginia Standard Manure .... 8.00 Purity Guano— 2-8-2— for S. S. & Co 8.00 A. D. Adair & McCarty Bros., Atlanta, Oa, — Adair's Wheat and Grass Grower 10.00 Adair's Dissolved Bone * 12.00 Adair's High Grade Dissolved Bone 14.00 Adair's High Grade Dissolved Bone 16.00 Adair's Formula 10.00 Adair's Special Potash Mixture S.00 Adair's Ammoniated Dissolved Bone 8.00 Adair's High Grade Blood and Bone 10.00 Adair's Soluble Pacific Guano 10.00 McCarty's Cotton Special 10.00 McCarty's Wheat Special 10.00 McCarty's Corn Special 10.00 McCarty's Soluble Bone 10.00 McCarty's High Grade Corn Grower 10.00 McCarty's High Grade Cotton Grower 10.00 Planters' Soluble Fertilizer 8.00 Blood, Bone and Tankage 0.00 High Grade Potash Compound 10.00 Golden Grain Compound 8.00 A. & M. 13-4 13.00 David Harum High Grade Guano 10.00 Asheville Packing Co., Asheville, A 7 . C. — Asheville Packing Co.'s Bone and Potash 10.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-4 Fertilizer 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-1-3 Fertilizer 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-2-2 Fertilizer 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s Potato Grower 10.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-5-5 Special Garden Fer- tilizer S.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s High Grade Potato, 8-2-10 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s Special Fruit Grower. . . 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 17 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 17.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 14 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 14.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 13 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 13.00 itrogen. 2.47 Potash. 3.00 1.65 2.00 '2.00 4.12 7.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 2.06 2.50 3.29 , . 50.00 i.86 4.00 1.86 4.00 1.86 4.00 1.86 4.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 4.00 1.05 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 .82 3.00 .82 3.00 .82 3.00 .82 1.00 1.65 2.00 1 .65 2.00 1.65 2:00 .82 2.00 , 4.00 .82 3.00 , 4.00 3.30 4.00 2.00 4.00 .82 3.00 1.70 2.00 • 6.00 4.25 5.00 1.70 10.00 1.70 5.00 20 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Asheville Packing Co.'s 12 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate Asheville Packing Co.'s Blood and Bone Baugh & Sons Co., Phila., Pa., and Norfolk, Va — Baugh's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Baugh's 5-6-5 Guano Baugh's New Process 10 Per Cent Guano Baugh's Fish Mixture , Baugh's Fertilizer for Wheat and Grass Baugh's Fish, Bone and Potash Baugh's Animal Bone and Potash Compound for All Crops Baugh's Complete Animal Bone Fertilizer Baugh's Peruvian Guano Substitute for Potatoes and All Vegetables Baugh's Grand Rapids High Grade Truck Guano. Baugh's Special Tobacco Guano Baugh's Fruit and Berry Guano Baugh's 7 Per Cent Potato Guano Baugh's Soluble Alkaline Superphosphate Baugh's Special Manure for Melons Baugh's Sweet Potato Guano Baugh's Potato and Truck Special Baugh's Special Potato Manure Baugh's Fine Ground Fish Baugh's Raw Bone Meal, Warranted Pure. Total Baugh's High Grade Acid Phosphate. Baugh's High Grade Tobacco Guano Baugh's High Grade Potash Mixture Baugh's High Grade Cotton and Truck Guano. . Baugh's Pure Animal Bone and Muriate of Pot- ash Mixture Baugh's Pure Dissolved Animal Bone Glover's Special Potato Guano . Fine Ground Blood Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Ammonia Muriate of Potash High Grade Sulphate of Potash. Baugh's Excelsior Guano Randolph's Bone and Potash Mixture for All Crops Nitrate of Soda The John L. Bailey Co., Elm City, N. C— Fairmont Stag Brand Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 12.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 16.00 6.00 4.12 5.00 5.00 8.23 2.50 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 5.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 8.00 2.47 10.00 6.00 5.76 5.00 10.00 . , 2.00 10.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 7.00 2.88 7.00 5.00 1.65 10.00 . , 8.23 , m 21.50 3.70 14.00 , . t t 8.00 2.47 3.00 10.00 , . 4.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 15.00 2.47 5.00 13.00 2.06 7.00 3.30 13.00 21.00 8.00 12.00 48.00 . . 48.00 8.00 .82 4.00 10.00 8.00 8.00 15.00 2.47 1.65 3.00 3.00 2.00 J. A. Benton, Ruffin, N. C. — North Carolina Bright Fertilizer 9.00 1.65 2.00 C. J. Burton Guano Co., Baltimore, Md. Acid Phosphate Burton's Butcher Bone Burton's High Grade Tobacco Queen High Grade Tobacco Burton's Best 14.00 . . , . S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 S.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 The Bulletin. 21 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Best d-Thompson, Goldsboro, N. C. — Pure German Kainit • • 12.00 Blacksburg Guano Co., Inc., Blacksburg, Va. — Red Letter for Tobacco Jim Crow for Tobacco Alliance for Tobacco Red Letter Alliance Guano B. G. Co., Inc., Acid Pkospkate B. G. Co., Inc., Bone and Potasb Old Bellefonte • Red Warrior for Tobacco Blackstone Special for Tobacco Bellefonte for Tobacco Hard Cask for Tobacco Bradley Fertilizer Co., Charleston, 8. C. — Standard Bradley's Palmetto Acid Pkospkate.. Standard Bradley's XXX Acid Pkospkate Standard Bradley's Wkeat Grower Standard Bradley's Bone and Potask. Standard Bradley's Cereal Guano Standard Bradley's X Guano Higk Grade Bradley's Guano Higk Grade Bradley's Circle Guano Higk Grade Bradley's Acid Pkospkate Standard Bradley's Acid Pkospkate Standard Bradley's Ammoniated Dissolved Bone, Standard Bradley's Patent Superpkospkate Standard B. D. Sea Fowl Guano Standard Eagle Ammoniated Bone Superpkos- pkate German Kainit The Berkley Chemical Co., Norfolk, Va. — Royal Truck Grower Mascot Truck Guano Victory Special Crop Grower Advance Crop Grower Berkley Tobacco Guano Monitor Animal Bone Fertilizer... Select Crop Grower Brandon Superpkospkate Berkley Plant Food Berkley Bone and Potask Mixture. Berkley Acid Pkospkate Superior Bone and Potask Laurel Potask Mixture Resolute Acid Pkospkate Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potask Nitrate of Soda Long Leaf Tobacco Grower Bragaw Fertilizer Co., Washington, A 7 . C. Ckocowinity Special Tobacco Guano., Tuckakoe Tobacco Guano Beaufort County Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 14.00 , . , 10.00 . 2.00 8.00 3.30 2.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 2.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 12.00 13.00 , . . 10.00 , 2.00 10.00 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 14.00 . . , 12.00 . , . 9.00 1.85 1.00 9.00 1.85 1.00 9.00 1.85 1.00 9.00 1.85 1.00 • • * 12.00 6.00 5.76 5.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 7.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 1.85 4.00 8.50 2.06 2.50 8.00 1.65 2.00 10.00 , 4.00 11.00 . 2.00 14.00 . . . 8.00 , 4.00 10.00 . 2.00 16.00 " 12.00 50.00 L5.65 . . 8.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 3.29 6.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 22 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. , Phos. Acid. Old Reliable Premium Guano 8.00 Hanover Tobacco Guano 8.00 Palmetto Acid Phospbate 14.00 Long Acre Bone Pbospbate 14.00 Pamlico Trucker 7.00 Riverview Potato Grower 6.00 Genuine German Kainit Farmers' Union Meal Mixture 9.0Q Columbia Guano Co., Nor foil-, Va. — Columbia Higb Grade 16 Per Cent Acid Pbos- pbate 16.00 Columbia 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Columbia Dissolved Bone 13.00 Columbia Acid Phosphate 12.00 Columbia 8 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture S.OO Columbia 10 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture. . . 10.00 Columbia Bone and Potash for Grain 10.00 Columbia Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Columbia 7 Per Cent Special Truck Guano 7.00 Columbia Special Truck Guano 8.00 Columbia Potato Guano 7.00 Columbia C. S. M. Special 9.00 Columbia Special 4-8-3 8.00 Columbia Special Wheat Fertilizer S.OO Columbia Special Tobacco Guano S.OO Olympia Cotton Guano 8.00 Columbia Soluble Guano 8.00 Crown Brand Peanut Guano 7.00 Our Best Meal Guano 8.00 Special Peanut. Grower 8.00 Crews' Special .">."> Hayes' Special .• S.OO McRae's Special 9.00 McRae's High Grade Guano 8.00 Hyco Tobacco Guano 8.00 Rex Brand Ammoniated Guano 9.00 Carolina Soluble Guano 9.00 Pelican Ammoniated Guano S.OO Sulphate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Trojan Tobacco Guano S.OO Columbia 10-5 Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 1.65 2.47 2.00 3.00 4.12 5.76 2.26 '8.00 5.00 12.00 ■ 2.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 5.77 7.00 2.30 4.00 4.12 5.00 2.27 2.00 3.30 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 , , 5.00 2.47 3.00 .82 4.00 4.49 10.00 3.30 3.00 4.12 7.00 3.30 7.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 1.00 1.65 1.00 3.30 4.00 , . 50.00 . . 12.00 4S.0O L5.56 , . 3.30 4.00 . . 5.00 Cumberland Bone and Phosphate Co., Portland, Me., and Charleston, S. C. — Standard Cumberland Bone and Superphosphate of Lime 9.00 1.S5 1.00 The Coe-Hortimer Co., Charleston, S. C. — Genuine Peruvian Guano Ex. S. S. Planet Venus, 15.00 Genuine Peruvian Guano Ex. S. S. Celia Chincha Island 9.00 Genuine Peruvian Guano Ex. S. % S. Celia Lobos Island 17.00 Nitrate of Soda Kainit 3.53 2.S0 5.53 2.25 2.S0 14.76 2.80 12.00 The Bulletin. 23 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Thomas' Phosphate Big Slag 17.00 Sulphate of Potash .. 48.00 Muriate of Potash . . 49.00 Colder Bros., Wilmington, N. C. — Genuine German Kainit . . 12.00 Muriate of Potash .. 50.00 Craven Chemical Co., Neiv Bern, N. ('. — C. E. Foy High Grade Guano (Trade Mark) . . . 8.00 2.47 3.00 Jewel Acid Phosphate 14.00 Neuse Truck Grower G.OO Pantego Potato Guano 7.00 Hanover Standard Guano S.00 Elite Cotton Guano 8.00 Marvel Great Truck Grower S.00 Duplin Tobacco Guano S.00 Gaston High Grade Fertilizer 8.00 Trent Bone and Potash 10.00 Genuine German Kainit Craven Chemical Co.'s Truck Guano, 5-10-2% . . 5.00 William H. Camp, Petersburg, Va. — Lion and Monkey Bone and Potash 10.00 Camp's Red Head Chemicals 8.00 Camp's Green Head Chemicals, Irish Potato 7.00 Camp's Yellow Head Chemicals. S.00 Lion and Monkey for Tobacco S.00 Clayton Oil Mill, Clayton, N. C. — Clayton Guano S.00 Cotton Queen 8.00 Summer Queen 8.00 Cowell, Swan & McCotter Co., Bayboro, N. C. — ■ Cowell, Swan & McCotter Co.'s Cabbage Guano, 5.00 Cowell, Swan & McCotter Co.'s Tobacco Guano, 8.00 Bone and Fish Guano 8.00 Crop Guano S.00 Rust Proof Cottou Guano 8.00 Standard Cotton Grower 8.00 Quick Grower Guano S.00 Great Cabbage and Potato Guano 7.00 Aurora Trucker 7.00 Oriental Trucker 7.00 High Grade Truck Guano 7.00 Potato Favorite Guano 7.00 Champion Guano 8.00 Bone Phosphate 14.00 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 German Kainit Cowell's Great Tobacco Grower 8.00 Combahee Fertiliser Co., Charleston, S. C. — Combahee 16 Per Cent Dissolved Bone 16.00 Combahee 14 Per cent Dissolved Bone 14.00 High Grade Cotton 8.00 2.47 3.00 High Grade Cantaloupe 10.00 2.47 10.00 4.94 6.00 4.12 7.00 3.29 4.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 . 2.00 . 12.00 8.24 2.50 4.00 2.25 2.00 6.15 10.00 2.87 7.50 2.46 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.25 2.50 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 3.00 3.30 3.00 2.06 3.00 5.77 7.00 4.12 7.00 4.12 8.00 4.12 5.00 3.30 7.00 2.47 3.00 • 12.00 2.47 3.00 24 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. B. B. & P 8.50 Nitrate of Soda Cornbahee Kainit Malloy's Special for Cotton 8.65 Special Mixture 8.00 10-4-5 Trucker 10.00 10-3-10 Trucker' 10.00 Acid and Potash 8.00 Chickamauga Fertiliser Works, Atlanta, Oa. — Chiekamauga Complete Fertilizer 8.00 Chickamauga High Grade Fertilizer 10.00 Chickamauga High Grade Plant Food. 10.00 Chickamauga Wheat Special 10.00 Chickamauga Corn Special 10.00 Chickamauga Standard Corn Grower 8.00 Chickamauga Dissolved Bone 12.00 Chickamauga High Grade Dissolved Bone 14.00 Chickamauga High Grade Dissolved Bone No. 16, 16.00 Chickamauga Bone and Potash 10.00 Chickamauga Alkaline Bone 10.00 Georgia Home Guano 8.00 Special Corn Compound 10.00 Blood, Bone and Tankage 9.00 Ben Hur High Grade Guano 10.00 Old Glory Mixture 10.00 Chickamauga Wheat and Corn Grower 10.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 2.06 14.83 1.65 1.65 3.30 2.47 1.65 1.65 1.65 .82 .82 1.65 1.65 1.65 .82 2.47 .82 1.00 12.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 10.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 1.00 4.00 Caraleigh Phosphate and Fertilizer Works, Raleigh, n. c— Home & Son's High Grade Bone and Potash .... 11.00 Special Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Buncombe Wheat Grower 8.00 Buncombe Corn Grower 8.00 Morris & Scarboro's Special Bone and Potash.. 10.00 Electric Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Climax Dissolved Bone 14.00 Sterling Acid Phosphate 13.00 Staple Acid Phosphate 12.00 Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Bone Meal Total 20.00 Bone Meal Total 26.00 Crown Ammonia ted Guano 8.00 Ely Ammoniated Fertilizer 8.00 Eclipse Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Planters' Pride 8.00 Caraleigh Special Tobacco Guano 8.00 Pacific Tobacco and Cotton Grower 9.00 Home's Best 8.00 Caraleigh Top Dresser 3.00 Crow Fertiliser Co., Monroe, N. C. — Kainit 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 15.65 3.91 2.14 1.64 1.64 2.06 2.06 2.06 2.26 2.47 8.24 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 12.00 50.00 50.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 12.00 The Bulletin. 25 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. W. B. Cooper, Wilmington, N. C. — Muriate of Potash Kainit Sulphate of Potash Contentnea Guano Co., Wilson, N. C. — Special Formula for Tobacco Special Formula for Cotton Contentnea Corn Special Davis' Best Fertilizer Special Formula for Tobacco Special Formula Fertilizer, 9-2y 2 -5 Special Formula for Tobacco High Grade 14 Per Cent Acid Pick Leaf Top Notch Blood and Bone Cotton Compound C. P. Bey, Beaufort, N. C— Ground Fish Scrap Etiwan Fertilizer Co., Charleston, 8. C. — Plow Brand Ammoniated Fertilizer 8.00 Plow Brand Special Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Plow Brand Acid Phosphate with Potash 11.00 Etiwan Potash Bone 10.00 Etiwan Special Potash Mixture 8.00 Etiwan Soluble Bone with Potash 10.00 Etiwan Acid Phosphate with Potash 11.00 Etiwan Dissolved Bone 13.00 Etiwan High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Etiwan Superior Cotton Fertilizer 8.00 Etiwan Special Cotton Fertilizer 8.00 Etiwan Cotton Compound S.00 Etiwan Ammoniated Fertilizer S.00 Etiwan High Grade Cotton Fertilizer 8.00 Diamond Soluble Bone 13.00 X Diamond Soluble Bone with Potash 10.00 XX Acid Phosphate with Potash 10.00 Genuine German Kainit Etiwan Blood and Bone Guano 9.00 Plow Brand Raw Bone Superphosphate 9.00 Farmers Guano Co., Raleigh, N. C. — Farmers' Formula 7.00 Special Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Century Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Farmers' Acid Phosphate 13.00 Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Bone Meal Total 20.00 Nitrate of Soda Bone Meal Total 26.00 State Standard Guano 8.00 Big Crop Guano 8.00 Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 46.00 12.00 4S.00 8.00 3.2S 4.00 8.00 3.28 4.00 5.00 1.04 5.00 8.00 3.28 6.00 8.00 2.05 3.00 9.00 2.05 5.00 8.00 3.28 7.00 14.00 , . , , 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.25 1.65 2.00 4.00 1.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 1.00 3.30 6.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 2.00 2.00 . , 2.00 . , 12.00 2.06 1.00 2.06 1.00 2.47 3.25 4.00 2.00 12.00 50.00 50.00 3.91 . t 15.65 . . 2.14 , , 1.64 2.00 2.06 3.00 26 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Toco Tobacco Guano . . Golden Grade Guano. . Farmers' Top Dresser. Fremont Oil Mills, Fremont, N. C. — Up-to-date Nahunta Special Fremont Prolific Fertilizer Yelverton Bros.' Plant Food... Fremont Standard Fertilizer . . . Home* Run Guano Farmers Cotton Oil Co., Wilson, N. C. — German Kainit Sulphate of Ammonia Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Contentnea Acid Phosphate Bonum Acid Phosphate 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Xtra Good Bone and Potash Crop King Guauo Farmers' Special Guano Planters' Friend Guano Carolina Choice Tobacco Guano.... Wilson High Grade Guano J. D. Farrior's Special Guano Graves' Cotton Grower Guano Golden Gem Guano Regal Tobacco Guano Dean's Special Guano Perfect Top Dresser Wilson Top Dresser Washington's Corn Mixture Guauo. W. 8. Farmer & Co., Baltimore, Mil. — Kainit W. S. F. & Co.'s Dis. South Carolina. W. S. F. & Co.'s Fish Mixture W. S. F. & Co.'s Hawk Eye W. S. F. & Co.'s Tampico Anne Arundel Trucker Avail. Phos. ; Nitrogen. Potash, Acid. 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 3.00 8.24 4.00 8.00 1.05 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 • 2.26 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 12.00 • • 20.57 50.00 50.00 15.63 * 13.00 . , 14.00 . . 16.00 . . . . 10.00 , , 2.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 S.00 2.27 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.88 5.00 8.00 3.70 7.00 2.00 8.23 5.00 2.00 0.05 4.00 10.00 .82 5.00 12.00 14.00 . , . . 8.00 1.65 2.00 S.00 2.47 3.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 8.00 3.70 7.00 Germofert Manufacturing Co., Charleston, 8. C. — Germofert Patented Vegetable Fertilizer, Total, 25.00 3.29 6.00 Grace & Co., New York — Nitrate of Soda : 15.00 Griffith & Boyd Co., Baltimore, Md. — High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Spring Crop Grower 6.50 1.65 4.50 Ammoniated Bone and Potash 8.00 1.65 2.00 Home Fertilizer and Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md. — Sulphate of Potash . . 48.00 Muriate of Potash .. 50.00 Nitrate of Soda 15.67 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Sulphate of Ammonia German Kainit High Grade Acid Phosphate Boykins' Alkaline Bone. Boykins' Cereal Fertilizer Boykins' Dissolved Animal Bone. Boykins' Vegetable Fertilizer.... Boykins' Home Potato Grower . . . Special Alkaline Mixture Phoenix Crop Grower Matchless Guano Home Fertilizer Hadley, Harriss & Co., Wilson, N. C. — Hadley Bros German Kainit Daisy Fish Mixture John Hadley Special High Grade Plant Food. Top Dressing Golden Weed Tobacco Grower 8. B. Harrell & Co., Norfolk, Va.— Harrell's Acid Phosphate : . . . Harrell's Champion Cotton and Peanut Grower, Harrell's Truck Guano Hardison & Co., Wadesboro, N. C. — Genuine German Kainit Hampton Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. — Virginia Truck Grower Reliance Truck Guano Little's Favorite Crop Grower P. P. P. (Princess Prolific Producer) Hampton Tobacco Guano Arlington Animal Bone Fertilizer. . . . Alpha Crop Grower Shirley's Superphosphate Hampton Crop Grower Hampton Bone and Potash Mixture. Dauntless Potash Mixture Hampton Acid Phosphate Supreme Acid Phosphate Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Genuine German Kainit Excelsior Bone and Potash Extra Tobacco Guano M. P. Hubbard & Co., Baltimore, Md. — Hubbard's Bermuda Guano Hubbard's Special Cotton and Corn Fertilizer Hall cG Pear sail (Inc.), Wilmington, N. C. — German Kainit The Imperial Co., Norfolk, Va. — Imperial Bright Tobacco Guano. Imperial Cotton Grower 27 Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 20.62 12.00 14.00 , , . , 10.00 . . 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 12.00 1.65 2.00 6.00 4.12 6.00 6.00 3.30 4.00 10.00 . . 5.00 S.00 2.48 2.00 8.00 1.65 4.00 5.77 7.00 8.00 2.25 2.50 . . . , 12.00 8.00 1.64 2.00 S.00 1.64 2.00 7.38 6.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 14.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 6.00 5.76 5.00 12.00 6.00 5.76 5.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 7.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 1.85 4.00 8.50 2.06 2.50 8.00 1.65 2.00 10.00 , , 4.00 11.00 . . 2.00 10.00 . . 2.00 14.00 . . 16.00 50.00 15.65 12.00 8.00 . , 4.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 7.00 5.74 7.00 7.00 1.64 5.00 8.00 8.00 2.05 1.65 12.00 3.00 2.00 28 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Imperial 5-6-7 Potato Guano 6.00 Imperial Snowflake Cotton Grower 8.00 Imperial Peanut and Corn Guano 8.00 Imperial Champion Guano 8.00 Imperial X. L. O. Cotton Guano 8.00 Imperial Cisco Soluble Guano 8.00 Imperial Tobacco Guano 8.00 Imperial Laugkinghouse Special Tobacco Guano, 4.00 Imperial Standard Premium 8.00 Imperial Cubanola Tobacco Guano 4.00 Imperial Martin County Special Crop Grower.. 9.00 Imperial High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Imperial Genuine German Kainit Imperial Special 7 Per Cent Guano for Potatoes, 5.00 Imperial 10 Per Cent Guano 5.00 Imperial Sweet Potato Guano 6.00 Imperial Williams' Special Potato Guano , 6.00 Imperial Fish and Bone 6.00 Imperial Lucky Strike Potato Guano 7.00 Imperial 7-7-7 Potash Guano 7.00 Imperial Bone and Potash 10.00 Imperial High Grade Irish Potato Guano 7.00 Imperial Tennessee Acid Phosphate 16.00 Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Imperial Roanoke Crop Grower 7.00 17 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 17.00 Imperial Asparagus Mixture 6.00 Imperial Yellow Bark Sweet Potato Guano 8.00 Dawson's Cotton Grower 7.00 Imperial 6-6-6 Crop Grower 6.00 John King, Mt. Olive, N. C. — Nitrate of Soda Laurinburg Oil Co., Laurinburg, N. C. — Flora Dora 6.40 Lister's Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, N. J. — Lister's Ammoniated Dissolved Bone Phosphate. S.00 Lister's Success Fertilizer 8.00 Lister's Standard Pure Bone Superphosphate of Lime 9:00 American Agricultural Chemical Co.'s Buyers' Choice Acid Phosphate 14.00 Lister's Bone Meal Total 20.60 A. S. Lee & Sons Co. (Inc.), Richmond, Ya. — Lee's Plant Bed Fertilizer 8.00 Lee's Bone and Potash 9.00 Lee's Corn Fertilizer 10.00 The J. J. Little john Co., Jonesville, S. C. — Littlejohn's Superior Cotton Fertilizer 10.00 E. H. & J. A. Meadows Co., New Bern, N. C. — Hookerton Cotton Guano 8.00 Meadows' Cotton Guano 8.00 Meadows' All Crop Guano 8.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 4.11 7.00 3.29 4.00 1.64 2.00 1.64 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.64 2.00 2.47 3.00 3.29 6.00 1.64 2.00 2.47 5.00 2.26 2.00 12.00 5.76 5.00 8.23 2.50 1.64 6.00 4.11 5.00 3.29 4.00 4.11 8.00 5.76 7.00 . . 2.00 4.11 8.00 50.00 15.63 . , 2.47 2.00 4.11 7.00 2.47 3.00 2.67 2.75 4.92 7.00 15.00 2.13 1.6.1 3.00 2.06 1.65 2.00 2.00 1.65 2.00 3.30 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 1.64 2.00 1.64 2.00 2.05 2.50 The Bulletin. 29 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Meadows' Roanoke Guano Meadows' Gold Leaf Tobacco Guano Meadows' Lobos Guano Meadows' Great Potato Guano Meadows' Great Cabbage Guano Meadows' 10 Per Cent Guano Meadows' Sea Bird Guano Meadows' Dissolved Bone and Potash Compound, Meadows' German Kainit Meadows' Diamond Acid Phosphate Dixon's High Grade Tobacco Guano Parker's Special Tobacco Guano Meadows' Dissolved Bone and Potash Compound, Brooks' Special Tobacco Grower The Miller Fertilizer Co., Baltimore, Md. — Special Tobacco Grower Standard Phosphate Ammoniated Dissolved Boue High Grade Potato Tobacco King Profit Standard Potato Potato and Vegetable Guano Trucker Farmers' Profit Harrnony Corn and Peanut Grower No. 1 Potato and Vegetable Grower Clinch 4 Per Cent Tobacco Miller's 7 Per Cent • Miller's Irish Potato Miller's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Kainit Acid Phosphate 14.00 S. C. Rock 14.00 The Miller Fertilizer Co.'s 10 and 4 Per Cent. . . 10.00 Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 8.00 2.05 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 4.11 5.00 7.00 4.11 8.00 7.00 5.76 7.00 6.00 S.23 2.50 9.00 3.29 2.50 10.00 , , 2.00 , # # , 12.00 14.00 . . , . 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 4.00 10.00 . , 5.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 8.00 1.65 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 4.00 8.00 4.12 5.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.00 3.00 10.50 t . 2.25 8.00 3.71 7.00 10.00 , . 2.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 7.00 5.77 7.00 S.00 3.29 4.00 12.00 4.00 The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co., 143 Liberty Street, New York — Mapes' Economical Potato Manure 4.00 Mapes' Vegetable or Complete Manure for Light Soils 6.00 Mapes' Corn Manure 8.00 Mapes' Complete Manure, "A" Brand 10.00 C. F. Moore, Cheraw, 8. C. — Muriate of Potash John F. McNair, Laurinburg, N. C. — Genuine German Kainit Nitrate of Soda D. B. Martin Co., Richmond, Va. — Martin's 7 Per Cent Guano 6.00 Martin's Early Truck and Vegetable Grower 6.00 Martin's Claremount Vegetable Grower 7.00 3.29 14.76 S.00 4.94 6.00 2.47 6.00 2.47 2.50 49.00 12.00 5.74 5.00 3.28 8.00 2.46 5.00 30 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Martin's Red Star Brand Martin's Bull Head Fertilizer Martin's Tobacco Special Martin's Carolina Cotton Fertilizer Martin's Old Virginia Favorite Martin's Corn and Cereal Special Martin's Gilt Edge Potato Manure Martin's Animal Bone Potato Guano Martin's Animal Bone Potato Compound Martin's Pure Dissolved Animal Bone Martin's Pure Ground Bone Total Martin's Raw Bone Meal Total Martin's Animal Tankage, Ground Total Martin's Acid Phosphate Martin's Potash and Soluble Bone Martin's High Grade Blood Martin's Blood Acid Phosphate Potash and Soluble Bone Potash and Soluble Bone Potash and Soluble Bone Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Blood Blood Blood Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Pure Ground Bone Total Marietta Fertilizer Co., Atlanta, Ga. — Lion Power Guano Lion Potash Compound Lion High Grade Dissolved Bone. Lion Crop Producer Favorite Guano Lion Marsh-Lee & Co., Marshville, X. C. — Marsh's High Grade Acid Marsh's Cotton Fertilizer, 8-2-2. Marsh's Guano for Corn Marsh's Special S-3-3 Raven Brand Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 8.00 3.2S 4.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 7.00 2.46 10.00 G.00 4.10 7.00 16.00 1.65 2.50 12.00 1.65 2.00 22.90 1.65 2.00 21.00 3.69 . . 10.00 4.92 . , 16.00 . . 12.00 . , 5.00 , t 13.94 . . . . 12.30 . , 14.00 , , . . 12.00 . . 3.00 .10.00 # ', 5.00 10.00 15.52 2.00 , 20.50 . . , 10.66 . . g 9.84 . . , 12.30 • 12.00 50.00 , . , 50.00 22.90 2.46 10.00 1.65 2.00 S.00 , . 4.00 14.00 . , , . 10.00 . . 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 14.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.50 3.00 8.00 2.65 2.00 J. W. McLaughlin Co., Raeford, N. C. Nitrate of Soda 15.00 The MacMurphy Co., Charleston, S. C. — Special 8-3-3 Guano Special 8-2-2 Cotton and Corn Guano Cotton and Corn Guano, 9-2-2 Wilcox & Gibbs Co.'s Manipulated Guano. Cotton and Corn Guano, 9-3-3 High Grade Acid Phosphate, 14 Per Cent. Pure German Kainit Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Acid Phosphate, 13 Per Cent 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 14.00 . *. , , 13.00 14.S2 12.00 48.00 The Bulletin. 31 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. N. C. Cotton Oil Co., Wilmington, N. C— Wilmington High Grade Wilmington Cotton Grower Wilmington Standard Wilmington Truck Grower Wilmington Special Carter's Lifter Clark's Special Wilmington Banner Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 8.00 2.47 3.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 2.50 8.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 3.00 8.00 1.65 3.00 North Carolina Cotton Oil Co., Raleigh, N. C— Raleigh Standard Guano 8.00 Ar/f Bern Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Mills, New Bern, N. C— , Oriole Tobacco Grower Greene County Standard Fertilizer Jones County Premium Crop Grower Onslow Farmers' Reliance Guano High Grade Fertilizer Foy's High Grade Fertilizer Pitt's Prolific Golden Tobacco Grower Craven Cotton Guano Lenoir Bright Leaf Tobacco Grower Ives' Irish Potato Guano Dunn's Standard Truck Grower Pamlico Electric Top Dresser Special Corn and Peanut Grower Carteret Bone and Potash 14 Per Cent Acid Phospha te Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Bogue Fish Scrap Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Favorite Cotton Grower C. S. M Norfolk Fertiliser Co., Norfolk, Va. — Oriana Cotton Guano Oriana C. S. M. Special Oriana Tobacco Guano Oriana 3-8-3 for Cotton Oriana Crop Grower Oriana Bone and Potash Oriana. 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Oriana 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Genuine German Kainit Iola Acid Phosphate Oriana First Step Tobacco Guano Oriana 4-4-6 High Grade Tobacco Guano. Pine Top Special Crop Grower Navassa Guano Co., Wilmington, N. C. — Ammoniated Soluble Navassa Guano. Clarendon Tobacco Guano Occoneechee Tobacco Guano Coree Tobacco Guano Harvest King Guano 2.26 2.00 8.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 ■ 3.00 S.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 7.00 4.13 7.00 7.00 5.77 7.00 5.00 8.25 2.50 11.00 2.00 10.00 . 2.00 14.00 • 12.00 50.00 48.00 7.42 . . ] L5.67 . . . . i >0.62 . . 8.00 2.27 2.00 8.00 1.64 2.00 9.00 2.2b 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.64 3.00 10.00 . . 2.00 14.00 . . . . 16.00 12.00 13.00 . , 8.00 3.29 4.00 4.00 3.29 6.00 5.00 1.64 6.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 1.65 3.00 32 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Mogul Guano Kainit Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Orton Guano Navassa Universal Fertilizer Navassa Wheat Mixture Navassa Wheat and Grass Grower Navassa Special Wheat Mixture Navassa Gray Land Mixture Navassa Dissolved Bone with Potash Navassa Acid Phosphate Navassa Dissolved Bone • Navassa Acid Phosphate Navassa Acid Phosphate Navassa Special Trucker Navassa Strawberry Top Dressing Navassa Blood and Bone Meal Mixture Navassa Creole Guano Navassa Root Crop Fertilizer Navassa Carib Guano Navassa Guano for Tobacco Navassa Grain Fertilizer Navassa Fruit Growers' Fertilizer Navassa Cotton Seed Meal Special 3 Per Cent Guano Navassa Cotton Seed Meal Guano Navassa Cotton Fertilizer Navassa Complete Fertilizer Navassa High Grade Guano Navassa Acid Phosphate with Potash Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. S.00 2.06 3.00 • • • . 12.00 • 48.00 50.00 15.65 . . 20.59 . . 8.00 2.47 4.00 8.50 2.06 1.00 10.00 2.25 10.00 4.00 12.00 4.00 12.00 4.00 10.00 2.00 12.00 , , 13.00 . . 14.00 , . . . 16.00 . . 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 2.06 4.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 7.00 4.12 7.00 8.00 2.47 10.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 6.00 8.00 2.47 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 1.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 . 4.00 The Nitrate Agencies Co., Savannah, Ga. Nitrate of Soda 15.00 O. Ober & /Sons Co., Baltimore, Md. — Ober's Complete Fertilizer Special High Grade Fertilizer Ober's Special Compound for Tobacco Ober's Standard Tobacco Fertilizer Ober's Special Ammonia ted Dissolved Bone Ober's Special Cotton Compound Ober's Soluble Ammoniated Superphosphate of Lime Ober's Farmers' Mixture Ober's Dissolved Bone, Phosphate and Potash . . . Ober's Acid Phosphate with Potash Ober's Standard Potash Compound Ober's High Grade Acid Phosphate Ober's Dissolved Bone Phosphate Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Kainit Cooper's Pungo Guano Pure Raw Bone Meal Total 6.00 4.12 6.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 .82 2.00 10.00 , , 2.00 8.00 . . 2.00 12.00 , # 5.00 16.00 , ( , . 14.00 , , . . . . 15.50 . . . . , . 48.00 , , . , 12.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 21.00 . . 3.71 The Bulletin. 33 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash The Pocomoke Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. — Garrett's Grape Grower : 8.00 Coast Line Truck Guano o.UU Freeman's 7 Per Cent Irish Potato Grower 6.00 Seaboard Popular Trucker 6.00 Standard Truck Guano ™0 Faultless Aminoniated Superphosphate 7.00 Harvest High Grade Monarch 800 Monarch Tobacco Grower 8.00 Monticello Animal Bone Fertilizer. J-00 Cinco Tobacco Guano 8.50 , Crescent Complete Compound 8.00 Hornthal's Tobacco Guano 8.00 L. P. II. Premium . °-00 Electric Crop Grower 8.o0 ' Pamlico Superphosphate 8.00 Pocomoke Superphosphate °.5U Pocomoke Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Pure Ground Bone Total 20.00 10-2 Potash Mixture JU-JJJ Alkali Bone iJ-JJJ Peerless Acid Phosphate 1* -^ Superb Acid Phosphate lb - w Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda ; • • • • • Pocomoke Defiance Bone and Potash s.oo Smith's Special Formula 4u0 Pamlico Chemical Co., Washington, N. C— Pamlico Favorite Guano £-00 Pamlico Bone and Fish Guano 8.00 Pamlico Potato Guano ™0 Pamlico Cotton Guano 8.00 Pamlico 7-7-7 Guano ™0 Pamlico 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 10.00 Pamlico Bone and Potash 14-00 Cowell's Great Potato Grower 8-00 Cowell's Great Cabbage Grower 5.00 Tobacco Growers' Friend 8.00 Genuine German Kainit • Faimers' Best Guano 8.00 Farmers' Friend 8.00 Staton & Taylor's Special Grower 800 Prosperity Cotton Grower J-00 Pamlico High Grade Tobacco Grower 8.00 Pamlico 8-4-4 Guano 8.00 Pamlico 6-3-6 Guano 6.00 Pamlico Bone and Potash 1000 Planters Fertiliser and Phosphate Co., Charleston, S. 0.— Planters' BrigUt Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Planters' High Grade Cabbage Fertilizer <.00 Planters' Fertilizer 8.00 Planters' Soluble Guano 8.00 Planters' Standard Guano 8.75 Nitrate of Soda • • Planters' High Grade Acid Phosphate \ 14.00 Planters' Standard Fertilizer 8.00 3.29 10.00 S.23 3.00 5.76 5.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.85 4.00 2.00 2.50 1.65 3.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 3.70 . , 2.00 2.00 12.00 50.00 15.65 . . 4.00 3.30 6.00 4.12 5.00 1.65 2.00 4.12 7.00 1.65 2.00 5.77 7.00 4.12 7.00 8.25 2.50 2.47 3.00 12.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.26 2.00 2.26 2.00 2.47 5.00 3.30 4.00 2.45 6.00 2.00 3.90 4.00 6.59 5.00 2.06 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 14.83 , . 1.65 2.00 34 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Planters' Soluble Bone. . . Sulphate of Potash Planters' German Kainit Parsons & Hardison, Wadesooro, X. C. — Nitrate of Soda Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 13.00 48.00 12.00 14.85 Z. V. Pate, Laurel Hill, N. C— Nitrate of Soda Pearsall & Co., Wilmington, N. C- Kainit Pacific Guano Co., Charleston, S. C. — Standard Soluble Pacific Guano.. Standard Pacific Acid Phosphate. High Grade Pacific Fertilizer Poichatan Chemical Co., Richmond, Va. — Powhatan Trucker Powhatan Bone and Potash Mixture Powhatan Acid Phosphate Magic Dissolved Bone Phosphate Magic Peanut Grower Magic Grain and Grass Grower Magic Bone and Potash Mixture Magic Mixture Magic Cotton Grower Magic Special Fertilizer Magic Tobacco Grower . King Brand Fertilizer White Leaf Tobacco Fertilizer Economic Cotton Grower North State Special : Guilford Special Pure Raw Bone Meal Total Bone and Potash Mixture Bone Meal Total Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Pure German Kainit Virginia Dissolved Bone High Grade Acid Phosphate Uneeda Acid Phosphate P. C. Co.'s Hustle Magic Corn Grower Magic Wheat Grower Johnson's Best Fertilizer Holt's Magic Fertilizer Magic Peanut Specia'l Bone Mixture Magic Crop Grower Patapsco Guano Co., Baltimore, Md. — Patapsco Plant Food for Tobacco, Potatoes and Truck Patapsco Soluble Bone and Potash 14.70 12.00 8.50 1.65 2.00 12.00 . . . S.OO 2.46 3.00 7.00 4.04 5.00 8.00 4.00 13.00 . . 16.00 . . 8.00 ■4.00 8.00 4.00 10.00 4.00 9.00 1.65 1.00 S.OO 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 S.OO 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 S.OO 3.29 4.00 9.00 2.47 6.00 20.00 3.29 . , 10.00 2.00 25.00 2.47 . , 15.63 . . 19.75 . . 48.00 50.00 12.00 12.00 . . 14.00 . . 15.00 , . 8.00 2.47 3.00 10.00 .82 1.00 9.00 .82 2.00 9.00 2.06 5.00 9.00 2.06 5.00 S.OO .82 4.00 10.00 .82 1.00 10.00 .82 1.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 10.00 . 2.00 The Bulletin. 35 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Patapsco High Grade Bone and Potash 11.00 Patapsco 10 and 4 Potash Mixture 10.00 Patapsco 7-7-7 Truck Guano 7.00 Patapsco Potato Guano 6.00 Patapsco Top Dresser 4.00 Patapsco Trucker for Early Vegetables 7.00 Patapsco Tobacco Fertilizer 9.00 Patapsco Guano for Tobacco 9.25 Patapsco Guano 9.25 Patapsco Special Tobacco Mixture S.00 Patapsco Fine Ground Bone Total 20.61 Patapsco Dissolved S. C. Phosphate 14.00 Coon Brand Guano 9.00 Choctaw Guano 8.00 Planters' Favorite 8.00 Seagull Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Money Maker Guano 7.00 Unicorn Guano 8.00 Baltimore Soluble Phosphate 11.00 Florida Soluble Phosphate 16.00 Genuine German Kainit Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Ground Fish Swanson's Gold Leaf Special 8.00 Pocahontas Guano Co., Lynchburg, Va. — Imperial Dissolved S. C. Phosphate 14.00 Carrington's Superior Grain Compound 10.00 Wabash Wheat Mixture 10.00 Cherokee Grain Special 8.00 Farmers' Favorite Guano, Apex Brand 8.00 Blackhawk Brand 8.00 Spot Cash Tobacco Compound 8.00 Yellow Tobacco Special 9.00 High Grade 4 Per Cent Tobacco Compound, Mo- hawk King Brand 9.00 Standard Tobacco Guano, Old Chief Brand 9.00 Pocahontas Special Tobacco Fertilizer 9.00 A. A. Complete Champion Brand 8.00 Special Truck Grower, Eagle Mount Brand S.00 Indian Truck Grower 8.00 Pure Raw Bone Meal Total 22.00 Carrington's S. C. Phosphate, Waukesha Brand. 16.00 Carrington's Banner Brand Guano 8.00 Indian Tobacco Grower 8.00 Piedmont-Alt. Airy Guano Co., Baltimore, Mel. — Piedmont Cultivator Brand 8.00 Piedmont Bone and Peruvian Mixture 8.00 Piedmont Special Truck Fertilizer 6.00 Piedmont Early Vegetable Manure 6.00 Piedmont A'egetable Compound 6.00 Piedmont Essential Tobacco Compound 9.00 Piedmont Guano for Tobacco 8.00 Piedmont High Grade Ammoniated Bone and Potash 8.00 Piedmont High Grade S. C. Bone Phosphate.. 14.00 Levering's Potashed Bone 10.00 itrogen. Potash. 5.00 4.00 5.77 7.00 4.12 7.00 3.30 4.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 2.00 2.06 2.00 2.06 3.00 3.30 ".83 *3.00 2.47 3.00 1.05 2.00 1.65 2.00 3.70 6.00 2.06 3.00 2.00 12.00 15.64 . . 50.00 8.23 , , 2.06 2.00 t 2.00 t 4.00 ,. 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 2.00 2.06 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.85 4.00 1.65 • 2.00 2.47 3.00 .82 3.00 2.06 6.00 3.30 4.00 3.71 1.65 2.00 2.46 4.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.77 5.00 4.12 7.00 3.30 8.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.41 3.00 4.00 36 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Levering' s Reliable Tobacco Guano 8.00 Piedmont Special Potato Guano 6.00 Piedmont Red Leaf Tobacco Guano 8.00 Piedmont Guano for Cotton 9.00 Piedmont Early Trucker 6.00 Piedmont Potato Producer 5.00 Piedmont Farmers' Standard 9.00 Piedmont Guano for Wbeat 9.00 Piedmont Special for Cotton, Corn and Peanuts, 8.00 Piedmont Special Farmers' Tobacco Guano 8.40 Piedmont Farmers' Bone and Potasb 10.00 Piedmont Higb Grade Guano for Cotton 8.00 Haynes' Cultivator Guano 8.00 Piedmont Farmers' Favorite 8.00 Piedmont Farmers' Cotton Grower 9.00 German Kainit Piedmont Star Bone and Potash S.00 Piedmont Unexcelled Guano 8.00 Piedmont Bone Meal Total 21.00 Ricks Bros.' Special Potato and Truck Guano.. 6.00 Kaiser & Mauney's Special 2-8-2 Guano 8.00 Kaiser & Mauney's Special 3-8-3 Guano 8.00 Privott's 3-8-4 Guano 8.00 Piedmont Guano for All Crops 8.00 Piedmont Vegetable Manure 6.00 Nitrate of Soda Privott's Standard Guano 8.00 Privott's Special Guano 8.00 Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Sulphate of Ammonia The Quinnepiac Co., Charleston, S. C. — Standard Quinnepiac Pine Island Ammoniated Superphosphate 9.00 Standard Quinnepiac Acid Phosphate 13.00 F. S. Royster Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. — Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Farmers' Own Fertilizer 8.00 Bonanza Tobacco Guano 8.00 Orinoco Tobacco Guano 8.00 Special Tobacco Compound 8.00 Cobb's High Grade for Tobacco 8.00 Humphrey's Special for Tobacco 6.00 Eagle's Special Tobacco Guano 8.00 Royal Potato Guano 7.00 Royal Special Potato Guano 7.00 Ballentine's Potato Guano 6.00 Truckers' Delight 8.00 Special Compound 9.00 Tomlinson's Special 9.00 Williams' Special Guano 8.00 Magic Top Dresser Royster's Special Sweet Potato Guano 8.00 Royster's Potato Guano 5.00 Royster's Special 7 Per Cent Truck Guano 7.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 2.47 3.00 4.94 7.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 1.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 6.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 1.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 4.00 . . 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 .82 4.00 .82 3.00 . . 12.00 5.00 3.29 4.00 3.30 t t 4.12 7.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 4.00 2.06 3.00 3.29 8.00 15.23 2.06 3.00 1.65 6.00 . , 48.00 . . 50.00 •_'( I.5.S 1.S5 1.00 , 50.00 # 48.00 , 12.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 2.00 3.30 5.00 2.55 3.20 2.47 5.00 4.12 5.00 4.12 7.00 5.77 7.00 3.30 4.00 1.65 1.00 2.47 5.00 2.06 5.00 7.42 3.00 2.47 3.00 4.94 7.00 5.77 7.00 The Bulletin. 37 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Royster's Early Truck Guano Special 10 Per Cent Truck Guano Special 4-8-3 4-9-5 Special Special 1-9-2 Guano 2-6-5 Special Meal Mixture Special Wheat Fertilizer H. G. 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate. . . 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Dissolved Bone XX Acid Phosphate Bone and Potash Mixture Bone and Potash Mixture Bone and Potash for Grain 8 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture Peanut Special Complete Guano 10 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture. . . Best Guano Harvey's Cabbage Guano Marlborough High Grade Cotton Gu- ano Nitrate of Soda Jumbo Peanut Grower Watkins' Special Haynes' Special • Pure Raw Bone Meal Total Milo Tobacco Guano Royster's Soluble Guano McDowell's Cotton Grower Royster's 4-6-4 Special Webb's Korn King J. H. Roberson & Co., Robersonville, N. C— Roberson's Potato Roberson's Cotton Roberson's Special Roberson's Bright Roberson's Genuine German Kainit. Guano Grower Potato Grower Leaf Grower. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 7.00 4.12 8.00 5.00 8.24 3.00 8.00 3.30 3.00 9.00 3.30 5.00 9.00 .82 2.00 6.00 1.65 5.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 16.00 . . . 14.00 . 13.00 . . 12.00 . . 11.00 , 5.00 10.00 , 2.00 10.00 . 3.00 8.00 4.00 7.00 5.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 10.00 , , 4.00 8.00 3.71 7.00 5.00 6.59 3.00 8.00 2.47 15.66 3.00 8.00 .82 4.00 9.00 2.06 5.00 9.00 2.06 3.00 21.50 3.70 . . 8.00 3.30 4.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 6.00 2.30 2.50 6.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 6.00 5.77 5.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 7.00 5.77 7.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 6.00 Richmond Guano Co., Richmond, Va — 10 Per Cent Cabbage Guano Special High Grade for Truck < 00 Southern Trucker 8.00 Perfection Special °-^ Gilt Edge Fertilizer jJ-JJJ Carolina Cotton Grower J-W Carolina Bright Special Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Tip Top Fertilizer S.00 Special Premium Brand for Tobacco S-00 Special Premium Brand for Plants 8.00 Carolina Bright for Cotton 8.00 Benson's Special Fertilizer Parker & Hunter's Special Fertilizer Premium Tobacco Fertilizer Premium Brand Fertilizer Bone Mixture 8.00 8.00 8.00 9.00 8.23 4.94 4.11 3.29 2.47 2.26 2.26 2.06 1.85 1.85 2.06 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 12.00 2.00 5.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 2.50 3.00 2.25 2.25 1.50 6.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 38 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Clark's Special Formula Carter's Special for Tobacco Saunder's Special Formula for Bright Tobacco, Burtou's Special Tobacco Fertilizer Hunter & Dunn's Special Ammoniated Fertilizer, Hunter & Dunn's Ammoniated Fertilizer Edgecombe Cotton Grower Premium Bone and Potash Mixture Rex Bone and Potash Mixture Tip Top Bone and Potash Mixture Winter Grain and Grass Grower Premium Peanut Grower Bone and Potash Mixture Rex Dissolved Bone Phosphate Regal Acid Phosphate High Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Wheat and Grass Fertilizer Premium Dissolved Bone Dissolved S. C. Phosphate Hunter & Dunn's Dissolved Bone Pure German Kainit Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Sulphate of Ammonia Nitrate of Soda Pure Raw Bone meal Total Bone Meal Total Premium Corn Grower Premium Wheat Grower Cracker Jack Fertilizer Premium Peanut Special Premium Cotton Grower Old Homestead Dissolved Bone Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 7.00 4.94 6.00 4.00 2.47 6.00 9.00 2.88 5.00 9.00 2.06 3.00 9.00 2.47 2.25 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 13.00 3.00 10.00 4.00 8.00 4.00 8.00 4.00 S.00 4.00 10.00 2.00 16.00 . 15.00 . 14.00 . 14.00 . 13.00 . . , 12.00 . 12.00 . 12.00 50.00 48.00 19.75 , 15.63 . 20.00 3.29 , . 25.00 2.47 . 10.00 .82 1.00 9.00 .82 2.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 .82 4.00 9.00 .82 3.00 12.00 . , . Read Phosphate Co., Charleston, S. C. — Genuine German Kainit Read's High Grade Acid Phosphate. Read's Bone and Potash Read's Alkaline Bone Read's Special Potash Mixture , Read's High Grade Tobacco Leaf Read's Blood and Bone Fertilizer No. 1. Read's Soluble Fish Guano Read's High Grade Cotton Grower Raisin-Monumental Co., Baltimore, Md. — Dixie Guano Empire Guano Raisin Premium Brand for Tobacco.. Raisin Gold Standard Raisin Special Bone and Potash Raisin Bone and Potash Raisin 13 Per Cent Acid Phosphate. . Raisin 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate. . . Raisin Acid Phosphate Reidsville Fertilizer Co., Reidsville, N. C. Banner Fertilizer Champion Guano 12.00 14.00 . . 10.00 4.00 10.00 2.00 8.00 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 2.00 13.00 . . 16.00 . . 14.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 The Bulletin. 39 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen Acid. Broad Leaf Tobacco Guano '. . 8.00 Royal Fertilizer 8.00 Lion Brand Fertilizer 9.00 Bone and Potash 10.00 Swift Fertiliser Works, Atlanta, Ca., and Wilming- ton, N. C— High Grade Swift's Strawberry Grower 8.00 High Grade Swift's Special Trucker 6.00 High Grade Swift's Special 10 Per Cent Blood and Bone Trucker 5.00 High Grade Swift's Carolina 7 Per Cent Special Trucker 7.00 High Grade Swift's Favorite Truck Guano 6.00 High Grade Swift's Special Irish Potato Grower, 7.00 High Grade Swift's Special Potato Grower 6.00 Standard Grade Swift's Red Steer Guano Stand- ard Grade 8.00 Swift's Plow Boy Guano 10.00 Standard Grade Swift's Cotton Plant Standard Grade Guano 9.00 Standard Grade Swift's Golden Harvest Stand- ard Grade Guano 8.00 Swift's Eagle Standard Grade Guano 10.00 , High Grade Swift's Farmers' Favorite High Grade Guano 9.00 High Grade Swift's Pioneer High Grade Guano Tobacco Grower 8.00 High Grade Swift's Early Trucker 7.00 High Grade Swift's Blood. Bone and Potash High Grade Guano 9.50 High Grade Swift's Corn and Cotton Grower High Grade Guano ! 10.00 High Grade Swift's Cotton King High Grade Guano 9.00 High Grade Swift's Ruralist High Grade Guano, 8.00 High Grade Swift's Special High Grade Guano. . 9.50 High Grade Swift's Monarch Vegetable Grower High Grade Guano 8.00 High Grade Swift's Atlanta High Grade Guano, 12.00 High Grade Swift's Special High Grade Phos- phate and Potash 12.00 Standard Grade Swift's Plantation Standard Grade Phosphate and Potash S.00 High Grade Swift's Farmers' Home High Grade Phosphate and Potash 10.00 Standard Grade Swift's Field and Farm Stand- ard Grade Phosphate and Potash 10.00 Standard Grade Swift's Wheat Grower Stand- ard Grade Phosphate and Potash 10.00 Standard Grade Swift's Harrow Standard Grade Acid Phosphate 13.00 High Grade Swift's No. 1 Ground Tankage 6.00 Swift's Pure Bone Meal Total 25.00 High Grade Swift's Cultivator High Grade Acid Phosphate ' 14.00 High Grade Swift's Special High Grade Acid Phosphate 16.00 Standard Grade Swift's Chattakoochee Standard Grade Acid Phosphate 12.00 Potash. 1.85 2.50 2.47 3.00 2.47 6.00 . 4.00 2.47 5.76 10.00 5.00 8.23 3.00 5.76 4.94 4.12 4.12 7.00 6.00 8.00 7.00 1.65 .82 2.00 1.00 1.65 1.00 1.65 1.65 2.00 2.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 4.12 4.00 5.00 3.29 7.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 2.47 4.12 2.00 3.00 3.00 3.29 4.00 4.00 6.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 8.24 2.47 " * 40 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. High Grade Swift's Ground Dried Blood Swift's Pure Nitrate of Soda Swift's Pure Raw Bone Meal Total Swift's Muriate of Potash Swift's German Kainit Swift's Farmers' Favorite High Grade Guano. . . Swift's Pioneer High Grade Guano High Grade Swift's Eagle High Grade Guano. . . Swift's Atlanta High Grade Phosphate and Pot- ash 12.00 Southern Chemical Co., Inc.. Roanoke, Va.— Our Favorite 8.00 Farmers' Joy 8.00 Our Leader 9.00 Harvest King 8.00 Southern Queen 8.00 Valley Chief 8.50 Spartanburg Fertilizer Co., Spartanburg, S. C. — Corn Formula , 10.50 Gosnell's Plant Food 10.50 West's Potash Acid 13.00 Bold Buster 9.00 Potato Guano 7.00 Tiger Brand Acidulated Phosphate 14.00 The Southern Exchange Co., Maxton, N. C. — Melon Grower 8.00 McKimmon's Special Truck Formula 8.00 Two Fours Guano 7.00 That Big Stick Guano 8.00 Bull of the Woods Fertilizer 8.00 Jack's Best Fertilizer 8.00 Correct Cotton Compound 8.00 Juicy Fruit Fertilizer 9.00 The Walnut Fertilizer 8.50 The Racer Guano 8.00 The Coon Guano 8.00 R. M. C. Special Crop Grower 8.00 S. E. C. Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 S. E. C. Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 S. E. C. Acid Phosphate 16.00 S. E. C. Acid Phosphate 14.00 Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. # . 13.18 # , . . 14.82 . , 23.00 3.71 . . , , . . 50.00 . . . . 12.00 9.00 1.65 3.00 8.00 1.65 4.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 1.64 2.00 1.64 4.00 .82 2.00 .82 3.00 2.46 10.00 1.64 2.00 1.65 5.00 2.46 2.00 . 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 7.00 4.12 7.00 4.12 7.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.85 4.00 2.06 2.50 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 4.00 2.00 12.00 50.00 15.65 The Southern Cotton Oil Co., Charlotte District, Con- cord, Charlotte, Davidson, Madison, Shelby, and Gibson. — : Conqueror 8.00 Gloria 8.00 Peacock 8.00 Red Bull 8.00 Noon 8.00 King Bee 8.65 Gold Seal 14.00 Silver King 13.00 3.28 4.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 2.05 2.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 2.00 itrogen. Potash. 12.00 , , 2.00 . . 4.00 6.18 1.50 3.30 6.00 , # 12.00 < # 2.00 , # 4.00 The Bulletin. 41 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Genuine German Kainit Magnolia Bone and Potash 10.00 Conqueror Bone and Potash 10.00 Cotton Seed Meal 2.30 Choice 8.00 Genuine German Kainit Magnolia B. and P 10.00 Conqueror B. and P 12.00 Southern Cotton Oil Co.'s 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Razem 9.00 1.65 3.00 Southern Cotton Oil Co., Goldsboro, FayetteviUe Rocky Mount and Wilson. — • Rocky Mount Oil Mill Standard 8.00 FayetteviUe Oil Mill Standard ' 8.00 Goldsboro Oil Mill Standard 8.00 Wilson Oil Mill Standard 8.00 The Southern Cotton Oil Company Standard 8.00 FayetteviUe Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower S.00 Wilson Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower 8.00 Rocky Mount Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower. . . 8.00 Goldsboro Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower 8.00 Goldsboro Oil Mill High Grade 8.00 Rocky Mount Oil Mill High Grade 8.00 FayetteviUe Oil Mill High Grade 8.00 Wilson Oil Mill High Grade 8.00 The Southern Cotton Oil Co. High Grade S.00 Edgerton's Old Reliable 8.00 Hale's Special for Tobacco 8.00 Pine Level High Grade 8.00 Cotton Grower for all Crops. 8.00 Best & Thompson's Special 9.00 The Southern Cotton Oil Co.'s Special Tobacco Grower 8.00 Echo 8.00 Morning Glory -. 8.00 Tuscarora Fertilizer Co., Atlanta, Ga„ and Wilming- ton, N. C— Acid Phosphate 14.00 Acid Phosphate 13.00 Tuscarora Alkaline 10.00 Bone Potash 10.00 Champion 8.00 Manure Substitute 6.00 Tuscarora Trucker 8.00 Berry King 8.00 Tobacco Special 8.00 Tuscarora Fruit and Potato 8.00 Cotton Special 8.00 King Cotton 8.00 Big Four 7.00 Tuscarora Standard 8.00 Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Kainit Nitrate of Soda 14.85 Acid Phosphate 16.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.2G 2.50 2.26 2.50 2.26 2.50 2.26 2.50 2.26 2.50 2.47 3.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.26 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 m 5.00 , 2.00 2.06 2.50 3.30 4.00 4.12 7.00 2.06 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 10.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 4.00 1.65 2.00 , 50.00 t 48.00 m 12.00 42 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Tide Water Fertiliser Co., Portsmouth, Va. — Tide Water Acid Phosphate 14.00 Tide Water 12 Per Cent German Kainit Acid Phosphate and Tankage 8.00 Tide Water High Grade Cotton 8.00 Tide Water Tobacco Special 8.00 Tide Water Very Best Cotton and Corn Guano . . 8.00 Union Guano Co., Winston-Salem, N. C— Union 8-5 Bone and Potash S.00 Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Union 12 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 12.00 Union Dissolved Bone. 13.00 Union High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Union 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Union 12-3 Bone and Potash 12.00 Union 10-6 Bone and Potash 10.00 Union 10-5 Bone and Potash 10.00 Union 10-4 Bone and Potash 10.00 Union 8-5 Bone and Potash 8.00 Union 12-4 Bone and Potash 12.00 Union 12-5 Bone and Potash 12.00 Union Wheat Mixture 8.00 Union Bone and Potash 10.00 Quakers' Grain Mixture 10.00 Giant Phosphate and Potash 10.00 Liberty Bell Crop Grower 10.50 Roseboro's Special Potash Mixture 12.00 Union Potato Mixture 8.00 Union Dissolved Animal Bone 12.50 Union Vegetable Compound 7.00 Union Truck Guano 7.00 Union Premium Guano 8.00 Union Perfect Cotton Grower 9.00 Union Standard Tobacco Grower 8.00 Union Mule Brand Guano 10.00 Union Water Fowl Guano 8.00 Union Homestead Guano 8.00 Union Superlative Guano 8.00 Union Special Formula for Cotton 10.00 Union Complete Cotton Mixture 9.00 Old Homestead Guano 8.00 Victoria High Grade Tobacco Guano 8.00 Sparger's Special Tobacco Grower 8.00 Old Homestead Tobacco Guano 8.00 Genuine Animal Bone Meal Total 22.50 Nitrate of Soda Quality and Quantity Guano 9.00 R. L. Upshur, Norfolk, Va.— Cotton Seed Meal Mixture 9.00 Nitrate of Soda Quality and Quantity Guano 9.00 Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Upshur's High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 2.47 2.47 2.47 1.65 1.65 2.06 4.12 3.29 3.29 2.26 2.06 1.65 2.06 2.37 .82 2.47 1.65 1.65 2.47 1.65 1.65 3.70 15.65 1.65 2.26 15.65 1.65 15.22 12.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 5.00 48.00 48.00 12.00 3.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 1.50 6.00 10.00 8.00 5.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 50.00 12.00' The Bulletin. 43 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Upshur's Peanut Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Upshur's G., G. & C. (Grain, Grass and Cotton Guano) 8.00 .1.65 2.00 Upshur's Wheat Compound 12.00 . . 5.00 Upshur's F. F. V. (Favorite Fertilizer of Vir- ginia) 8.00 1.64 2.00 Upshur's Bone and Potash Guano 10.00 . . 2.00 Upshur's Norfolk Special 10 Per Cent Guano 5.00 8.22 2.00 Upshur's 7 Per Cent Irish Potato Guano 6.00 5.76 5.00 Upshur's F. C. (Farmers' Challenge) Guano ... 6.00 5.76 6.00 Upshur's 7 Per Cent Special Potato Guano 5.00 5,76 5.00 Upshur's Special Truck Guano 7.00 4.11 8.00 Upshur's F. F. (Farmers' Favorite) 7.00 4.11 6.00 Upshur's 5 Per Cent Guano 5.00 4.11 5.00 Upshur's Fish, Bone and Potash Guano 8.00 1.64 4.00 Upshur's 8-3-3 Cotton Guano 8.00 2.47 3.00 Upshur's High Grade Tobacco Guano 8.00 2.47 3.00 Premo Cotton Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Upshur's Special 2% 8-3 Guano 8.00 2.05 3.00 Upshur's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Upshur's 4-6-4 Guano 6.00 3.69 4.00 Venahle Fertilizer Co., Richmond, Va.-~ Venable's 10 Per Cent Trucker 6.00 8.23 2.00 Venable's 6-6-6 Manure 6.00 4.94 6.00 Venable's 5 Per Cent Trucker 8.00 4.11 5.00 Venable's 4 Per Cent Trucker 8.00 3.29 4.00 Venable's Ideal Manure 8.00 1.65 5.00 Venable's Alliance Tobacco Manure No. 1 8.00 2.06 3.00 Venable's Alliance Tobacco Manure No. 2 8.00 1.65 2.00 Venable's B. B. P. Manure 9.00 1.65 1.00 Venable's Cotton Grower 8.00 2.06 3.00 Venable's Roanoke Special 8.00 2.06 3.00 Venable's Alliance Bone and Potash Mixture.. 8.00 .. 4.00 Venable's Peanut Grower 8.00 . . 4.00 Venable's Best Acid Phosphate 16.00 Venable's Alliance Acid Phosphate 14.00 Venable's Dissolved Bone 13.00 Venable's Standard Acid Phosphate 12.00 Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 . . 2.00 High Grade Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 . . 4.00 Planters' Bone Fertilizer 8.00 1.65 2.00 Ballard's Choice Fertilizer S.OO 2.47 3.00 Roanoke Mixture 9.00 2.26 2.00 Roanoke Meal Mixture 9.00 2.26 2.00 Bone Meal Total 25.00 2.47 Pure Raw Bone Total 20.00 3.20 Muriate of Potash '. 50 - 00 Nitrate of Soda 15-63 Sulphate of Potash • • 48 -00 Pure German Kainit • • 12.00 Venable's Corn, Wheat and Grass Fertilizer... 10.00 .82 1.00 Venable's Peanut Special 8.00 .82 4.00 Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., Richmond, Va. — V.-C. C. Co.'s Special High Grade Potash Mix- ture 12-00 .. 6.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 44 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. V.-C. C. Co.'s Standard Bone and Potash V.-C. C. Co.'s Special Crop Grower V.-C. C. Co.'s Formula 4-4 V.-C. C. Co.'s Special Truck Guano V.-C. C. Co.'s Special V.-C. C. Co.'s Special Potash Mixture V.-C. C. Co.'s Lion's High Grade Tobacco Fer- tilizer V.-C. C. Co.'s Invincible High Grade Fertilizer. . V.-C. C. Co.'s High Grade Tobacco Fertilizer. . . Great Texas Cotton Grower Soluble Guano .... Cock's Soluble High Grade Animal Bone Truck Crop Fertilizer Prolific Cotton Grower Battle's Crop Grower 3 Per Cent Special C. S. M. Guano No. 3 Delta C. S. M Winston Special for Cotton C. S. M Diamond Dust C. S. M Admiral . . . '. Blue Star C. S. M Good Luck C. S. M North State Guano C. S. M Plant Food Split Silk C. S. M Superlative C. S. M. Guano Farmers' Friend Favorite Fertilizer Special .... White Stem C. S. M Special High Grade Tobacco Fertilizer C. S. M . . Wilson's Standard C. S. M Adams' Special Ajax C. S. M. Guano Royal Crown Farmers' Favorite Fertilizer C. S. M. . .'. Atlas Guano C. S. M Blake's Best Orange Grove Carr's 8-4-4 Crop Grower Ford's Wheat and Corn Guano Konqueror High Grade Truck Fertilizer Goodman's Special Potash Mixture Jones' Grain Special Raw Bone Meal Total Dissolved Animal Bone Sludge Acid Phosphate Manure Salts Sulphate of Potash Sulphate of Ammonia : Fish Scrap Nitrate of Soda Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash V.-C. C. Co.'s Grain Special V.-C. C. Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash Diamond Cotton Seed Meal Guano Bold Buster Guano Bigelow's Crop Guano V.-C. C. Co.'s 12-4 Grain Grower Jeffreys' High Grade Guano Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 10.00 . , 5.00 12.00 . , 3.00 7.00 2.55 3.20 6.00 4.10 7.00 8.00 3.28 4.00 10.00 4.00 8.00 2.46 4.00 6.00 4.10 7.00 8.00 2.46 10.00 9.00 2.46 4.00 9.00 1.85 3.00 7.00 4.10 7.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 12.00 , . 3.00 8.00 2.46 2.00 8.00 2.26 2.50 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 2.50 8.00 2.05 3.00 8.00 2.46 2.50 9.00 1.65 1.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 2.50 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.50 1.65 2.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 2.50 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.26 2.50 8.00 3.28 4.00 9.00 .82 2.00 7.00 4.10 5.00 12.00 a . 5.00 8.00 . . 4.00 22.50 3.70 , . 12.50 2.05 . , 14.00 . , . . 20.00 50.00 20.59 . , 8.25 . , 15.68 12.00 . , 48.00 10.00 , , 6.00 10.00 , . 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 .82 3.00 12.00 . t 4.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 The Bulletin. 45 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. V.-C. C. Co.'s High Grade Top Dresser. .' 4.00 6.18 2.50 V.-C. C. Co.'s 13 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 13.00 Haynes' Special Cotton Fertilizer 8.00 1.65 2.00 Parker & Hunter's Special 8.00 1.65 2.00 Allison & Addison's Star Brand Vegetable Guano 8.00 3.70 4.00 Allison & Addison's Star Special Tobacco Ma- nure 9.00 2.26 2.00 Allison & Addison's Anchor Brand Tobacco Fer- tilizer 8.50 2.26 2.00 Allison & Addison's Anchor Brand Fertilizer 8.00 1.65 2.00 Allison & Addison's A. A. Guano 8.00 2.46 3.00 Allison & Addison's Old Hickory Guano S.00 1.65 2.00 Allison & Addison's Star Brand Guano 9.00 1.65 1.00 Allison & Addison's B. P. Potash Mixture 10.00 . . 2.00 Allison & Addison's McGavock's Special Potash Mixture 10.00 . . 2.00 Allison & Addison's Fulton Acid Phosphate 14.00 Allison & Addison's I. X. L. Acid Phosphate 13.00 Allison & Addison's Standard Acid Phosphate.. 12.00 Allison & Addison's Rocket Acid Phosphate. . . . 12.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Acid Phosphate 16.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Crenshaw Acid Phosphate 13.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Valley of Virgina Acid Phosphate 14.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Our Acid Phosphate 12.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Bone and Potash Compound 10.00 .. 2.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Ammoniated Bone Special for Tobacco 9.00 2.05 2.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Ammoniated Bone 8.00 1.65 3.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Carolina Truckers 7.00 5.74 7.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia Truckers 8.00 4.10 5.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Orient Spe- cial for Tobacco 8.00 1.65 2.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Orient Complete Manure 9.00 1.65 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s King Cotton Grower 8.00 1.65 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s The Leader B. G 8.00 1.65 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Groom's Spe- cial Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 2.46 4.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Dis- solved Bone 12.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Am- moniated Guano B. G 8.00 2.05 1.50 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Am- moniated Guano C. S. M 8.00 2.05 1.50 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Acid Phosphate 13.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Catawba Gu- ano B. G 8.00 2.46 3.00 46 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Acid. Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Catawba Acid Phosphate 14.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Queen of the Harvest C. S. M 9.00 Charlotte Oil Fertilizer Co.'s Oliver's Perfect Wheat Grower 11.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s 10-2 Bone and Potash 10.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s 15 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 15.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s McCrary's Dia- mond Bone and Potash 8.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Special 3 Per Cent Guano C. S. M 8.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s High Grade Special Tobacco Fertilizer 9.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Guano for To- bacco 8.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Special Tobacco Guano 9.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Truck Guano 8.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Guano 8.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Acid Phosphate with Potash 10.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand High Grade Dis- solved Bone 14.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Dissolved Bone. . . 12.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand High Grade Acid Phosphate 16.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand High Grade 3 Per Cent Soluble Guano 9.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Acid Phosphate.. 13.00 Davie & Whittle's Vinco Guano .' 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Blacksburg Soluble Gu- ano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Blacksburg Soluble Bone 13.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Diamond Wheat Mix- ture 10.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Standard Wheat and Corn Grower 10.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Excelsior Dissolved Bone Phosphate 14.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Double Bone Phosphate, 13.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Blue Ridge Wheat Grower 10.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Carr's Special Wheat Grower 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Standard Guano 9.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Best Potato Manure... 7.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s L. & N. Special 9.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Special Plant and Truck Fertilizer 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Golden Leaf Bright To- bacco Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Gold Medal Brand Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Bone and Pot- ash Mixture 10.00 Potash. 1.65 * 2.00 2.46 4.00 • 2.00 t 4.00 2.46 2.00 2.05 2.00 2.46 3.00 2.05 4.92 1.65 2.00 5.00 2.00 2.00 2.05 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.65 5.74 2.46 4.00 2.00 7.00 2.00 4.10 3.00 2.46 3.00 2.46 3.00 2.00 The Bulletin. 47 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Genuine Bone and Peru- vian Guano 8-00 ^ 200 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Genuine Bone and Peru- vian Tobacco Guano 8.00 I- 65 2 - 00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Raw Bone Superphos- phate 8.00 2.05 1.50 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Raw Bone Superphos- phate for Tobacco 8.00 2.05 2.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s N. C. Farmers' Alliance Official Guano 8.00 2.05 3.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s N. C. Farmers' Alliance Official Acid Phosphate 13.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Standard High Grade Acid Phosphate 14-00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Great Potato and Corn Grower 10-50 .. 1.50 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Progressive Farmer - Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Ammoniated Fertilizer 9-00 1.65 1.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Best Acid Phos- phate 13-00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Acid Phos- phate 12-00 . . • . • Lynchburg Guano Co.'s New Era 8.00 1.65 2.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Ironside Acid Phosphate, 16.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Spartan Acid Phosphate, 12.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Arvonia Acid Phosphate, 13.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s S. W. Special Bone and "Potash Mixture 10.00 . . 4.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Alpine Mixture 10.00 . . 5.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 .. 2.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Independent Standard.. 8.50 1.6o 2.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Solid Gold Tobacco 8.00 2.26 4.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Lynchburg High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Lynchburg Soluble 8.00 1.65 2.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Lynchburg Soluble for Tobacco 8.00 1.65 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Crescent Brand Ammoniated Fertilizer 8.00 1.65 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Cooper's Bright Tobacco 8.00 2.05 3.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Trucker and Tomato Grower 8.00 4.10 5.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Genuine Slaughter House Bone 8.00 1.65 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Genuine Slaughter House Bone, Made Especially for Tobacco 8.00 2.05 2.00 Norfolk and Cnrolina Chemical Co.'s Amazon High Grade Manure 8.00 2.46 3.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Bright Leaf Tobacco Grower 8.00 2.46 3.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Bone and Potash 10.00 . . 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Soluble Bone 12.00 48 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Acid. Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Best Acid Phosphate 13.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Reliable Acid Phosphate 14.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Standard Raw Bone Soluble Guano 8.00 1.65 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Farmers' Friend High Grade Fertilizer 8.00 2.46 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Farmers' Friend Fer- tilizer 8.00 1.65 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Farmers' Friend Spe- cial Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 2.46 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Special Wheat Guano 8.00 1.65 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Special Sweet Potato Guano 6.00 1.65 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Solu- ble Tobacco Guano 8.00 1.65 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Solu- ble Guano 8.00 1.65 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Potato Manure 7.00 4.10 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Raw Bone Soluble Guano 9.00 2.05 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion 6-7-5 Truck Guano 6.00 5.74 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion 7-7-7 Truck Guano 7.00 5.74 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Alka- line Bone and Potasb 10.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Bullock's Cotton Grower 8.00 1.65 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Osceola Tobacco Guano 8.00 2.05 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Millers' Special Wheat Mixture •. 8.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Planters' Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Bone Phosphate 13.0.0 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Royster's Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont Acid Phosphate.. 12.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Brand Best Acid Phosphate 13.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Fulp's Acid Phosphate 13 Per Cent 13.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Brand Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Acid Phosphate and Pot- ash 10.50 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont Wheat Mixture. . . 10.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash, 10.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont Soluble Ammoni- ated Guano 8.00 1.65 Potash. 2.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 6.00 2.00 2.00 8.00 3.00 5.00 7.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 1.50 3.00 2.00 2.00 The Bulletin. 49 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Carolina Golden Belt Ani- moniated Guano for Tobacco S.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Truck Farmers' Special Animoniatqd Guano 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Old Kentucky High Grade Manure 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Seed Meal Stand- ard Guano 9.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Seed Meal Soluble Animoniated Guano S.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Belt Animoniated Guano 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Eagle Island Animoniated. 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Brand Animoniated Dissolved Bone S.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Gibb's Ammoniated Guano, 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Powers' Animoniated Guano 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Electric Tobacco Guano, 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Electric Standard Guano 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Pilot Animoniated Gu- ano Special for Tobacco S.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s George Washington Plant Bed Fertilizer for Tobacco S.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Sun Brand Guano.... 9.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Yadkin Complete Fer- tilizer 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Solid South 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Chick's Special Wheat Compound S.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Mammoth Wheat and Grass Grower 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Winston Bone and Pot- ash Compound 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Winner Grain Mixture, 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Mammoth Corn Grower, 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Farmers' Pride Bone and Potash 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Reaper Grain Applica- tion 12.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Quickstep Bone and Potash 11.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Tar Pleel'Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Red Cross 14 Per Cent Arid Phosphate 14.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Comet 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Chick's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Chatham Acid Phos- phate 13.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Horseshoe Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Victor Acid Phosphate, 13.00 J. G. Tinslev & Co.'s Champion Acid Phosphate, 16.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Dissolved S. C. Bone 13.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Powhatan Acid Phosphate, 14.00 4 Nitrogen. Potash. 2.05 3.28 2.46 2.46 1.65 2.46 1.65 3.28 2.05 2.05 1.65 1.65 2.05 2.40 2.05 1.65 3.00 5.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 1.50 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.50 5.00 2.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 5.00 50 The Bulletin. 2.46 1.65 2.05 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen Acid. J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Richmond Brand Guano.. 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Lee Brand Guano 8.00 J. G. Tinslev & Co.'s Killickinick Tobacco Mix- ture 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Stonewall Brand Acid Phosphate 12.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Stonewall Brand Guano.. 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Stonewall Tobacco Guano, 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Special Irish Potato Grower 6.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Strawberry Grower 6.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's 10 Per Cent Truck Guano 5.1 10 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Irish Potato Grower 6.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Tobacco Fertilizer, 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's 7 Per Cent Am- moniated Guano for Beans, Peas, Cabbage, Strawberries, etc 6.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s National Fertilizer 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s National Special Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Beef, Blood and Bone Fertilizer S.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Standard Dissolved S. C. Bone 13.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Travers' Dissolved Bone Phosphate 14.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Dissolved Bone. . . 12.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Cotton Fertilizer, 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Bone and Potash Compound 10.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Truck Fertilizer. . 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Tobacco Fertilizer. 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Farmers' Special Wheat Compound 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Farmers' 7 Per Cent Truck Fertilizer 6.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia State Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia State Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia State High Grade Tobacco Guano S.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Number One Sol- uble Guano 0.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s XX Potash Mix- ture 10.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Mountain Top Bone and Potash 10.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Peerless Tobacco Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Battle Axe To- bacco Guano S.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Dunnington's Spe- cial Formula for Tobacco 8.00 Potash. 3.00 2.00 3.00 i.cr, 2.00 1.65 2.0(1 5.74 0.00 2.00 3.28 4.00 8.25 2.50 4.92 6.00 3.28 2.50 5.74 6.00 1.(1.", 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 2.00 , . 2.00 3.28 3.00 3.28 3.00 4.00 5.74 5.00 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 2.00 • 4.00 • 5.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 Tile Bulletin. 51 2.05 2.00 12. or, 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 2.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 1 .85 1.00 Acid. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Austrian Tobacco Grower 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Buffalo Guano.. 8.00 Virginia Slate Fertilizer Co.'s Gamecock Special for Tobacco 8.o0 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s G. E. Special To- bacco Grower 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Bull Dog Solu- ble Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Clipper Brand Acid Phosphate 13 -°° Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Highland King. . . 9.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Alps Brand Acid Phosphate 12 -°° Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Bull Run Acid Phosphate 1G -°° Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Lurich Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Gilt Edge Brand Arid Phosphate • 44.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Gilt Edge Brand Dissolved Bone and Potash 8.00 Williams & Clark Fertilizer Co., Charleston, S. C— Standard American Ammoniated Bone Super- phosphate 9.00 Winborne Guano Co., Tuner, A". C— King Tammany Guano 8 -°9 Farmers' Select Guano 8.00 Winborne's 7 Per Cent Guano 5.00 Winborne's Excelsior Guano 8.00 Winborne's Tobacco Guano 8.00 Winborne's Eureka Guano 8.00 Winborne's 3-8-4 Guano 8.00 Winborne's Triumph Guano 8.00 High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Standard 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Genuine German Kainit T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va.— Standard Grain and Grass Grower 8.00 Standard High Grade Trucker 8.00 Standard Potato Fertilizer 8-00 Standard Vegetable Fertilizer 8.00 Standard Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Standard High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Standard Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Wood's Pure Animal Bone Total 23.00 Wood's Lawn Enricher 6.00 Nitrate of Soda 4.00 1.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 5.75 5.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 4.00 1.65 2.00 12.00 1.65 2.00 4.94 6.00 1.65 5.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 • * 2.00 2.47 2.47 3.00 15.63 . . THE BULLETIN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RALEIGH. Volume 29. APRIL, 1908. Number 4. I. ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS— SPRING SEASON, 1908. II. REGISTRATION OF FERTILIZERS. PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND SENT FREE TO CITIZENS ON APPLICATION. ENTERED AT THE RALEIGH POST-OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE S. L. Patterson, Commissioner, ex officio Chairman, Raleigh. J. J. Laughinghouse Greenville First District. C. W. Mitchell Aulander Second District. William Dunn New Bern Third District. Ashley Hobne Clayton Fourth District. R. W. Scott Melville Fifth District. A. T. McCaixxjm Red Springs Sixth District. J. P. McRae Laurinburg Seventh District. R. L. Doughtox Laurel Springs '. Eighth District. W. A. Graham Machpelah Ninth District. A. Cannon Horse Shoe Tenth District. OFFICERS AND STAFF. S. L. Patterson Commissioner. Secretary. B. W. Kilgore State Chemist, Field Crops. Tait Butler - Veterinarian, Animal Husbandry. Franklin Sherman. Jr Entomologist. W. N. Hutt Horticulturist. H. H. Brimley Naturalist and Curator. T. B. Parker Demonstration Work. W. M. Allen Food Chemist. J. M. Pickel Assistant Chemist. C. D. Harris. . .Assistant Chemist and Microscopist, Stock Feeds. W. G. Haywood Assistant Chemist. G. M. MacNider Assistant Chemist, Soils. L. L. Brinkley Assistant Chemist. S. O. Perkins Assistant Chemist. Hampden Hill Assistant Chemist. S. C. Clapp . . Nursery and Orchard Inspector. S. B. Shaw . .Assistant Horticulturist. R. W. Scott, Jr., Superintendent Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C. F. T. Meacham, Superintendent Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. John H. Jefferies, Superintendent Pender Test Farm, Willard, N. C. R. W. Collett, Superintendent Transylvania and Buncombe Test Farms, Swannanoa, N. C. i. ANALYSES OF FERTILIZERS— SPRING SEASON, 1908. BY B. W. KILGORE, STATE CHEMIST. The analyses presented in this Bulletin are of samples collected by the fertilizer inspectors of the Department, under the direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture, during the spring months of 1908. They should receive the careful study of every farmer in the State who uses fertilizers, as by comparing the analyses in the Bulletin with the claims made for the fertilizers actually used, the farmer can know by, or before, the time fertilizers are put in the ground whether or not they contain the fertilizing constituents in the amounts they were claimed to be present. TEEMS USED IN ANALYSES. Water-soluble Phosphoric Acid. — Phosphate rock, as dug from the mines, mainly in South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee, is the chief source of phosphoric acid in fertilizers. In its raw, or natural, state the phosphate has three parts of lime united to the phosphoric acid (called by chemists tri-calcium phos- phate). This is very insoluble in water and is not in condition to be taken up readily by plants. In order to render it soluble in water and fit for plant food, the rock is finely ground and treated with sul- phuric acid, which acts upon it in such a way as to take from the three-lime phosphate two parts of its lime, thus leaving only one part of lime united to the phosphoric acid. This one-lime phosphate is what is known as water-soluble phosphoric acid. Reverted Phosphoric Acid. — On long standing some of this water- soluble phosphoric acid has a tendency to take lime from other sub- stances in contact with it, and to become somewhat less soluble. This latter is known as reverted or gone-back phosphoric acid. This is thought to contain two parts of lime in combination with the phos- phoric acid, and is thus an intermediate product between water- soluble and the original rock. Water-soluble phosphoric acid is considered somewhat more valu- able than reverted, because it becomes better distributed in the soil as a consequence of its solubility in water. 4 The Bulletin. Available Phosphoric Acid is made up of the water-soluble and reverted ; it is the sum of these two. Water-soluble Ammonia. — The main materials furnishing am- monia in fertilizers are nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, cotton- seed meal, dried blood, tankage, and fish scrap. The first two of these (nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia) are easily soluble in water and become well distributed in the soil where plant roots can get at them. They are, especially the nitrate of soda, ready to be taken up by plants, and are therefore quick-acting forms of ammonia. It is mainly the ammonia from nitrate of soda and sulphate of am- monia that will be designated under the heading of water-soluble ammonia. Organic Ammonia. — The ammonia in cotton-seed meal, dried blood, tankage, fish scrap, and so on, is included under this heading. These materials are insoluble in water, and before they can feed plants they must decay and have their ammonia changed, by the aid of the bacteria of the soil, to nitrates, similar to nitrate of soda. They are valuable then as plant food in proportion to their content of ammonia, and the rapidity with which they decay in the soil, or rather the rate of decay, will determine the quickness of their action as fertilizers. With short season, quick-growing crops, quickness of action is an important consideration, but with crops occupying the land during the greater portion, or all, of the growing season, it is better to have a fertilizer that will become available more slowly, so as to feed the plant till maturity. Cotton-seed meal and dried blood decompose fairly rapidly, but will last the greater portion, if not all, of the growing season in this State. While cotton seed and tankage will lastlonger than meal and blood, none of these act so quickly, or give out so soon, as nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia. Total Ammonia is made up of the water-soluble and organic ; it is the sum of these two. The farmer should suit, as far as possible, the kind of ammonia to his different crops, and a study of the forms of ammonia as given in the tables of analyses will help him to do this. VALUATIONS. To have a basis for comparing the values of different fertilizer materials and fertilizers, it is necessary to assign prices to the three valuable constituents of fertilizers — ammonia, phosphoric acid, and The Bulletin. 5 potash. These figures, expressing relative value per ton, are not intended to represent crop-producing power, or agricultural value, but are estimates of the commercial value of ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash in the materials supplying them. These values are only approximate (as the costs of fertilizing materials are liable to change, as other commercial products are), but they are believed to fairly represent the cost of making and putting fertilizers on the market. They are based on a careful examination of trade condi- tions, wholesale and retail, and upon quotations of manufacturers. Relative value per ton, or the figures showing this, represents the prices on board the cars at the factory, in retail lots of five tons or less, for cash. To make a complete fertilizer the factories have to mix together in proper proportions materials containing ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash. This costs something. For this reason it is thought well to have two sets of valuations — one for the raw or unmixed materials, such as acid phosphate, kainit, cotton-seed meal, etc., and one for mixed fertilizers. The values used last season were : VALUATIONS FOR 1907. In Unmixed or Raw Materials. For phosphoric acid in acid phosphate ..... 4 cents per pound. For phosphoric acid in bone meal, basic slag and Peruvian guano 3% cents per pound. For ammonia 151/2 cents per pound. For potash 5 cents per pound. In Mixed Fertilizers. For phosphoric acid 4% cents per pound. For ammonia 16% cents per pound. For potash 5% cents per pound. The valuations decided on this season, for reasons already given, are: VALUATIONS FOR 1908. In Unmixed or Raw Materials. For phosphoric acid in acid phosphate 4 cents per pound. For phosphoric acid in bone meal, basic slag and Peruvian guano 3% cents per pound. For nitrogen 18 cents per pound. 6 The Bulletin. In Mixed Fertilizers. For available phosphoric acid 4 1 /-. cents per pound. For nitrogen 19% cents per pound. For potash 5y 2 cents per pound. HOW RELATIVE VALUE IS CALCULATED. In the calculation of relative value it is only necessary to remember that so many per cent means the same number of pounds per hundred, and that there are twenty hundred pounds in one ton (2,000 pounds). With an 8—2 — 1.65 goods, which means that the fertilizer con- tains available phosphoric acid 8 per cent, potash 2 per cent, and nitrogen 1.65 per cent, the calculation is made as follows: t> n ■ iaatv. Value Per Value Per Ton, Percentage, or Lbs. in 100 Lbs. 1()0 Lbg g> 000 Lbg 8 pounds available phosphoric acid at 4£ cents 0. 3C> X 20= $7. 20 2 pounds potash at h\ cents , 0.11 X'20= 2.20 1.65 pounds nitrogen at 19J cents- 0. 321 X 20= 6. 42 Total value 0.791X20= $15.82 Freight and merchant's commission must be added to these prices. Freight rates from the seaboard and manufacturing centers to interior points are given in the following table : The Bulletin. Freight Rates from the Seaboard to Interior Points.— From the Published Rates of the Associated Railways of Virginia and the Carolinas. In car-loads, of not less than ten tons each, per ton of 2,000 pounds. Less than car-loads, add 20 per cent. Destination. Advance , Apex Ashboro Asheville Chapel Hill Charlotte Clayton ^- Cherryville Clinton Creed moor Cuningham Dallas Davidson College- Dudley Dunn Durham Elkin Elm City Fair Bluff Fayetteville Forestville Gastonia Gibson Goldsboro Greensboro Hamlet Henderson Hickory High Point Hillsboro Kernersville Kinston Laurel Hill Laurinburg Liberty Louisburg Lumberton ■- Macon Madison Matthews Maxton Milton Mocksville Morven Mount Airy Nashville New Bern Norwood Oxford Pineville Pittsboro Polkton Raleigh Reidsville Rockingham Rocky Mount Ruffin Rural Hall Rutherford ton Salisbury Sanford Selma Shelby Siler City Smithfield Statesville Stem Tarboro Waco Wadesboro Walnut Cove Warrenton Warsaw Washington Weldon Wilson Winston-Salem — From Wilmington, N. C. rrom Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. From Charleston, S. C. From Richmond, Va. $3.20 $3.20 $3.40 $3.20 2.70 3.80 3.00 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.60 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 2.95 3.20 3.90 3.20 2.65 3-20 2.85 3.20 2.48 2.86 3.63 2.80 3.85 3.60 3.40 3.63 1.60 3.00 3.20 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.80 3.00 3.00 2.40 4.00 2.40 3.00 3.60 3.40 3.60 3.00 3.20 2.20 3.20 1.70 3.00 3.20 3.00 2.00 2.80 3.20 2.80 2.80 2:83 3.20 2.83 3.60 3.20 3.60 3.20 2.10 2.60 3.20 2.60 1.60 3.80 2.40 3.80 1.80 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.85 3.00 3.80 3.06 3.12 3.25 3.12 3.25 2.10 3.50 2.10 3.50 1.80 2.80 3.20 2.80 2.96 3.00 3.40 3.00 2.00 3.00 3.60 3.00 3.00 2.83 3.55 2.83 3.20 3.60 3.20 3-60 3.00 3-08 3.40 3.08 2.88 2.88 2.68 2.88 3.00 3.00 3.40 3.00 2.10 2.80 3.50 2.80 1.90 2.40 3.80 3.40 1.90 3.40 3.80 3.40 2.72 3.60 3.80 3.60 2.95 3.00 3.80 3.00 1.60 3.60 3.70 3.60 3.' 05 3.00 3.85 3-00 3.00 3.00 3.40 3-00 2.60 3.20 3.20 3-20 1.80 3.40 2.70 3-40 3.44 2.40 4.00 2.40 3.36 3.20 3.40 3-20 2.55 3.60 2.50 3-60 2.20 3.40 3.80 3-40 2.30 2.90 3.40 2.90 1.25 1.75 3.95 1.75 3.68 3.20 3.20 2.23 3.04 2.83 3.55 2.83 2-77 3.25 3.00 3.20 2-60 3.30 4.10 3.30 2.40 3.00 2.20 3.00 2.56 2.83 3.40 2.83 3.00 2.96 3.40 2-36 2.10 3.00 3.80 3-00 2-20 2.50 3.40 2-50 3.28 2.80 3.40 2.20 3.28 3.20 3.60 3.20 3-05 3.65 3.05 3-65 3.25 3.20 3.20 3.20 2.10 3. 00 3.40 3-00 2.10 ,2.80 3.20 2-80 2.90 3.60 3-90 3-60 2 60 3.60 3-80 3.60 2.20 2.80 3-20 2.80 3.50 3.20 3.60 3.20 2.95 2.83 3.80 2.83 2.30 2.40 3.00 2.40 2.90 3.60 3.40 3.60 2.30 3.00 2.50 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.40 3.00 3.05 3.25 4.10 3.25 1.50 3.00 3.20 3.00 2.65 1.75 2.25 1.50 2.55 1.90 3.85 1.90 2.00 2.60 3.20 2.60 3.00 3.00 3.40 3.00 8 The Bulletin. 00 o C5 O BO <} m bo O i— i BO BO « « i— i O H o o o BO H BO H •jtjO!)0'B l J }« no} J8d anjBA aAi^joy; . -qstqoj [«J°X •■eraomaiy o o; juajBAmbg •uaSoj?!^ & F»«VL co 03 Ph ■ra3oj}ift DnreSJO o a •U3§0J}!^[ -*» a|qn|os o o, a o -J8^a\ •pray O opoqdsoqj M 03 9[qE[tBAy a 3 ■pray © auoqdsoqj pa^MAa'jj ■pray ouoqdsoqj a[qn|OS -WfBM •uoi^tpnog jcoraBqaaj^ E"8 1! 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C3 C3 £ o S' E Co o3H m o « jzj a p o lltill -e.2 S- II -| i f 6 ° ° 3 2 373 ! a o o ' r '-a £0S03 I mm o 'S <3 m_- =« o . a , — 2 3 E -3 <*J2 .m c «« « TT -K C CS ; : rf-; CO COCO CO CO CO CO CO COCO c ■ -^ OS CO C JCO^HCOC ) CO coco - ) CO CO CO c CM CO ^co coco COCO I >> a. a 3 o, a ■a I m I CO 0} T I -a a OS p-T m" co' d p II. FERTILIZER BRANDS REGISTERED FOR 1908. 15.66 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen Acid. The Atlantic Chemical Corporation, Norfolk, Va. — Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Potash ". Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Atlantic High Grade 16 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 16.00 Atlantic 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Atlantic Dissolved Bone 13.00 Atlantic Acid Phosphate 12.00 Atlantic 10 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 ■ Atlantic Bone and Potash for Grain 10.00 Atlantic Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Atlantic 8 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture 8.00 Atlantic 7 Per Cent Truck Guano 7.00 Atlantic Potato Guano 7.00 Atlantic Special Truck Guano 8.00 Atlantic High Grade Tobacco Guano 8.00 Atlantic Tobacco Grower 8.00 Atlantic Tobacco Compound S.00 Atlantic Special Guano 9.00 Atlantic Cotton Grower 0.00 Atlantic Special Wheat Fertilizer 8.00 Atlantic Meal Compound 9.00 Atlantic High Grade Cotton Guano S.00 Atlantic Soluble Guano 8.00 Apex Peanut Grower S.00 Perfection Peanut Grower 7.00 Oriental High Grade Guano 8.00 Paloma Tobacco Guano 8.00 Oeo. L. Arps & Co., Norfolk, Va. — Arps' Potato Guano 6.00 Arps' Standard Truck Guano 7.00 Arps' Scuppernong Guano for Trucks 6.00 Geo. L. Arps & Co.'s Big Yield Guano 8.00 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Kainit Arps' Premium Guano for Cotton, Tobacco and All Spring Crops S.00 Acme Manufacturing Co., Wilmington, N. C. — Acme Acid Phosphate 12.00 Acme Bone and Potash 10.00 Acme Bone and Potash 10.00 Acme Bone and Potash 10.00 Acme Bone and Potash 8.00 Acme Bone and Potash 11.00 Acme High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Acme Acid Phosphate 16.00 Acme Standard Guano 8.00 Acme High Grade 6.00 Acme Strawberry Top Dresser .' 8.00 Acme Truck Grower 6.00 Acme Cotton Grower 9.00 1.65 Potash. 50.00 48.00 12.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 5.77 7.00 4.12 5.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 1.00 2.06 1.00 1.65 2.00 2.26 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 .82 4.00 5.00 3.30 4.00 3.30 4.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 4.12 7.00 1.65 2.00 12.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.06 2.00 4.95 8.00 1.65 4.00 3.30 8.00 2.27 2.00 12 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Acme Special Grain Acme Fertilizer for Tobacco. . . Acme Fertilizer Acme Acid Phosphate Gibson's Melon Grower Corn Guano Clark's Corn Guano P. D. Special Quickstep Gem Fertilizer Cotton Seed Meal Guano Lattimer's Complete Fertilizer. Tiptop Crop Grower Tiptop Tobacco Grower Sulphate of Ammonia Pure German Kainit Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Acme Bone and Potash Muriate of Potash Ashepoo Fertilizer Co., Charleston, S. C. — High Grade Eutaw Acid Phosphate High Grade Ashepoo Acid Phosphate High Grade Dissolved Phosphate High Grade Superpotash Acid Phosphate High Grade Ashepoo Superpotash Acid Phos- phate High Grade Ashepoo Vegetable Guano High Grade Ashepoo Truck Guano High Grade Ashepoo Farmers' Special High Grade Ashepoo Special Cotton Seed Meal Guano High Grade Ashepoo Ammoniated Superphos- phate High Grade Ashepoo Bird and Fish Guano High Grade Ashepoo Meal Mixture High Grade Ashepoo X Tobacco Fertilizer High Grade Ashepoo Golden Tobacco Producer. High Grade Ashepoo Guano High Grade Ashepoo Perfection Guano High Grade Ashepoo Fruit Grower High Grade Ashepoo Watermelon Guano High Grade Eutaw X Golden Fertilizer High Grade Eutaw Special Cotton Seed Meal Guano High Grade Carolina XXX Guano High Grade Taylor's Circle Guano Standard Eutaw XX Acid Phosphate Standard Eutaw XXX Acid Phosphate Standard Eutaw Potash Acid Phosphate Standard Eutaw Acid Phosphate and Potash . . . Standard Eutaw Circle Guano Standard Eutaw XX Guano Standard Eutaw XXX Guano Standard Eutaw Fertilizer Standard Ashepoo Fertilizer Standard Ashepoo Harrow Brand Raw Bone Superphosphate Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 2.50 8.00 2.47 2.50 13/JO . . # t 1P.00 3.30 5.00 o.OO 2.47 3.00 1.00 6.60 10.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 S.00 2.06 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 20.62 12.00 15.00 , . . . 48.00 . . 48.00 io.oo 5.00 55.00 14.00 14.00 . . , , 16.00 . . . . 10.00 4.00 10.00 4.00 5.00 4.12 5.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 8.00 2.06 - 3.00 8.00 2.46 2.00 S.00 2.46 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 S.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 3.29 6.00 8.00 3.91 2.75 10.00 3.29 5.00 8.00 2.46 4.00 S.00 2.46 4.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 9.00 1.65 4.00 12.00 # , 13.00 ■ • 11.00 t # 1.00 12.00 # , 1.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 8.50 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.85 1.00 9.00 1.85 1.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 The Bulletin. 13 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Standard Ashepoo Wheat and Oats Special 9.50 Standard Ashepoo XXX Guano 8.65 Standard Ashepoo XX Guano 8.50 Standard Ashepoo Circle Guano 8.00 Standard Ashepoo Guano 8.50 Standard Ashepoo Special Fertilizer 8.00 Standard Ashepoo Acid Phosphate and Potash . . 12.00 Standard Ashepoo Potash and Acid Phosphate. . 11.00 Standard Ashepoo Potash Compound 10.00 Standard* Ashepoo XXX Acid Phosphate 13.00 Standard Ashepoo Dissolved Bone 12.00 Standard Ashepoo XX Acid Phosphate 12.00 Standard Cooinassie Acid Phosphate * 12.00 Standard Coomassie Circle Fertilizer 8.00 Standard Carolina Guano 8.00 Standard Carolina Acid Phosphate 13.00 Standard Circle Bone 13.00 Standard Palmetto Potash Acid Phosphate 11.00 Standard Brownwood Acid Phosphate 8.00 Standard P. D. Fertilizer 8.00 German Kainit Standard Enoree Acid Phosphate and Potash . . . 10.00 High Grade Ashepoo XXXX Acid Phosphate. . . 14.00 Taylor's XX Ammoniated Dissolved Fertilizer.. 10.00 High Grade Ashepoo Nitrogenous Top Dressing. 3.00 The Armour Fertilizer Works, Atlanta, Chicago and Wilmington — Top Dresser ,...." 5.00 10 Per Cent Trucker 5.00 Manure Substitute 6.00 7 Per Cent Trucker 6.00 General 8.00 Fruit and Root Crop Special 8.00 High Grade Potato 8.00 King Cotton No. 2 8.00 Champion 8.00 Gold Medal for Tobacco 8.00 Berry King 8.00 Cotton Special 8.00 Tobacco Special • 8.00 Truck and Berry Special 8.00 Ail Soluble 8.00 Special Trucker 8.00 Bone, Blood and Potash 8.00 Bone and Dissolved Bone with Potash 9.00 African Cotton Grower 9.00 10 Per Cent Trucker 2.00 Dried Blood ". •Phosphoric Acid with Potash 10.00 Superphosphate and Potash 10.00 W. H. White & Co.'s Special Corn Mixture 10.00 Phosphate and Potash No. 2 8.00 Phosphate and Potash No. 1 10.00 17 Per Cent Acid Phosphate " 17.00 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 13 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 13.00 12 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 12.00 Star Phosphate 14.00 Nitrate of Soda Nitrogen. Potash. 1.65 1.65 1.65 2.06 2.06 1.65 1.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.65 1.65 2.00 2.00 1.05 i.oo 4.00 2.00 12.00 2.00 '.82 7.00 i.oo 2.00 8.25 2.00 8.25 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.78 5.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 5.00 1.65 10.00 2.06 2.00 2.06 2.50 2.06 3.00 2.06 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 10.00 2.SS 4.00 3.30 4.00 4.12 7.00 1.65 3.00 2.47 3.00 8.25 . . L3.20 . , , , 5.00 4.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 14.85 14 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Kainit King Cotton Ammoniated Dissolved Bone with Potash Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Van Lindley's Special Standard Cotton Grower Armour's Slaughter House Fertilizer Anderson Phosphate and Oil Co., Anderson, 8. C. — ■ Anderson's Special Formula Anderson's Blood Guano Anderson's Special Fertilizer Anderson's Blood and Bone Guano American Fertiliser Co., Norfolk, Va. — 10 Per Cent Ammoniated Guano Standard 7 Per Cent Ammonia Guano American Irish Potato Grower American 7-7-7 for Irish Potatoes American Fish Scrap Guano American Eagle Guano American No. 1 Fertilizer American No. 2 Fertilizer American Cotton Compound American Standard Cotton Grower American Special Potash Mixture for Wheat... American High Grade Acid Phosphate Special Formula Guano for Yellow Leaf Tobacco. Special Potat i Guano. Special Potato Manure Bone and Peruvian Guano Bone and Peruvian Guano A. L. Hanna's Special Peruvian Mixture Blood and Bone Compound Bob White Fertilizer for Tobacco I. G. Miller & Co. Yellow Leaf Fertilizer Pitt County Special Fertilizer N. C. and S. C. Cotton Grower Peruvian Mixture Guano Especially Prepared for Sweet Potatoes Kale, Spinach and Cabbage Guano Stable Manure Substitute Strawberry and Asparagus Guano Ground Fish Scraps . , Nitrate of Soda Bone Meal Total Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Eagle Brand Acid Phosphate High Grade Acid Phosphate Dissolved Bone and Potash for Corn and Wheat, Double Dissolved Bone and Potash. Cooper's Genuine Eagle Island American Agricultural Chemical Co., New York — Holmes & Dawson Productive Cotton and Pea- nut Guano 9.00 22.70 Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. . . t • 12.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 . . . 48.00 . . . 50.00 8.00 4.12 2.00 8.50 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 10.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 7.00 8.24 2.50 7.00 5.76 5.00 7.00 4:12 5.00 7.00 5.76 7.00 7.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 , , 4.00 16.00 , . , , 9.00 2.8S 5.00 7.00 4.12 7.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.75 1.65 2.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.50 1.65 1.50 8.50 2.06 1.00 8.00 2.06 2.50 8.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 2.88 5.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 3.29 5.00 7.00 4.12 4.00 7.00 2.47 4.00 9.00 2.88 9.00 . . 8.24 t t 15.65 # # 20.00 3.71 50.00 49.00 . , 12.00 13.00 14.00 , , 10.00 2.00 10.00 4.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 2.00 The Bulletin. 15 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Pno f- r Acid. Holmes & Dawson Triumph Soluble 8.00 Holmes & Dawson Gold Dust Guano 9-00 Savage Sons & Co. Purity Guano 8.00 Lazaretto Truckers' Favorite 6.00 Lazaretto Early Trucker 7-00 Lazaretto Challenge Fertilizer 8.00 Lazaretto Special for Tobacco and Potatoes 8.00 Lazaretto Climax Plant Food 8.00 Lazaretto Universal Compound 8.00 Lazaretto Crop Grower 8.00 Lazaretto High Grade Dissolved Bone and Pot- ash . . 12.00 Lazaretto Alkaline Bone Phosphate. 12.00 Lazaretto Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 Lazaretto Acid Phosphate 14.00 Reese Pacific Guano 8.00 Reese Pacific Guano for Tobacco 8.50 Canton Chemical Truckers' Special 7 Per Cent. . 6.00 Canton Chemical Excelsior Trucker 7.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Fish Guano 8.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Dissolved S. C. Bone. . 14.00 Canton Chemical Baker's Standard High Grade Guano • 8 - 00 Canton Chemical Gem Phosphate 12.00 Canton Chemical Soluble Bone and Potash 10.00 Canton Chemical Soluble Alkaline Bone 12.00 Canton Chemical Game Guano , 8.00 €anton Chemical Virginia Standard High Grade Manure 8.00 Canton Chemical C. C. Special Compound 8.00 Canton Chemical Superior High Grade Fertilizer, 8.00 Detrick's Gold Basis 6.00 Detrick's Special Trucker 7.00 Detrick's Gold Eagle .' 6.00 Detrick's Quickstep Bone and Potash S.00 Detrick's Special Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Detrick's Vegetator Ammoniated Superphosphate, 8.00 Detrick's Kangaroo Komplete Kompound 8.00 Detrick's Royal Crop Grower 8.00 Detrick's Fish Mixture 8.00 Detrick's Victory Alkaline Bone 12.00 Detrick's P. & B. Special 12.00 Detrick's Soluble Bone Phosphate and Potash.. 10.00 Detrick's XXtra Acid Phosphate 14.00 Zell's 10 Per Cent Trucker 5.00 Zell's 7 Per Cent Potato and Vegetable Manure, 6.00 Zell's Truck Grower 7.00 Zell's Special Compound for Potatoes and Vege- tables 8.00 Zell's Tobacco Fertilizer S.00 Zell's Bright Tobacco Grower 8.00 Zell's Royal High Grade Fertilizer 9.00 Zell's Special Compound for Tobacco 8.00 Zell's Calvert Guano" S.00 Zell's Ammonia Bone Superphosphate 6.00 Zell's High Grade Potash Fertilizer 10.00 Zell's Reliance High Grade Manure 8.00 Zell's Fish Guano 8.00 Zell's Dissolved Bone Phosphate 14.00 •ogen. Potash. 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.70 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 3.00 2.00 i.65 2.00 2.47 2.50 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.00 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 2.00 2.06 6.00 2.47 3.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 3.00 2.00 8.23 3.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 16 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Zell's Electric Phosphate 10.00 Bull Head Potato and Vegetable Manure 6.00 Enterprise Alkaline Phosphate 8.00 Royal Alkaline Bone 10.00 Palmetto Alkaline Phosphate 8.00 Slingluff' s Bright Mixture 8.00 Pure Ground Bone '. Total 45.00 Muriate of Potash A. A. C. Co.'s 16 Per Cent Superphosphate 10.00 Detrick's Superior Animal Bone Fertilizer 0.00 Lazaretto Retriever Animal Bone Fertilizer. . . . 9.00 Zell's Victoria Animal Bone Compound 9.00 Canton Chemical Bone Fertilizer 9.00 Canton Chemical Virginia Standard Manure. . . . 8.00 Purity Guano— 2-8-2— for S. S. & Co 8.00 A. D. Adair & McCarty Bros., Atlanta, Oa. — Adair's Wheat and Grass Grower 10.00 Adair's Dissolved Bone 12.00 Adair's High Grade Dissolved Bone 14.00 Adair's High Grade Dissolved Bone 16.00 Adair's Formula 10.00 Adair's Special Potash Mixture 8.00 Adair's Ammoniated Dissolved Bone S.00 Adair's High Grade Blood and Bone 10.00 Adair's Soluble Pacific Guano 10.00 McCarty's Cotton Special 10.00 McCarty's Wheat Special 10.00 McCarty's Corn Special 10.00 McCarty's Soluble Bone 10.00 McCarty's High Grade Com Grower 10.00 McCarty's High Grade Cotton Grower 10.00 Planters' Soluble Fertilizer 8.00 Blood, Bone and Tankage 9.00 High Grade Potash Compound 10.00 Golden Grain Compound S.00 A. & M. 13-4 13.00 David Harum High Grade Guano 10.00 Asheville Packing Co., Asheville, N. C. — Asheville Packing Co.'s Bone and Potash 10.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-4 Fertilizer 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-1-3 Fertilizer 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-2-2 Fertilizer S.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s Potato Grower 10.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 8-5-5 Special Garden Fer- tilizer 8.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s High Grade Potato, 8-2-10 S.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s Special Fruit Grower. . . S.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 17 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 17.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 14 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 14.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 13 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 13.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s 12 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Asheville Packing Co.'s Blood and Bone 8.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 2.00 4.12 7.00 . t 5.00 m , 4.00 . . 4.00 2.06 2.50 3.29 • • 50.00 1.86 4.00 1.86 4.00 1.86 4.00 1.86 4.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 4.00 1JS5 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65' 2.00 .82 3.00 .82 3.00 .82 3.00 .82 1.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 .82 2.00 t 4.00 .82 3.00 . 4.00 3.30 4.00 2.00 u 4.00 .82 3.00 1.70 2.00 • 6.00 4.25 5.00 1.70 10.00 1.70 5.00 2.47 3.00 The Bulletin. 17 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Baugh & Sons Co., Phila., Pa., and Norfolk, Va. — Baugh's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Baugh's 5-6-5 Guano Baugh's New Process 10 Per Cent Guano Baugh's Fish Mixture Baugh's Fertilizer for Wheat and Grass Baugh's Fish, Bone and Potash Baugh's Animal Bone and Potash Compound for All Crops Baugh's Complete Animal Bone Fertilizer Baugh's Peruvian Guano Substitute for Potatoes and All Vegetables Baugh's Grand Rapids High Grade Truck Guano, Baugh's Special Tobacco Guano Baugh's Fruit and Berry Guano Baugh's 7 Per Cent Potato Guano Baugh's Soluble Alkaline Superphosphate." Baugh's Special Manure for Melons Baugh's Sweet Potato Guano Baugh's Potato and Truck Special Baugh's Special Potato Manure Baugh's Fine Ground Fish Baugh's Raw Bone Meal, Warranted Pure, Total Baugh's High Grade Acid Phosphate Baugh's High Grade Tobacco Guano Baugh's High Grade Potash Mixture Baugh's High Grade Cotton and Truck Guano. . Baugh's Pure Animal Bone and Muriate of Pot- ash Mixture Baugh's Pure Dissolved Animal Bone Glover's Special Potato Guano Fine Ground Blood Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Ammonia Muriate of Potash High Grade Sulphate of Potash Baugh's Excelsior Guano Randolph's Bone and Potash Mixture for All Crops Nitrate of Soda Avail. . Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 16.00 6.00 4.12 5.00 5.00 8.23 2.50 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 5.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 8.00 2.47 10.00 6.00 5.76 5.00 10.00 , . 2.00 10.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 7.00 2.88 7.00 5.00 1.65 10.00 . . S.23 , . 21.50 3.70 . . 14.00 . . , , 8.00 2.47 3.00 10.00 , , 4.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 15.00 2.47 5.00 13.00 2.06 , , 7.00 3.30 13.00 21.00 8.00 12.00 48.00 , , 48.00 8.00 .82 4.00 10.00 3.00 15.00 The John L. Bailey Co., Elm City, N. C.- Fairmont Stag Brand 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 J. A. Benton, Ruffln, N. C. — North Carolina Bright Fertilizer. C. J. Burton Guano Co., Baltimore. 1/77. — ■ Acid Phosphate Burton's Butcher Bone Burton's High Grade Tobacco Queen High Grade Tobacco Burton's Best , . . . 9.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 3.20 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 Best & Thompson, Goldsboro, N. C- Pure German Kainit 12.00 18 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Blacksburg Guano Co., Inc., Blacksburg, Va. — Red Letter for Tobacco Jim Crow for Tobacco Alliance for Tobacco Red Letter Alliance Guano B. G. Co., Inc., Acid Pbospbate B. G. Co., Inc., Bone and Potasb Old Bellefonte Red Warrior for Tobacco Blaekstone Special for Tobacco Bellefonte for Tobacco Hard Casb for Tobacco Bradley Fertilizer Co., Charleston, S. C. — Standard Bradley's Palmetto Acid Pbospbate.. 12.00 Standard Bradley's XXX Acid Pbospbate 13.00 Standard Bradley's Wheat Grower 10.00 Standard Bradley's Bone and Potash 10.00 Standard Bradley's Cereal Guano S.00 Standard Bradley's X Guano S.00 High Grade Bradley's Guano 8.00 High Grade Bradley's Circle Guano 8.00 High Grade Bradley's Acid Phosphate 14.00 Standard Bradley's Acid Phosphate 12.00 Standard Bradley's Ammoniated Dissolved Bone, 9.00 Standard Bradley's Patent Superphosphate 9.00 Standard B. D. Sea Fowl Guano 9.00 Standard Eagle Ammoniated Bone Superphos- phate 9.00 German Kainit The Berkley Chemical Co., Norfolk, Va, — Royal Truck Grower 6.00 Mascot Truck Guano 7.00 Victory Special Crop Grower 7.00 Advance Crop Grower 8.00 Berkley Tobacco Guano 8.00 Monitor Animal Bone Fertilizer 9.00 Select Crop Grower 8.50 Brandon Superphosphate 8.00 Berkley Plant Food 10.00 Berkley Bone and Potash Mixture 11.00 Berkley Acid Phosphate 14.00 Superior Bone and Potash 8.00 Laurel Potash Mixture 10.00 Resolute Acid Phosphate 16.00 Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Long Leaf Tobacco Grower 8.00 Bragato Fertilizer Co., Washington, N. C. — Chocowinity Special Tobacco Guano 5.00 Tuckahoe Tobacco Guano 8.00 Beaufort County Guano 8.00 Old Reliable Premium Guano S.00 Hanover Tobacco Guano 8.00 Palmetto Acid Phosphate 14.00 Avail. Phos. Acid. Nitrogen. Potash. S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 14.00 , . . . 10.00 . . 2.00 8.00 3.30 2.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 2.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 2.00 , # 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 3.29 4.00 1.S5 i.oo 1.85 1.00 1.85 1.00 1.85 1.00 12.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.85 4.00 2.06 2.50 1.65 2.00 4.00 2.00 * * 4.00 2.00 * * 12.00 . . 50.00 15.65 , . 1.65 2.00 3.29 6.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 The Bulletin. 19 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Long Acre Bone Phosphate 14.00 Pamlico Trucker 7.00 Riverview Potato Grower 6.00 Genuine German Kainit Farmers' Union Meal Mixture 9.00 Columbia Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. — Columbia High Grade 16 Per Cent Acid Phos- phate 16.00 Columbia 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Columbia Dissolved Bone 13.00 Columbia Acid Phosphate 12.00 Columbia S and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture 8.00 Columbia 10 and 4 Bone and Potash 'Mixture. . . 10.00 Columbia Bone and Potash for Grain 10.00 Columbia Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Columbia 7 Per Cent Special Truck Guano 7.00 Columbia Special Truck Guano 8.00 Columbia Potato Guano 7.00 Columbia C. S. M. Special 9.00 ' Columbia Special 4-8-3 S.00 Columbia Special Wheat Fertilizer 8.00 Columbia Special Tobacco Guano 8.00 Olympia Cotton Guano 8.00 Columbia Soluble Guano 8.00 Crown Brand Peanut Guano 7.00 Our Best Meal Guano 8.00 Special Peanut Grower S.00 Crews' Special 5.85 Hayes' Special 8.00 McRae's Special 9.00 McRae's High Grade Guano 8.00 Hyco Tobacco Guano 8.00 Rex Brand Ammoniated Guano 9.00 Carolina Soluble Guano : 9.00 Pelican Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Sulphate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Trojan Tobacco Guano S.00 Columbia 10-5 Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Columbia Top Dresser Cumberland iBone and Phosphate Co., Portland, Ale., and Charleston, 8. C. — Standard Cumberland Bone and Superphosphate of Lime 9.00 The Coe-M or timer Co., Charleston, S. C. — Genuine Peruvian Guano Ex. S. S. Planet Venus, . 15.00 Genuine Peruvian Guano Ex. S. S. Celia Chincha Island 9.00 Genuine Peruvian Guano Ex. S. % S. Celia Lobos Island 17.00 Nitrate of Soda Kainit Thomas' Phosphate Big Slag 17.00 Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Nitrogen. Potash. 4.12 5.76 *2.26 1.85 S.00 5.00 12.00 2.00 4.00 , , 4.00 , t 3.00 , m 2.00 5.77 7.00 2.30 4.00 4.12 5.00 2.27 2.00 3.30 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 , . 5.00 2.47 3.00 .82 4.00 4.49 10.00 3.30 3.00 4.12 7.00 3.30 7.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 1.00 1.65 1.00 3.30 4.00 . . 50.00 . . 12.00 t . 48.00 15.56 . . 3.30 4.00 5.00 7.42 3.00 1.00 3.53 2.80 5.53 2.25 2.80 14.76 2.80 12.00 48.00 49.00 20 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Colder Bros., Wilmington, N. C. — Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Craven Chemical Co., New Bern, N. C. — O: E. Foy High Grade Guano (Trade Mark) . . . 8.00 Jewel Acid Phosphate 14.00 Neuse Truck Grower 6.00 Pantego Potato Guano 7.00 Hanover Standard Guano 8.00 Elite Cotton Guano 8.00 Marvel Great Truck Grower 8.00 Duplin Tobacco Guano 8.00 Gaston High Grade Fertilizer 8.00 Trent Bone and Potash 10.00 Genuine German Kainit Craven Chemical Co.'s Truck Guano, 5-10-2% . . 5.00 William H. Camp, Petersburg, Va. — Lion and Monkey Bone and Potash 10.00 Camp's Red Head Chemicals 8.00 Camp's Green Head Chemicals, Irish Potato.... 7.00 Camp's Yellow Head Chemicals 8.00 Lion and Monkey for Tobacco S.00 Clayton Oil Mill, Clayton, N. C. — Clayton Guano S.00 Cotton Queen 8.00 Summer Queen S.00 Cowell, Swan & McCotter Co., Bayboro, N. C. — Cowell, Swan & McCotter Co.'s Cabbage Guano, 5.00 Cowell, Swan & McCotter Co.'s Tobacco Guano, 8.00 Bone and Fish Guano 8.00 Crop Guano S.00 Rust Proof Cotton Guano 8.00 Standard Cotton Grower 8.00 Quick Grower Guano S.00 Great Cabbage and Potato Guano 7.00 Aurora Trucker 7.00 Oriental Trucker 7.00 High Grade Truck Guano 7.00 Potato Favorite Guano 7.00 Champion Guano S.00 Bone Phosphate 14.00 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 German Kainit Cowell's Great Tobacco Grower S.00 Combahee Fertilizer Co.\ Charleston, S. C. — Combahee 16 Per Cent Dissolved Bone 16.00 Combahee 14 Per cent Dissolved Bone 14.00 High Grade Cotton S.00 High Grade Cantaloupe 10.00 B. B. & P 8.50 Nitrate of Soda Combahee Kainit Malloy's Special for Cotton 8.65 2.47 12.00 50.00 3.00 4.94 6.00 4.12 7.00 3.29 4.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 m 2.00 . 12.00 8.24 2.50 4.00 2.25 2.00 6.15 10.00 2.87 7.50 2.46 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 8.25 2.50 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 3.00 3.30 3.00 2.06 3.00 5.77 7.00 4.12 7.00 4.12 8.00 4.12 5.00 3.30 7.00 2.47 3.00 12.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 10.00 2.06 1.00 14.83 . . , , 12.00 1.65 2.00 The Bulletin. 21 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Special Mixture S.00 10-4-5 Trucker 10.00 10-3-10 Trucker 10.00 Acid and Potash 8-00 Chickamauga Fertilizer Works, Atlanta, Ga. — Chickarnauga Complete Fertilizer 8.00 Chickamauga High Grade Fertilizer 10.00 Chickamauga High Grade Plant Food 10.00 Chickamauga Wheat Special 10.00 Chickamauga Corn Special 10.00 Chickamauga Standard Corn Grower 8.00 Chickamauga Dissolved Bone 12.00 Chickamauga High Grade Dissolved Bone 14.00 Chickamauga High Grade Dissolved Bone No. 16, 16.00 Chickamauga Bone and Potash 10.00 Chickamauga Alkaline Bone 10.00 Georgia Home Guano 8.00 Special Corn Compound 10.00 Blood, Bone and Tankage 9.00 Ben Hur High Grade Guano 10.00 Old Glory Mixture 10.00 Chickamauga Wheat and Corn Grower 10.00 Caraleigh Phosphate and Fertilizer Works, Raleigh, N. C— Home & Son's High Grade Bone and Potash .... 11.00 Special Bone and Potash Mixture: 10.00 Buncombe Wheat Grower » 8.00 Buncombe Corn Grower 8.00 Morris & Scarboro's Special Bone and Potash . . 10.00 Electric Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Climax Dissolved Bone 14.00 Sterling Acid Phosphate 13.00 Staple Acid Phosphate 12.00 Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Bone Meal Total 20.00 Bone Meal Total 26.00 Crown Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Ely Ammoniated Fertilizer 8.00 Eclipse Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Planters' Pride 8.00 Caraleigh, Special Tobacco Guano 8.00 Pacific Tobacco and Cotton Grower 9.00 Home's Best 8.00 Caraleigh Top Dresser 3.00 Crow Fertilizer Co., Monroe, A 7 . C. — Kainit 1200 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 W. B. Cooper, Wilmington, N. C. — Muriate of Potash •• 46.00 Kainit 1200 Sulphate of Potash •• 48.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 1.65 2.00 3.30 5.00 2.47 10.00 4.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 .82 3.00 .82 • 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.00 4.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 4.00 .82 2.00 2.47 3.00 .82 1.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 , . 2.00 12.00 50.00 t t 50.00 15.65 . . 3.91 , . 2.14 . , 1.64 2.00 1.64 2.00 2.06 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.26 2.00 2.47 3.00 8.24 4.00 22 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Contentnea Guano Co., Wilson, N. C. — Special Formula for Tobacco Special Formula for Cotton Contentnea Corn Special Davis' Best Fertilizer Special Formula for Tobacco Special Formula Fertilizer, 9-2Vo-5 Special Formula for Tobacco Higb Grade 14 Per Cent Acid Pick Leaf Top Notcb Blood and Bone Cotton Compound C. P. Bey, Beaufort, N. C— Ground Fish Scrap Etiwan Fertilizer Co., Charleston, 8. C. — Plow Brand Ammoniated Fertilizer 8.00 Plow Brand Special Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Plow Brand Acid Phosphate with Potash 11.00 Etiwan Potash Bone 10.00 Etiwan Special Potash Mixture 8.00 Etiwan Soluble Bone with Potash 10.00 Etiwan Acid Phosphate with Potash 11.00 Etiwan Dissolved Bone 13.00 Etiwan High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Etiwan Superior Cotton Fertilizer 8.00 Etiwan Special Cotton Fertilizer 8.00 Etiwan Cotton Compound .' 8.00 Etiwan Ammoniated Fertilizer 8.00 Etiwan High Grade Cotton Fertilizer S.00 Diamond Soluble Bone 13.00 X Diamond Soluble Bone with Potash 10.00 XX Acid Phosphate with Potash 10.00 Genuine German Kainit Etiwan Blood and Bone Guano 9.00 Plow Brand Raw Bone Superphosphate 9.00 Farmers Guano Co., Raleigh, N. C. — Farmers' Formula 7.00 Special Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Century Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Farmers' Acid Phosphate 13.00 Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Bone Meal Total 20.00 Nitrate of Soda Bone Meal Total 26.00 State Standard Guano 8.00 Big Crop Guano 8.00 Toco Tobacco Guano 8.00 Golden Grade Guano 8.00 Farmers' Top Dresser 3.00 Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. S.00 3.28 4.00 S.00 3.2S 4.00 5.00 1.64 5.00 8.00 3.28 6.00 8.00 2.05 3.00 9.00 2.05 5.00 8.00 3.2S 7.00 14.00 . . . . 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.25 1.65 2.00 3.30 4.00 1.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 1.00 3.30 6.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 2.00 2.00 # m 2.00 . . 12.00 2.06 1.00 2.06 1.00 2.47 3.25 4.00 2.00 12.00 50.00 50.00 3.91 , , 15.65 . . 2.14 , . 1.64 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 8.24 4.00 The Bulletin. 23 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Fremont Oil Mills, Fremont, N. C. — Up-to-date Nahunta Special Fremont Prolific Fertilizer Yelverton Bros.' Plant Food • Fremont Standard Fertilizer Home Run Guano Fremont Oil Mill Co.'s Special for Tobacco Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Farmers Cotton Oil Co., Wilson, N. C. — German Kainit Sulphate of Ammonia Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Contentnea Acid Phosphate Bonum Acid Phosphate 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Xtra Good Bone and Potash Crop King Guano Farmers' Special Guano Planters' Friend Guano Carolina Choice Tobacco Guano Wilson High Grade Guano J. D. Farrior's Special Guano Graves' Cotton Grower Guano ...... Golden Gem Guano Regal Tobacco Guano Dean's Special Guano Perfect Top Dresser Wilson Top Dresser Washington's Corn Mixture Guano. 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 12.00 20.57 . . 50.00 50.00 15.63 . . 13.00 . . . . 14.00 . . . . 16.00 . . . . 10.00 . . 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 2.27 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.8S 5.00 8.00 3.70 7.00 2.00 S.23 5.00 2.00 9.05 4.00 10.00 .82 5.00 W. S. Farmer & Co., Baltimore, Md. Kainit ■ W. S. F. & Co.'s Dis. South Carolina . W. S. F. & Co.'s Fish Mixture W. S. F. & Co.'s Hawk Eye W. S. F. & Co.'s Tampico , Anne Arundel Trucker Germofert Manufacturing Co., Charleston, 8. C— Germofert Patented Vegetable Fertilizer, Total, Germofert Patented Extra. Special Cotton Grower Germofert Patented Special Cotton Grower Germofert Patented Standard Cotton Grower . . . 25.00 3.29 12.00 14.00 . . . . 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 8.00 3.70 7.00 6.00 4.00 3.29 4.00 6.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 W. R. Grace & Co., New York — Nitrate of Soda • Griffith & Boyd Co., Baltimore, Md. — High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Spring Crop Grower 6.50 Ammoniated Bone and Potash 8.00 Home Fertilizer and Chemical Co., Baltimore. Md. — Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash 15.00 1.65 1.65 4.50 2.00 48.00 50.00 24 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia German Kainit High Grade Acid Phosphate Boykins' Alkaline Bone Boykins' Cereal Fertilizer Boykins' Dissolved Animal Bone. Boykins' Vegetable Fertilizer Boykins' Home Potato Grower Special Alkaline Mixture Phoenix Crop Grower Matchless Guano Home Fertilizer Cerealite Top Dressing Hadley, Harriss & Co., Wilson, N. C— Hadley Bros German Kainit Daisy Fish Mixture John Hadley Special High Grade Plant Food. . Top Dressing Golden Weed Tobacco Grower S. B. Harrell & Co., Norfolk, Va.— Harrell's Acid Phosphate 14.00 Harrell's Champion Cotton and Peanut Grower. 8.00 Harrell's Truck Guano 6.00 Hardison & Co., Wadesboro, N. C. — Genuine German Kainit Hampton Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. — Virginia Truck Grower 6.00 Reliance Truck Guano 7.00 Little's Favorite Crop Grower 7.00 P. P. P. (Princess Prolific Producer) 8.00 Hampton Tobacco Guano 8.00 Arlington Animal Bone Fertilizer 9.00 Alpha Crop Grower 8.50 Shirley's Superphosphate 8.00 Hampton Crop Grower. . . . 10.00 Hampton Bone and Potash Mixture 11.00 Dauntless Potash Mixture 10.00 Hampton Acid Phosphate 14.00 Supreme Acid Phosphate 16.00 Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Genuine German Kainit Excelsior Bone and Potash S.00 Extra Tobacco Guano S.00 M. P. Hubbard & Co., Baltimore, Md. — Hubbard's Bermuda Guano 7.00 Hubbard's Special Cotton and Corn Fertilizer. . . 7.00 Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 15.67 20.62 12.00 14.00 , . . . 10.00 . . 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 12.00 1.65 2.00 6.00 4.12 6.00 6.00 3.30 4.00 10.00 . . 5.00 8.00 2.4S 2.00 8.00 1.65 4.00 . . 5.77 7.00 7.6S 3.00 8.00 2.25 2.50 . . . . 12.00 S.00 1.64 2.00 8.00 1.64 2.00 . . 7.38 6.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 5.76 2.00 5.00 12.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.85 4.00 2.06 2.50 1.65 2.00 4.00 . , 2.00 2.00 50.00 15.65 . . . , 12.00 . . 4.00 1.65 2.00 5.78 4.00 1.65 5.00 Hubbard Fertilizer Co., Baltimore, Md. — Parker & Hunter's B. B. B 8.00 .82 3.00 The Bulletin. 25 12.00 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Hall & Pear sail (Inc.), Wilmington, N. C— German Kalnit L. Harvey & Son Co., Einston. N. C. — Nitrate of Soda 15.50 The Imperial Co., Norfolk, Va.-*- Imperial Bright Tobacco Guano 8.00 Imperial Cotton Grower 8.00 Imperial 5-6-7 Potato Guano 6.00 Imperial Snowflake Cotton Grower 8.00 Imperial Peanut and Corn Guano S.00 Imperial Champion Guano 8.00 Imperial X. L. O. Cotton Guano 8.00 Imperial Cisco Soluble Guano 8.00 Imperial Tobacco Guano 8.00 Imperial Laughinghouse Special Tobacco Guano, 4.00 Imperial Standard Premium 8.00 Imperial Cubanola Tobacco Guano 4.00 Imperial Martin County Special Crop Grower.. 9.00 Imperial High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Imperial Genuine German Kaiuit Imperial Special 7 Per Cent Guano for Potatoes, 5.00 Imperial 10 Per Cent Guano 5.00 Imperial Sweet Potato Guano 6.00 Imperial Williams' Special Potato Guano 6.00 Imperial Fish and Bone 6.00 Imperial Lucky Strike Potato Guano 7.00 Imperial 7-7-7 Potash Guano 7.00 Imperial Bone and Potash 10.00 Imperial High Grade Irish Potato Guano 7.00 Imperial Tennessee Acid Phosphate 16.00 Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda •- Imperial Roanoke Crop Grower 7.00 17 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 17.00 Imperial Asparagus Mixture 6.00 Imperial Yellow Bark Sweet Potato Guano 8.00 Dawson's Cotton Grower 7.00 Imperial 6-6-6 Crop Grower 6.00 John King, Mt. Olive, N. C. — Nitrate of Soda 1500 R. L. KirJavood, Bennettsville, N. C. — Nitrate of Soda I 400 Laurinburg Oil Co., Laurinburg, N. C. — Flora Dora 6.40 2.13 Lister's Agricultural Chemical Works, Newark, N. J — Lister's Ammoniated Dissolved Bone Phosphate. 8.00 2.06 Lister's Success Fertilizer 8.00 1.65 Lister's Standard Pure Bone Superphosphate of Lime 900 1.65 American Agricultural Chemical Co.'s Buyers' Choice Acid Phosphate 14.00 Lister's Bone Meal Total 20.60 3.30 2.05 3.00 1.65 2.00 4.11 7.00 3.29 4.00 1.64 2.00 1.64 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.64 2.00 2.47 3.00 3.29 6.00 1.64 2.00 2.47 5.00 2.26 2.00 " * 12.00 5.76 5.00 8.23 2.50 1.64 6.00 4.11 5.00 3.29 4.00 4.11 8.00 5.76 7.00 2.00 4.11 8.00 50.00 15.63 , , 2.47 2.00 4.11 7.00 2.47 3.00 2.67 2.75 4.92 7.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 26 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. A. S. Lee & Sons Co. (Inc.), Richmond, Va. — Lee's Plant Bed Fertilizer 8.00 Lee's Bone and Potash 9.00 Lee's Corn Fertilizer 10.00 The J. J. Littlejohn Co., Jonesville, S. C. — Littlejohn's Superior Cotton Fertilizer 10.00 E. H. & J. A. Meadows Co., New Bern, N. C. — : Hookerton Cotton Guano 8.00 Meadows' Cotton Guano 8.00 Meadows' All Crop Guano 8.00 Meadows' Roanoke Guano S.OO Meadows' Gold Leaf Tobacco Guano S.OO Meadows' Lobos Guano 8.00 Meadows' Great Potato Guano 7.00 Meadows' Great Cabbage Guano 7.00 Meadows' 10 Per Cent Guano 6.00 Meadows' Sea Bird Guano 900 Meadows' Dissolved Bone and Potash Compound, 10.00 Meadows' German Kainit Meadows' Diamond Acid Phosphate 14.00 Dixon's High Grade Tobacco Guano 8.00 Parker's Special Tobacco Guano 8.00 Meadows' Dissolved Bone and Potash Compound, 10.00 Brooks' Special Tobacco Grower 8.00 The Miller Fertilizer Co., Baltimore, Md. — Special Tobacco Grower S.OO Standard Phosphate 8.00 Ammoniated Dissolved Bone 8.00 High Grade Potato 6.00 Tobacco King 8.00 Profit S.OO Standard Potato S.OO Potato and Vegetable Guano S.OO Trucker S.OO Farmers' Profit S.OO Harmony S.OO Corn and Peanut Grower 10.50 No. 1 Potato and Vegetable Grower S.OO Clinch 10.00 4 Per Cent Tobacco 8.00 Miller's 7 Per Cent 7.00 Miller's Irish Potato S.OO Miller's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Kainit Acid Phosphate 14.00 S. C. Rock 14.00 The Miller Fertilizer Co.'s 10 and 4 Per Cent. . . 10.00 2.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 1.64 2.00 1.64 2.00 2.05 2.50 2.05 3.00 2.47 3.00 4.11 5.00 4.11 8.00 5.76 7.00 8.23 2.50 3.29 2.50 t 2.00 • 12.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 4.00 , 5.00 2.47 5.00 1.65 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 4.12 7.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 4.00 4.12 5.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.25 3.71 7.00 2.00 3.29 4.00 5.77 7.00 3.29 4.00 12.00 4.00 The Mapes Formula and Peruvian Guano Co., 1-'i3 Liberty Street, New York — Mapes' Economical Potato Manure 4.00 Mapes' Vegetable or Complete Manure for Light Soils 6.00 Mapes' Corn Manure S.OO Mapes' Complete Manure, "A" Brand 10.00 3.29 S.OO 4.94 6.00 2.47 6.00 2.47 2.50 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. C. F. Moore, Cher aw, 8. C. — Muriate of Potash Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 49.00 John F. McNair, Laurinburg, N. C- Genuine German Kainit Nitrate of Soda D. B. Martin Co., Richmond, Va. — Martin's 7 Per Cent Guano Martin's Early Truck and Vegetable Grower Martin's Clarernount Vegetable Grower Martin's Red Star Brand Martin's Bull Head Fertilizer Martin's Tobacco Special Martin's Carolina Cotton Fertilizer Martin's Old Virginia Favorite Martin's Corn and Cereal Special Martin's Gilt Edge Potato Manure Martin's Animal Bone Potato Guano Martin's Animal Bone Potato Compound Martin's Pure Dissolved Animal Bone Martin's Pure Ground Bone Total Martin's Raw Bone Meal Total Martin's Animal Tankage, Ground Total Martin's Acid Phosphate Mai-tin's Potash and Soluble Bone Martin's High Grade Blood Martin's Blood Acid Phosphate Potash and Soluble Bone Potash and Soluble Bone Potash and Soluble Bone Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Blood Blood Blood Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Pure Ground Bone Total Martin's Carolina Special Marietta Fertilizer Co., Atlanta, Ga. — Lion Power Guano Lion Potash Compound Lion High Grade Dissolved Bone. Lion Crop Producer Lion Favorite Guano Marsh-Lee & Co., Marshville, N. C. — Marsh's High Grade Acid Marsh's Cotton Fertilizer, 8-2-2. Marsh's Guano for Corn Marsh's Special 8-3-3 Raven Brand J. W. McLaughlin Co., Raeford, N. C- Nitrate of Soda 14.76 12.00 6.00 5.74 5.00 6.00 3.28 8.00 7.00 2.46 5.00 S.00 3.28 4.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 7.00 2.46 10.00 6.00 4.10 7.00 16.00 1.65 2.50 12.00 1.65 2.00 22.90 1.65 2.00 21.00 3.69 . . 16.00 4.92 , . 16.00 . , . . 12.00 . . 5.00 13.94 . . 12.30 . , 14.00 # . . . 12.00 . . 3.00 10.00 . . 5.00 10.00 , , 2.00 15.52 , . 20.50 10.66 •• 9.84 12.30 12.00 50.00 ' • 50.00 22.90 2.46 8.00 1.65 2.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 , . 4.00 14.00 . . . . 10.00 . . 4.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 14.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.50 3.00 8.00 2.65 2.00 15.00 28 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. The MacMurphy Co., Charleston, 8. C. — Special 8-3-3 Guano 8.00 Special 8-2-2 Cotton and Corn Guano 8.00 Cotton and Corn Guano, 9-2-2 ' 9.00 Wilcox & Gibbs Co.'s Manipulated Guano 9.00 Cotton and Corn Guano, 9-3-3 9.00 High Grade Acid Phosphate, 14 Per Cent 14.00 Pure German Kainit Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Acid Phosphate, 13 Per Cent 13.00 N. C. Cotton Oil Co., Wilmington, N. C. — Wilmington High Grade S.00 Wilmington Cotton Grower 8.00 Wilmington Standard 8.00 Wilmington Truck Grower S:00 Wilmington Special 8.00 Carter's Lifter 8.00 Clark's Special 8.00 Wilmington Banner 8.00 North Carolina Cotton Oil Co., Raleigh, N. C. — Raleigh Standard Guano 8.00 North Carolina Cotton Oil Co., Charlotte, N. C. — Majestic 8.00 N. C. Cotton Oil Co., Henderson. N. C. — Uneedit Cotton Grower 8.00 Uneedit Tobacco Fertilizer 9.00 Vance Cotton Grower S.00 Pride of Vance 9.00 Henderson Cotton Grower 8.00 Henderson Tobacco Fertilizer 9.00 Franklin Cotton Grower 8.00 Franklin Tobacco Fertilizer 9.00 New Bern Cotton Oil and Fertilizer Mills, New Bern. N. C— Oriole Tobacco Grower 8.00 Greene County Standard Fertilizer 8.00 Jones County Premium Crop Grower 8.00 Onslow Farmers' Reliance Guano 8.00 High Grade Fertilizer 8.00 Foy's High Grade Fertilizer 8.00 Pitt's Prolific Golden Tobacco Grower. 8.00 Craven Cotton Guano 8.00 Lenoir Bright Leaf Tobacco Grower. . ". 8.00 Ives' Irish Potato Guano 7.00 Dunn's Standard Truck Grower 7.00 Pamlico Electric Top Dresser 5.00 Special Corn and Peanut Grower 11.00 Carteret Bone and Potash 10.00 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Genuine German Kainit Sulphate of Potash • Muriate of Potash Bogue Fish Scrap 2.47 1.65 1.65 2.26 2.47 14.82 2.26 1.65 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 12.00 48.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 2.50 3.30 .4.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 3.30 4.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 4.13 7.00 5.77 7.00 8.25 2.50 2.00 2.00 12.00 50.00 4S.00 7.42 The Bulletin. 29 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Favorite Cotton Grower C. S. M. Norfolk Fertilizer Co., Norfolk, Va. — Oriana Cotton Guano Oriana C. S. M. Special Oriana Tobacco Guano Oriana 3-8-3 for Cotton Oriana Crop Grower Oriana Bone and Potash Oriana 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Oriana 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Genuine German Kainit Iola Acid Phosphate Oriana First Step Tobacco Guano Oriana 4-4-6 High Grade Tobacco Guano . Pine Top Special Crop Grower Navassa Guano Co., Wilmington, N. C. — Ammoniated Soluble Navassa Guano Clarendon Tobacco Guano Occoneechee Tobacco Guano Coree Tobacco Guano Harvest King Guano Mogul Guano Kainit . Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Orton Guano Navassa Universal Fertilizer Navassa Wheat Mixture.- Navassa Wheat and Grass Grower Navassa Special Wheat Mixture Navassa Gray Land Mixture Navassa Dissolved Bone with Potash Navassa Acid Phosphate Navassa Dissolved Bone Navassa Acid Phosphate Navassa Acid Phosphate Navassa Special Trucker Navassa Strawberry Top Dressing Navassa Blood and Bone Meal Mixture Navassa Creole Guano Navassa Root Crop Fertilizer Navassa Carib Guano Navassa Guano for Tobacco Navassa Grain Fertilizer Navassa Fruit Growers' Fertilizer Navassa Cotton Seed Meal Special 3 Per Cent Guano Navassa Cotton Seed Meal Guano Navassa Cotton Fertilizer Navassa Complete Fertilizer Navassa High Grade Guano Navassa Acid Phosphate with Potash Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 15.67 . , 20.62 . . S.00 2.27 2.00 8.00 1.64 2.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.64 3.00 10.00 . 2.00 14.00 . . . 16.00 • 12.00 13.00 , . . 8.00 3.29 4.00 4.00 3.29 6.00 5.00 1.64 6.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 1.65 3.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 12.00 48.00 t 50.00 15.65 . , 20.59 . . S.00 2.47 4.00 8.50 2.06 1.00 10.00 2.25 10.00 4.00 12.00 4.00 12.00 4.00 10.00 , , 2.00 12.00 , , 13.00 , . . . 14.00 , , . . 16.00 , . 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 2.06 4.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 7.00 4.12 7.00 8.00 2.47 10.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 6.00 8.00 2.47 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 1.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 . . 4.00 30 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. The Nitrate Agencies Co., Savannah, Ga. — Nitrate of Soda O. Ooer & Sons Co., Baltimore, Md. — Ober's Complete Fertilizer 6.00 Special High Grade Fertilizer 9.00 Ober's Special Compound for Tobacco S.00 Ober's Standard Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Ober's Special Ammoniated Dissolved Bone 9.00 Ober's Special Cotton Compound 8.00 Ober's Soluble Ammoniated Superphosphate of Lime 8.00 Ober's Farmers' Mixture 9.00 Ober's Dissolved Bone, Phosphate and Potash . . . 10.00 Ober's Acid Phosphate with Potash 8.00 Ober's Standard Potash Compound 12.00 Ober's High Grade Acid Phosphate 16.00 Ober's Dissolved Bone Phosphate 14.00 Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Kaiuit Cooper's Pungo Guano 8.00 Pure Raw Bone Meal Total 21.00 The Pocomoke Guano Co., Norfolk, Va. — Garrett's Grape Grower 8.00 Coast Line Truck Guano 5.U0 Freeman's 7 Per Cent Irish Potato Grower 6.00 Seaboard Popular Trucker 6.00 Standard Truck Guano 7.00 Faultless Ammoniated Superphosphate 7.00 Harvest High Grade Monarch 8.00 Monarch Tobacco Grower 8.00 Monticello Animal Bone Fertilizer 9.00 Cinco Tobacco Guano 8.50 Crescent Complete Compound 8.00 Hornthal's Tobacco Guano 8.00 L. P. H. Premium ". 8.00 Electric Crop Grower 8.50 Pamlico Superphosphate S.UU Pocomoke Superphosphate 8.50 Pocomoke Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Pure Ground Bone Total 2U.00 10-2 Potash Mixture 10.00 Alkali Bone 11.00 Peerless Acid Phosphate , 14.00 Superb Acid Phosphate 16.00 Genuine German Kainit : Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda - Pocomoke Defiance Bone and Potash 8.00 Smith's Special Formula 4.00 Pamlico Chemical Co., Washington, N. C. — Pamlico Favorite Guano 7.00 Pamlico Bone and Fish Guano 8.00 Pamlico Potato Guano 7.00 Pamlico Cotton Guano 8.00 Pamlico 7-7-7 Guano 7.00 15.00 4.12 6.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 .82 2.00 . , 2.00 • • • 2.00 5.00 15.50 , , 48.00 . . 12.00 2.06 2.00 3.71 3.29 10.00 8.23 3.00 5.76 5.00 5.76 5.00 4.12 5.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.85 4.00 2.06 2.50 1.65 3.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 , , 4.00 3.70 , , , . 2.00 2.00 12.00 , t 50.00 15.65 . . . . 4.00 3.30 6.00 4.12 5.00 1.65 2.00 4.12 7.00 1.65 2.00 5.77 7.00 The Bulletin. 31 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Pamlico 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Pamlico Bone and Potash 14.00 Cowell's Great Potato Grower 8.00 Cowell's Great Cabbage Grower 5.00 Tobacco Growers' Friend S.OO Genuine German Kainit Farmers' Best Guano 8.00 Farmers' Friend S.OO Staton & Taylor's Special Grower 8.00 Prosperity Cotton Grower 9.00 Pamlico High Grade Tobacco Grower S.OO Pamlico S-4-4 Guano 8.00 Pamlico 6-3-6 Guano 6.00 Pamlico Bone and Potash 10.00 Planters Fertilizer and Phosphate Co., Charleston, 8. C— Planters' Bright Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Planters' High Grade Cabbage Fertilizer 7.00 Planters' Fertilizer S.OO Planters' Soluble Guano S.OO Planters' Standard Guano 8.75 Nitrate of Soda Planters' High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Planters' Standard Fertilizer 8.00 Planters' Soluble Bone 13.00 Sulphate of Potash Planters' German Kainit Parsons (G Ilardison, Wadeshoro, N. C. — Nitrate of Soda Z. V. Pate, Laurel Hill, N. C— Nitrate of Soda Pearsall & Co., Wilmington, N. C. — Kainit Pacific Guano Co., Charleston, 8. C. — Standard Soluble Pacific Guano 8.50 Standard Pacific Acid Phosphate 12.00 High Grade Pacific Fertilizer 8.00 Powhatan Chemical Co., Richmond, Va. — Powhatan Trucker 7.00 Powhatan Bone and Potash Mixture 8.00 Powhatan Acid Phosphate 13.00 Magic Dissolved Bone Phosphate 16.00 Magic Peanut Grower 8.00 Magic Grain and Grass Grower S.OO Magic Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Magic Mixture 9.00 Magic Cotton Grower 8.00 Magic Special Fertilizer S.OO Magic Tobacco Grower S.OO King Brand Fertilizer 8.00 White Leaf Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 Economic Cotton Grower 9.00 North State Special 8.00 itrogen. Potash. 4.12 7.00 8.25 2.50 2.47 3.00 . . 12.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.26 2.00 2.26 2.00 2.47 5.00 3.30 4.00 2.45 6.00 # , 2.00 3.90 4.00 6.59 5.00 2.06 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 14.S3 'i.65 2.00 48.00 , . 12.00 14.85 14.76 12.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 4.94 5.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 1.65 1.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.26 2.00 3.29 4.00 32 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Guilford Special Pure Raw Bone Meal Total Bone and Potash Mixture Bone Meal Total Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Ammonia Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Pure German Kainit Virginia Dissolved Bone High Grade Acid Phosphate Uneeda Acid Phosphate P. C. Co.'s Hustle Magic Corn Grower Magic Wheat Grower Johnson's Best Fertilizer . Holt's Magic Fertilizer Magic Peanut Special Bone Mixture Magic Crop Grower Patapsco Guano Co., Baltimore, Md. — Patapsco Plant Food for Tobacco, Potatoes and Truck Patapsco Soluble Bone and Potash Patapsco High Grade Bone and Potash Patapsco 10 and 4 Potash Mixture. Patapsco 7-7-7 Truck Guano. Patapsco Potato Guano Patapsco Top Dresser Patapsco Trucker for Early Vegetables Patapsco Tobacco Fertilizer Patapsco Guano for Tobacco Patapsco Guano Patapsco Special Tobacco Mixture Patapsco Fine Ground Bone Total Patapsco Dissolved S. C. Phosphate Coon Brand Guano. Choctaw Guano Planters' Favorite Seagull Ammoniated Guano Money Maker Guano Unicorn Guano Baltimore Soluble Phosphate Florida Soluble Phosphate Genuine German Kainit Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Ground Fish Swanson's Gold Leaf Special Pocahontas Guano Co., Lynchburg, Va. — Imperial Dissolved S. C. Phosphate.... Carrington's Superior Grain Compound. Wabash Wheat Mixture Cherokee Grain Special Farmers' Favorite Guano, Apex Brand. Blackhawk Brand Spot Cash Tobacco Compound Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 9.00 2.47 6.00 20.00 3.29 10.00 . . 2.00 25.00 2.47 . v 15.63 # , . , 19.75 . , . . ■ • 4S.00 , . . . 50.00 . . . . 12.00 12.00 . . 14.00 15.00 . . 8.00 2.47 3.00 10.00 .82 1.00 9.00 .82 2.00 9.00 2.0G 5.00 9.00 2.06 5.00 8.00 .82 4.00 10.00 .82 1.00 10.00 .82 1.00 8.00 2.47 5.00 10.00 . . 2.00 11.00 . . 5.00 10.00 , , 4.00 7.00 5.77 7.00 6.00 4.12 7.00 4.00 3.30 4.00 7.00 4.12 5.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 9.25 2.06 2.00 9.25 2.06 2.00 S.00 2.06 3.00 20.61 3.30 m m 14.00 t # 9.00 .83 3.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 S.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 7.00 3.70 6.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 11.-00 , , 2.00 16.00 . . , , . , . . 12.00 15.64 50.00 , . 8.23 . , , 8.00 2.06 2.00 14.00 10.00 , , 2.00 10.00 , , 4.00 8.00 . , 4.00 S.00 2.47 3.00 8.00 2.06 2.00 8.00 2.06 3.00 The Bulletin. 33 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Yellow Tobacco Special 9.00 1.65 2.00 High Grade 4 Per Cent Tobacco Compound, Mo- hawk'King Brand 9.00 1.85 4.00 Standard Tobacco Guano, Old Chief Brand 9.00 1.65 2.00 Pocahontas Special Tobacco Fertilizer. 9.00 2.47 3.00 A. A. Complete Cbampion Brand 8.00 .82 3.00 Special Truck Grower, Eagle Mount Brand 8.00 2.06 6.00 Indian Truck Grower 8.00 3.30 4.00 Pure Raw Bone Meal Total 22.00 3.71 Carrington's S. C. Phosphate, Waukesha Brand, 16.00 Carrington's Banner Brand Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Indian Tobacco Grower 8.00 2.46 4.00 Piedmont-Mt. Airy Guano Co., Baltimore, Md. — Piedmont Cultivator Brand 8.00 1.65 2.00 Piedmont Bone and Peruvian Mixture 8.00 1.65 2.00 Piedmont Special Truck Fertilizer 6.00 5.77 5.00 Piedmont Early Vegetable Manure 6.00 4.12 7.00 Piedmont Vegetable Compound 6.00 3.30 8.00 Piedmont Essential Tobacco Compound 9.00 1.65 2.00 Piedmont Guano for Tobacco 8.00 2.06 . 3.00 Piedmont High Grade Ammoniated Bone and Potash 8.00 2.47 3.00 Piedmont High Grade S. C. Bone Phosphate. . 14.00 Levering's Potashed Bone 10.00 .. 4.00 Levering's Reliable Tobacco Guano 8.00 2.47 3.00 Piedmont Special Potato Guano 6.00 4.94 7.00 Piedmont Red Leaf Tobacco Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Piedmont Guano for Cotton 9.00 1.65 ' 1.00 Piedmont Early Trucker .' . . 6.00 4.12 5.00 Piedmont Potato Producer 5.00 2.47 6.00 Piedmont Farmers' Standard 9.00 1.65 2.00 Piedmont Guano for Wheat 9.00 1.65 1.00 Piedmont Special for Cotton, Corn and Peanuts, 8.00 1.65 2.00 Piedmont Special Farmers' Tobacco Guano 8.40 2.47 4.00 Piedmont Farmers' Bone and Potash 10.00 .. 2.00 Piedmont High Grade Guano for Cotton 8.00 2.47 3.00 Haynes' Cultivator Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Piedmont Farmers' Favorite 8.00 .82 4.00 Piedmont Farmers' Cotton Grower 9.00 .82 3.00 German Kainit • • 12.00 Piedmont Star Bone and Potash 8.00 .. 5.00 Piedmont Unexcelled Guano 8.00 3.29 4.00 Piedmont Bone Meal Total 21.00 3.30 Ricks Bros.' Special Potato and Truck Guano.. 6.00 4.12 7.00 Kaiser & Mauney's Special 2-8-2 Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Kaiser & Mauney's Special 3-8-3 Guano 8.00 2.47 3.00 Privott's 3-8-4 Guano 8.00 2.47 4.00 Piedmont Guano for All Crops 8.00 2.06 3.00 Piedmont Vegetable Manure 6.00 3.29 8.00 Nitrate of Soda 15.23 Privott's Standard Guano 8.00 2.06 3.00 Privott's Special Guano 8.00 1.65 6.00 Muriate of Potash . • 48.00 Sulphate of Potash . . 50.00 Sulphate of Ammonia 20.58 Acidulated Rock and Bone Tankage 9.00 2.47 3.00 34 The Bulletin. 1.85 1.00 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. The Quinnepiac Co., Charleston, 8. C. — Standard Quinnepiac Pine Island Ammoniated Superphosphate 9.00 Standard Quinnepiac Acid Phosphate 13.00 F. S. Royster Guano Co., tsorfolk, Va. — Sulphate of Potash. , Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Farmers' Own Fertilizer 8.00 Bonanza Tobacco Guano 8.00 Orinoco Tobacco Guano 8.00 Special Tobacco Compound 8.00 Cobb's High Grade for Tobacco 8.00 Humphrey's Special for Tobacco ; 6.00 Eagle's Special Tobacco Guano '. 8.00 Royal Potato Guano 7.00 Royal Special Potato Guano 7.00 Ballentine's Potato Guano 6.00 Truckers' Delight 8.00 Special Compound 9.00 Tomlinson's Special 9.00 Williams' Special Guano 8.00 Magic Top Dresser Royster's Special Sweet Potato Guano 8.00 Royster's Potato Guano 5.00 Royster's Special 7 Per Cent Truck Guano 7.00 Royster's Early Truck Guano 7.00 Royster's Special 10 Per Cent Truck Guano 5.00 Royster's Special 4-8-3 8.00 Royster's 4-9-5 Special 9.00 Royster's Special 1-9-2 Guano 9.00 Royster's 2-6-5 Special 6.00 Royster's Meal Mixture 9.00 Royster's Special Wheat Fertilizer 8.00 Royster's H. G. 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate... 16.00 Royster's 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Royster's Dissolved Bone 13.00 Royster's XX Acid Phosphate 12.00 Royster's Bone and Potash Mixture 11.00 Royster's Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Royster's Bone and Potash for Grain 10.00 Royster's 8 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture 8.00 Royster's Peanut Special 7.00 Royster's Complete Guano 8.00 Royster's 10 and 4 Bone and Potash Mixture. . . 10.00 Royster's Best Guano 8.00 Royster's Harvey's Cabbage Guano 5.00 Rovster's Marlborough High Grade Cotton Gu- ano , 8.00 Nitrate of Soda Jumbo Peanut Grower 8.00 Watkins' Special 9.00 Haynes' Special 9.00 Pure Raw Bone Meal Total 21.50 Milo Tobacco Guano 8.00 Royster's Soluble Guano 10.00 McDowell's Cotton Grower 6.00 Royster's 4-6-4 Special 6.00 , 50.00 48.00 t 12.00 1.65 • 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.06 2.00 3.30 5.00 2.55 3.20 2.47 5.00 4.12 5.00 4.12 7.00 5.77 7.00 3.30 4.00 1.65 1.00 2.47 5.00 2.06 5.00 7.42 3.00 2.47 3.00 4.94 7.00 5.77 7.00 4.12 8.00 8.24 3.00 3.30 3.00 3.30 • 5.00 .82 2.00 1.65 5.00 2.26 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 1.65 2.00 4.00 3.71 7.00 6.59 3.00 2.47 3.00 15.66 . , .82 4.00 2.06 5.00 2.06 3.00 3.70 . , 3.30 4.00 1.65 2.00 2.30 2.50 3.30 4.00 The Bulletin. 35 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Webb's Korn King. . Royster's 10-5 Bone and Potasb Mixture. Avail. Phos. Acid. 8.00 10.00 Nitrogen. Potash. J. H. Rohcrson & Co., Robersonville, N. C. — Potato Guano 6.00 Cotton Grower 9-00 Special Potato Grower 7.00 Bright Leaf Grower 8.00 High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Roberson's Roberson's Roberson's Roberson's Roberson's Genuine German Kainit. Richmond Guano Co., Richmond, Va. — 10 Per Cent Cabbage Guano Special High Grade for Truck Southern Trucker Perfection Special Gilt Edge Fertilizer Carolina Cotton Grower Carolina Bright Special Tobacco Fertilizer Tip Top Fertilizer Special Premium Brand for Tobacco Special Premium Brand for Plants Carolina Bright for Cotton Benson's Special Fertilizer Parker & Hunter's Special Fertilizer Premium Tobacco Fertilizer Premium Brand Fertilizer Bone Mixture Clark's Special Formula Carter's Special for Tobacco Saunder's Special Formula for Bright Tobacco, Burton's Special Tobacco Fertilizer Hunter & Dunn's Special Ammoniated Fertilizer, Hunter & Dunn's Ammoniated Fertilizer Edgecombe Cotton Grower Premium Bone and Potash Mixture Rex Bone and Potash Mixture Tip Top Bone and Potash Mixture Winter Grain and Grass Grower Premium Peanut Grower Bone and Potash Mixture Rex Dissolved Bone Phosphate Regal Acid Phosphate High Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Wheat and Grass Fertilizer Premium Dissolved Bone Dissolved S. C. Phosphate Hunter & Dunn's Dissolved Bone Pure German Kainit Muriate of Potash Sulphate of Potash Sulphate of Ammonia Nitrate of Soda Pure Raw Bone meal Total Bone Meal Total Premium Corn Grower Premium Wheat Grower Cracker Jack Fertilizer Premium Peanut Special 1.65 5.77 2.26 5.77 2.06 2.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 7.00 3.00 12.00 6.00 8.23 2.00 7.00 4.94 5.00 8.00 4.11 • 5.00 8.00 3.29 4.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 2.26 2.50 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.00 1.85 2.25 8.00 1.85 2.25 8.00 2.06 1.50 8.00 1.65 6.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 1.00 7.00 4.94 6.00 4.00 2.47 6.00 9.00 2.88 5.00 9.00 2.06 3.00 9.00 2.47 2.25 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 13.00 , 3.00 10.00 t 4.00 8.00 , 4.00 8.00 # 4.00 8.00 , 4.00 10.00 . 2.00 16.00 , . . 15.00 . . . 14.00 a . . 14.00 a . . 13.00 , . . 12.00 , . . 12.00 # . . L9.75 15.63 12.00 50.00 48.00 20.00 3.29 . . 25.00 2.47 . . 10.00 .82 1.00 3.00 .82 2.00 9.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 .82 4.00 36 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Premium Cotton Grower . 9.00 Old Homestead Dissolved Bone 12.00 Haw River Special Fertilizer. 8.00 Read Phosphate Co., Charleston, S. C. — Genuine German Kainit Read's High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Read's Bone and Potash 10.00 Read's Alkaline Bone ". 10.00 Read's Special Potash Mixture 8.00 Read's High Grade Tobacco Leaf. 8.00 Read's Blood and Bone Fertilizer No. 1 8.00 Read's Soluble Fish Guano 8.00 Read's High Grade Cotton Grower 8.00 Raisin-Monumental Co., Baltimore, Mel. — Dixie Guano 9.00 Empire Guano 8.00 Raisin Premium Brand for Tobacco 8.00 Raisin Gold Standard 8.00 Raisin Special Bone and Potash 10.00 Raisin Bone and Potash 10.00 Raisin 13 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 13.00 Raisin 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Raisin Acid Phosphate 14.00 Reidsville Fertilizer Co., Reidsville, N. C. — Banner Fertilizer 8.00 Champion Guano ! 8.00 Broad Leaf Tobacco Guano , 8.00 Royal Fertilizer 8.00 Lion Brand Fertilizer 9.00 Bone and Potash 10.00 Swift Fertilizer Works, Atlanta, Ca., and Wilming- ton, N. C— High Grade Swift's Strawberry Grower....... 8.00 High Grade Swift's Special Trucker 6.00 High Grade Swift's Special 10 Per Cent Blood and Bone Trucker 5.00 High Grade Swift's Carolina 7 Per Cent Special Trucker 7.00 High Grade Swift's Favorite Truck Guano 6.00 High Grade Swift's Special Irish Potato Grower, 7.00 High Grade Swift's Special Potato Grower 6.00 Standard Grade Swift's Red Steer Guano Stand- ard Grade 8.00 Swift's Plow Boy Guano 10.00 Standard Grade Swift's Cotton Plant Standard Grade Guano 9.00 Standard Grade Swift's Golden Harvest Stand- ard Grade Guano 8.00 Swift's Eagle Standard Grade Guano 10.00 High Grade Swift's Farmers' Favorite High Grade Guano 9.00 High Grade Swift's Pioneer High Grade Guano Tobacco Grower S.00 High Grade Swift's Early Trucker 7.00 Nitrogen. Potash. .82 2.88 3.00 5.00 12.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 2.46 3.00 5.00 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.85 2.50 2.47 3.00 2.47 6.00 , . 4.00 2.47 5.76 10.00 5.00 8.23 3.00 5.76 4.94 4.12 4.12 7.00 6.00 8.00 7.00 1.65 .82 2.00 1.00 1.65 1.00 1.65 1.65 2.00 2.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 4.12 4.00 5.00 The Bulletin. 37 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. High Grade Swift's Blood, Bone and Potash High Grade Guano High Grade Swift's Corn and Cotton Grower High Grade Guano High Grade Swift's Cotton King High Grade Guano High Grade Swift's Ruralist High Grade Guano, High Grade Swift's Special High Grade Guano. . High Grade Swift's Monarch Vegetable Grower High Grade Guano High Grade Swift's Atlanta High Grade Guano, High Grade Swift's Special High Grade Phos- phate and Potash Standard Grade Swift's Plantation Standard Grade Phosphate and Potash High Grade Swift's Farmers' Home High Grade Phosphate and Potash Standard Grade Swift's Field and Farm Stand- ard Grade Phosphate and Potash Standard Grade Swift's Wheat Grower Stand- ard Grade Phosphate and Potash Standard Grade Swift's Harrow Standard Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Swift's No. 1 Ground Tankage Swift's Pure Bone Meal Total High Grade Swift's Cultivator High Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Swift's Special High Grade Acid Phosphate Standard Grade Swift's Chattakoochee Standard Grade Acid Phosphate High Grade Swift's Ground Dried Blood Swift's Pure Nitrate of Soda. Swift's Pure Raw Bone Meal Total Swift's Muriate of Potash . Swift's German Kainit Swift's Farmers' Favorite High Grade Guano. . . Swift's Pioneer High Grade Guano High Grade Swift's Eagle High Grade Guano. . . Swift's Atlanta High Grade Phosphate and Pot- ash Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Acid. Potash. 9.50 3.29 7.00 10.00 2.47 3.00 9.00 8.00 9.50 2.47 2.47 4.12 2.00 3.00 3.00 8.00 12.00 3.29 4.00 4.00 12.00 6.00 8.00 4.00 10.00 4.00 10.00 2.00 10.00 2.00 13.00 6.00 25.00 8.24 2.47 14.00 16.00 12.00 23.00 9.00 8.00 10.00 13.18 14.82 3.71 1.65 1.65 1.65 50.00 12.00 3.00 4.00 2.00 12.00 4.00 Southern Chemical Co., Inc.. Roanoke, Va. Our Favorite Farmers' Joy Our Leader Harvest King Southern Queen Valley Chief 8.00 8.00 9.00 8.00 8.00 8.50 Spartanburg Fertilizer Co., Spartanburg, S. C. — Corn Formula 10-50 Gosnell's Plant Food 10.50 West's Potash Acid 13-00 Bold Buster 900 Potato Guano 7.00 Tiger Brand Acidulated Phosphate 14.00 1.64 1.64 .82 .82 2.46 1.64 1.65 2.46 1.65 2.46 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 10.00 2.00 5.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 7.00 38 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. The Southern Exchange Co., Maxton, N. C. — Melon Grower 8.00 McKimrnon's Special Truck Formula 8.00 Two Fours Guano 7.00 That Big Stick Guano 8.00 Bull of the Woods Fertilizer 8.00 Jack's Best Fertilizer 8.00 Correct Cotton Compound 8.00 Juicy Fruit Fertilizer 9.00 The Walnut Fertilizer 8.50 The Racer Guano 8.00 The Coon Guano 8.00 R. M. C. Special Crop Grower 8.00 S. E. C. Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 S. E. C. Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 S. E. C. Acid Phosphate 16.00 S. E. C. Acid Phosphate 14.00 Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda 15.65 4.12 7.00 4.12 7.00 3.30 4.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.85 4.00 2.06 2.50 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 4.00 2.00 12.00 , . 50.00 The Southern Cotton Oil Co., Charlotte District, Con- cord, Charlotte, Davidson, Madison, Shelby, and Gibson. — ■ Conqueror 8.00 Gloria 8.00 Peacock 8.00 Red Bull ; 8.00 Noon 8.00 King Bee 8.65 Gold Seal 14.00 Silver King „ 13.00 Genuine German Kainit Magnolia Bone and Potash 10.00 Conqueror Bone and Potash 10.00 Cotton Seed Meal 2.30 Choice 8.00 Genuine German Kainit Magnolia B. and P 10.00 Conqueror B. and P 12.00 Southern Cotton Oil Co.'s 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Razem 9.00 Southern Cotton Oil Co., Goldsboro, Fayetteville Rocky Mount and Wilson. — Rocky Mount Oil Mill Standard 8.00 Fayetteville Oil Mill Standard 8.00 Goldsboro Oil Mill Standard 8.00 Wilson Oil Mill Standard 8.00 The Southern Cotton Oil Company Standard S.00 Fayetteville Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower S.00 Wilson Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower 8.00 Rocky Mount Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower. . . S.00 Goldsboro Oil Mill Special Cotton Grower 8.00 Goldsboro Oil Mill High Grade 8.00 Rocky Mount Oil Mill High Grade S.00 3.28 4.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 2.05 2.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 2.00 12.00 2.00 t t 4.00 6.18 1.50 3.30 6.00 12.00 2.00 # , 4.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.26 2.50 2.26 2.50 The Bulletin. 39 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Fayetteville Oil Mill High Grade 8.00 Wilson Oil Mill High Grade 8.00 The Southern Cotton Oil Co. High Grade 8.00 Edgerfon's Old Reliable 8.00 Hale's Special for Tobacco 8.00 Pine Level High Grade 8.00 Cotton Grower for all Crops S.oo Best & Thompson's Special 9.00 The Southern Cotton Oil Co.'s Special Tobacco Grower 8.00 Echo S.OO Morning Glory 8.00 Tuscarora Fertiliser Co., Atlanta, Ga., and Wilming- ton, N. C— Acid Phosphate 14.00 Acid Phosphate 13.00 Tuscarora Alkaline 10.00 Bone Potash .'. 10.00 Champion 8.00 Manure Substitute 6.00 Tuscarora Trucker 8.00 Berry King 8.00 Tobacco Special 8.00 Tuscarora Fruit and Potato 8.00 Cotton Special 8.00 King Cotton S.OO Big Four 7.00 Tuscarora Standard 8.00 Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Kainit Nitrate of Soda Acid Phosphate 16.00 Tuscarora Bone and Potash S.OO Tuscarora Bone and Potash 10.00 Tide Water Fertilizer Co., Portsmouth, Va. — Tide Water Acid Phosphate 14.00 Tide Water 12 Per Cent German Kainit Acid Phosphate and Tankage 8.00 Tide Water High Grade Cotton 8.00 Tide Water Tobacco Special - 8.00 Tide Water Very Best Cotton and Corn Guano. . 8.00 Union Guano Co., Winston-Salem, N. C. — Union 8-5 Bone and Potash 8.00 Sulphate of Potash Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Union 12 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 12.00 Union Dissolved Bone 13.00 Union High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Union 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Union 12-3 Bone and Potash 12.00 Union 10-6 Bone and Potash 10.00 Union 10-5 Bone and Potash 10.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 2.26 2.50 2.26 2.50 2.26 2.50 2.47 3.00 2.47 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.26 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 3.00 2.47 3.00 g 5.00 2.00 2.06 2.50 3.30 4.00 4.12 7.00 2.06 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 10.00 2.47 3.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 4.00 1.65 2.00 , 50.00 . 48.00 , 12.00 .4.85 ; 4.00 . 4.00 m 12.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 48.00 48.00 12.00 3.00 6.00 5.00 40 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Union 10-4 Bone and Potash 10.00 Union 8-5 Bone and Potash 8.00 Union 12-4 Bone and Potash 12.00 Union 12-5 Bone and Potash 12.00 Union Wheat Mixture 8.00 Union Bone and Potash 10."00 Quakers' Grain Mixture 10.00 Giant Phosphate and Potash 10.00 Liberty Bell Crop Grower 10.50 Roseboro's Special Potash Mixture 12.00 Union Potato Mixture 8.00 Union Dissolved Animal Bone 12.50 Union Vegetable Compound 7.00 Union Truck Guano 7.00 Union Premium Guano 8.00 Union Perfect Cotton Grower 9.00 Union Standard Tobacco Grower 8.00 Union Mule Brand Guano 10.00 Union Water Fowl Guano 8.00 Union Homestead Guano 8.00 Union Superlative Guano 8.00 Union Special Formula for Cotton 10.00 Union Complete Cotton Mixture 9.00 Old Homestead Guano 8.00 Victoria High Grade Tobacco Guano 8.00 Sparger's Special Tobacco Grower 8.00 Old Homestead Tobacco Guano 8.00 Genuine Animal Bone Meal Total 22.50 Nitrate of Soda Quality and Quantity Guano 9.00 R. L. Upshur, Norfolk, Va. — Cotton Seed Meal Mixture 9.00 Nitrate of Soda Quality and Quantity Guano 9.00 Nitrate of Soda Muriate of Potash Genuine German Kainit Upshur's High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Upshur's Peanut Guano : -. 8.00 Upshur's G., G. & C. (Grain, Grass and Cotton Guano) \ . 8.00 Upshur's Wheat Compound 12.00 Upshur's F. F. V. (Favorite Fertilizer of Vir- ginia) 8.00 Upshur's Bone and Potash Guano 10.00 Upshur's Norfolk Special 10 Per Cent Guano 5.00 Upshur's 7 Per Cent Irish Potato Guano 6.00 Upshur's F. C. (Farmers' Challenge) Guano . . . 6.00 Upshur's 7 Per Cent Special Potato Guano 5.00 Upshur's Special Truck Guano 7.00 Upshur's F. F. (Farmers' Favorite) 7.00 Upshur's 5 Per Cent Guano 5.00 Upshur's Fish, Bone and Potash Guano 8.00 Upshur's 8-3-3 Cotton Guano 8.00 Upshur's High Grade Tobacco Guano 8.00 Premo Cotton Guano • 8.00 Upshur's Special 2y 2 8-3 Guano 8.00 Upshur's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Upshur's 4-6-4 Guano 6.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 4.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 1.50 6.00 1.65 10.00 2.06 . . 4.12 8.00 3.29 5.00 3.29 4.00 2.26 2.00 2.06 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.06 3.00 2.37 3.00 .82 4.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 3.00 1.65 2.00 3.70 , , 15.65 • ■ 1.65 1.00 2.26 2.00 15.65 . . 1.65 1.00. 15.22 . . 50.00 12.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 5.00 1.64 2.00 m , 2.00 8.22 2.00 5.76 5.00 5.76 6.00 5.76 5.00 4.11 8.00 4.11 6.00 4.11 5.00 1.64 4.00 2.47 3.00 2.47 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 3.00 3.69 4.00 The Bulletin. 41 Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Venable Fertilizer Co., Richmond, Va. — Venable's 10 Per Cent Trucker 6.00 Venable's 6-6-6 Manure 6.00 Venable's 5 Per Cent Trucker 8.00 Venable's 4 Per Cent Trucker 8.00 Venable's Ideal Manure 8.00 Venable's Alliance Tobacco Manure No. 1 8.00 Venable's Alliance Tobacco Manure No. 2 8.00 Venable's B. B. P. Manure 9.00 Venable's Cotton Grower 8.00 Venable's Roanoke Special 8.00 Venable's Alliance Bone and Potasb Mixture.. 8.00 Venable's Peanut Grower 8.00 Venable's Best Acid Pbospbate 16.00 Venable's Alliance Acid Phosphate 14.00 Venable's Dissolved Bone 13.00 Venable's Standard Acid Pbospbate 12.00 Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 High Grade Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Planters' Bone Fertilizer. 8.00 Ballard's Choice Fertilizer 8.00 Roanoke Mixture 900 Roanoke Meal Mixture 9.00 Bone Meal Total 25.00 Pure Raw Bone Total 20.00 Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda Sulphate of Potash Pure German Kainit Venable's Corn, Wheat and Grass Fertilizer... 10.00 Venable's Peanut Special 8.00 Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co., Richmond, Va.— V.-C. C. Co.'s Special High Grade Potash Mix- ture 12.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Standard Bone and Potash 10.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Special Crop Grower 12.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Formula 4-4 7.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Special Truck Guano 6.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Special 8.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Special Potash Mixture 10.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Lion's High Grade Tobacco Fer- tilizer 8.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s Invincible High Grade Fertilizer. . 6.00 V.-C. C. Co.'s High Grade Tobacco Fertilizer. . . 8.00 Great Texas Cotton Grower Soluble Guano 9.00 Cock's Soluble High Grade Animal Bone 9.00 Truck Crop Fertilizer 7.00 Prolific Cotton Grower 9.00 Battle's Crop Grower 12.00 3 Per Cent Special C. S. M. Guano No. 3 8.00 Delta C. S. M 8.00 Winston Special for Cotton C. S. M 8.00 Diamond Dust C. S. M 8.00 Admiral 8.00 Blue Star C. S. M 8.00 Good Luck C. S. M 8.00 8.23 4.94 4.11 3.29 1.65 2.06 1.65 1.65 2.06 2.06 2.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 4.00 1.65 2.00 2.47 3.00 2.26 2.00 2.26 2.00 2.47 . . 3.20 . . m 50.00 5.63 , . 48.00 12.00 .82 1.00 .82 4.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 2.55 3.20 4.10 7.00 3.28 4.00 4.00 2.46 4.00 4.10 7.00 2.46 10.00 2.46 4.00 1.85 3.00 4.10 7.00 2.26 2.00 3.00 2.46 2.00 2.26 2.50 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 2.50 2.05 3.00 2.46 2.50 42 The Bulletin. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. North State Guano C. S. M Plant Food Split Silk C. S. M Superlative C. S. M. Guano Farmers' Friend Favorite Fertilizer Special.... White Stem C. S. M Special High Grade Tobacco Fertilizer C. S. M. . Wilson's Standard C. S. M Adams' Special Ajax C. £. M. Guano Royal Crown Farmers' Favorite Fertilizer C. S. M. . : Atlas Guano C. S. M Blake's Best Orange Grove Carr's 8-4-4 Crop Grower Ford's Wheat and Corn Guano Konqueror High Grade Truck Fertilizer Goodman's Special Potash Mixture Jones' Grain Special Raw Bone Meal Total Dissolved Animal Bone Sludge Acid Phosphate Manure Salts Sulphate of Potash Sulphate of Ammonia Fish Scrap Nitrate of Soda Genuine German Kainit Muriate of Potash V.-C. C. Co.'s Grain Special V.-C. C. Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash Diamond Cotton Seed Meal Guano Bold Buster Guano Bigelow's Crop Guano V.-C. C. Co.'s 12-4 Grain Grower Jeffreys' High Grade Guano V.-C. C. Co.'s High Grade Top Dresser V.-C. C. Co.'s 13 Per Cent Acid Phosphate Haynes' Special Cotton Fertilizer Parker & Hunter's Special Allison & Addison's Star Brand Vegetable Guano Allison & Addison's Star Special Tobacco Ma- nure Allison & Addison's Anchor Brand Tobacco Fer- tilizer Allison & Addison's Anchor Brand Fertilizer Allison & Addison's A. A. Guano Allison & Addison's Old Hickory Guano Allison & Addison's Star Brand Guano Allison & Addison's B. P. Potash Mixture Allison & Addison's McGavock's Special Potash Mixture .- Allison & Addison's Fulton Acid Phosphate Allison & Addison's I. X. L. Acid Phosphate Allison & Addison's Standard Acid Phosphate. . Allison & Addison's Rocket Acid Phosphate Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Acid Phosphate Avail. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. 9.00 1.65 1.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 2.50 8.00 2.06 3.00 8.50 1.65 2.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.26 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 2.46 2.50 8.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 2.26 2.50 8.00 3.28 4.00 9.00 .82 2.00 7.00 4.10 5.00 12.00 , , 5.00 8.00 . . 4.00 22.50 3.70 . . 12.50 2.05 . , 14.00 , , . , 20.00 50.00 20.59 , . 8.25 . . 15.68 . « 12.00 48.00 10.00 . . 6.00 10.00 , # 2.00 8.00 2.47 3.00 10.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 .82 3.00 12.00 m m 4.00 9.00 2.47 3.00 4.00 6.18 2.50 13.00 , # . . 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 8.00 3.70 4.00 9.00 2.26 2.00 8.50 2.26 2.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 S.00 2.46 3.00 8.00 1.65 2.00 9.00 1.65 1.00 10.00 2.00 10.00 2.00 14.00 . . 13.00 . , 12.00 , . 12.00 . , 16.00 The Bulletin. 43 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Crenshaw Acid Phosphate 13.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Valley of Virgina Acid Phosphate 14.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Our Acid Phosphate 12.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Bone and Potash Compound 10.00 . . 2.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Ammoniated Bone Special for Tobacco 9.00 2.05 2.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Eureka Ammoniated Bone ,... 8.00 -1.65 3.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Carolina Truckers 7.00 5.74 7.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia Truckers 8.00 4.10 5.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Orient Spe- cial for Tobacco 8.00 1.65 2.00 Atlantic and Virginia Fertilizer Co.'s Orient Complete Manure 9.00 1.65 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s King Cotton Grower 8.00 1.65 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s The Leader B. G 8.00 1.65 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Groom's Spe- cial Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 2.46 4.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Dis- solved Bone 12.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Am- moniated Guano B. G 8.00 2.05 1.50 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Am- moniated Guano C. S. M 8.00 2.05 1.50 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Charlotte Acid Phosphate 13.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Catawba Gu- ano B. G 8.00 2.46 3.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Catawba Acid Phosphate 14.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Queen of the Harvest C. S. M 9.00 1.65 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Oliver's Per- fect Wheat Grower 11.00 2.46 4.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s 10-2 Bone and Potash 10.00 '.. 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s 15 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 15.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s McCrary's Dia- mond Bone and Potash 8.00 . . 4.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s Special 3 Per Cent Guano C. S. M 8.00 2.46 2.00 Charlotte Oil and Fertilizer Co.'s High Grade Special Tobacco Fertilizer 9.00 2.05 2.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Guano for To- bacco 8.00 2.46 3.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Special Tobacco Guano 9.00 2.05 2.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Truck Guano 8.00 4.92 5.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 44 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Acid Phosphate with Potash 10.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand High Grade Dis- solved Bone 14.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Dissolved Bone. . . 12.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand High Grade Acid Phosphate 16.00 Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand High Grade 3 Per Cent Soluble Guano 9.00 'Davie & Whittle's Owl Brand Acid Phosphate. . 13.00 Davie & Whittle's Vinco Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Blacksburg Soluble Gu- ano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Blacksburg Soluble Bone 13.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Diamoud Wheat Mix- ture 10.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Standard Wheat and Corn Grower 10.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Excelsior Dissolved Bone Phosphate 14.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Double Bone Phosphate, 13.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Blue Ridge Wheat Grower 10.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Carr's Special Wheat Grower 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Standard Guano 9.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Best Potato Manure... 7.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s L. & N. Special 9.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Special Plant and Truck Fertilizer 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Golden Leaf Bright To- bacco Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Gold Medal Brand Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Bone and Pot- ash Mixture 10.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Genuine Bone and Peru- vian Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Genuine Bone and Peru- vian Tobacco Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Raw Bone Superphos- phate 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Raw Bone Superphos- phate for Tobacco 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s N. C. Farmers' Alliance Official Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s N. C. Farmers' Alliance Official Acid Phosphate 13.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Standard High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Great Potato and Corn Grower 10.50 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Progressive Farmer Guano 8.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Ammoniated Fertilizer 9.00 Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Best Acid Phos- phate 13.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 2.00 2.05 1.65 1.65 3.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.G5 5.74 2.46 4.00 2.00 7.00 2.00 4.10 3.00 2.46 3.00 2.46 3.00 • 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 1.50 2.05 2.00 2.05 3.00 • 1.50 1.65 2.00 1.65 1.00 The Bulletin. 45 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Durham Fertilizer Co.'s Durham Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s New Era 8.00 1.65 2.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Ironside Acid Phosphate, 1G.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Spartan Acid Phosphate, 12.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Arvonia Acid Phosphate, 13.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s S. W. Special Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 . . 4.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Alpine Mixture 10.00 .. 5.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 .. 2.00 Lynchburg GuanO Co.'s Independent Standard.. 8.50 1.65 2.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Solid Gold Tobacco 8.00 2.26 4.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Lynchburg High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Lynchburg Soluble 8.00 1.65 2.00 Lynchburg Guano Co.'s Lynchburg Soluble for Tobacco 8.00 1.65 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Crescent Brand Ammoniated Fertilizer 8.00 1.05 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Cooper's Bright Tobacco 8.00 2.05 3.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Trucker and Tomato Grower 8.00 4.10 5.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Genuine Slaughter House Bone 8.00 1.65 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Genuine Slaughter House Bone, Made Especially for Tobacco 8.00 2.05 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Amazon High Grade Manure 8.00 2.46 3.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Bright Leaf Tobacco Grower 8.00 2.46 3.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Bone and Potash 10.00 . . 2.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Soluble Bone ' 12.00 ... Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Best Acid Phosphate 13.00 Norfolk and Carolina Chemical Co.'s Norfolk Reliable Acid Phosphate. 14.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Standard Raw Bone Soluble Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Farmers' Friend High Grade Fertilizer 8.00 2.46 3.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Farmers' Friend Fer- tilizer 8.00 1.65 2.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Farmers' Friend Spe- cial Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 2.46 3.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Special Wheat Guano .8.00 1.65 2.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Special Sweet Potato Guano 6.00 1.65 6.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Solu- ble Tobacco Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Solu- ble Guano S.OO 1.65 2.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Potato Manure 7.00 4.10 8.00 46 The Bulletin. 2.05 3.00 5.74 5.00 5.74 7.00 • 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 3.00 • 2.00 • 4.00 3.00 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Raw Bone Soluble Guano 9.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion 6-7-5 Truck Guano 6.00 Old Dominion Guano -Co.'s Old Dominion 7-7-7 Truck Guano 7.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Old Dominion Alka- line Bone and Potash 10.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Bullock's Cotton Grower 8.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Osceola Tobacco Guano 8.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Millers' Special Wheat Mixture 8.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Planters' Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Bone Phosphate 13.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s Royster's Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Old Dominion Guano Co.'s High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont Acid Phosphate.. 12.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Brand Best Acid Phosphate 13.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Fulp's Acid Phosphate 13 Per Cent 13.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Brand Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Acid Phosphate and Pot- ash 10.50 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont Wheat Mixture. . . 10.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Dissolved Bone and Potash, 10.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Almont Soluble Ammoni- ated Guano 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Carolina Golden Belt Am- moniated Guano for Tobacco 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Truck Farmers' Special Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Old Kentucky High Grade Manure 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Seed Meal Stand- ard Guano 9.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Seed Meal Soluble Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Belt Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Eagle Island Ammoniated, 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Cotton Brand Ammoniated Dissolved Bone 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Gibb's Ammoniated Guano, 8.00 Powers, Gibb & Co.'s Powers' Ammoniated Guano 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Electric Tobacco Guano, 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Electric Standard Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 1.50 3.00 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 3.00 3.28 5.00 2.46 3.00 2.46 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 1.65 2.00 2.00 3.28 2.05 4.00 1.50 2.05 1.65 2.00 2.00 The Bulletin. 47 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. Southern Chemical Co.'s Pilot Annnoniated Gu- ano Special for Tobacco S.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s George Washington Plant Bed Fertilizer for Tobacco 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Sun Brand Guano 9.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Yadkin Complete Fer- tilizer 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Solid South 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Chick's Special Wheat Compound .' 8.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Mammoth Wheat and Grass Grower 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Winston Bone and Pot- ash Compound 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Winner Grain Mixture, 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Mammoth Corn Grower, 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Farmers' Pride Bone and Potash 10.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Reaper Grain Applica- tion 12.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Quickstep Bone and Potash 11.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Tar Heel Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Red Cross 14 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 14.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Comet 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Chick's 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Chatham Acid Phos- phate „ 13.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Horseshoe Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Southern Chemical Co.'s Victor Acid Phosphate, 13.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Champion Acid Phosphate, 16.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Dissolved S. C. Bone 13.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Powhatan Acid Phosphate, 14.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Richmond Brand Guano.. 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Lee Brand Guano 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Killickinick Tobacco Mix- ture 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Stonewall Brand Acid Phosphate 12.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Stonewall Brand Guano.. 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Stonewall Tobacco Guano, 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Special Irish Potnto Grower 6.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Strawberry Grower 6.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's 10 Per Cent Truck Guano 5.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Irish Potato Grower 6.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's Tobacco Fertilizer, 8.00 J. G. Tinsley & Co.'s Tinsley's 7 Per Cent Am- moniated Guano for Beans, Peas, Cabbage. Strawberries, etc 6.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 2.05 2.46 2.05 1.65 2.46 1.65 2.05 3.00 2.50 5.00 2.00 6.00 4,00 2.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 3.00 3.00 5.00 3.00 2.00 3.00 1.65 1.65 2.00 2.00 5.74 6.00 • 2.00 3.28 4.00 8.25 2.50 4.92 3.28 6.00 2.50 5.74 6.00 48 The Bulletin. Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Acid. S. W. Travers & Co.'s National Fertilizer 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s National Special Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Beef, Blood and Bone Fertilizer 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Standard Dissolved S. C. Bone 13.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Travers' Dissolved Bone Phosphate 14.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Dissolved Bone. .\ 12.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Cotton Fertilizer, 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Bone and Potash Compound 10.00 S. W. Travers & Co. r s Capital Truck Fertilizer. . 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Capital Tobacco Fertilizer, 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Farmers' Special Wheat Compound 8.00 S. W. Travers & Co.'s Farmers' 7 Per Cent Truck Fertilizer G.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia State Dissolved Bone and Potash 10.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia State Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Virginia State High Grade Tobacco Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Number One Sol- uble Guano 9.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s XX Potash Mix- . ture 10.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Mountain Top Bone and Potash 10.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Peerless Tobacco Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Battle Axe To- bacco Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Dunnington's Spe- cial Formula for Tobacco 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Austrian Tobacco Grower 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Buffalo Guano. . 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Gamecock Special for Tobacco 8.50 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s G. E. Special To- bacco Grower 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Bull Dog Solu- . ble Guano 8.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Clipper Brand Acid Phosphate 13.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Highland King. . . 9.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Alps Brand Acid Phosphate 12.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Bull Run Acid Phosphate • 10.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Lurich Acid Phos- phate 12.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Gilt Edge Brand Acid Phosphate 14.00 Virginia State Fertilizer Co.'s Gilt Edge Brand Dissolved Bone and Potash 8.00 Sun Tobacco Fertilizer 5.00 Nitrogen. Potash. 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 1.65 2.00 3.28 3.28 2.00 3.00 3.00 • 4.00 5.74 5.00 • 2.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 2.00 • 4.00 • 5.00 2.46 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.46 3.00 2.05 2.05 2.00 3.00 1.65 2.00 2.05 2.00 2.46 " 3.00 1.00 5.11 4.00 9.20 The Bulletin. 49 Avail. Name and Address of Manufacturer and Name of Brand. Phos. Nitrogen. Potash. Acid. Thomas Wakefield, Friendship, N. C. — Bone Meal Total 21.73 4.12 Williams cG Clark Fertilizer Co., Charleston, S. C. — Standard American Ammoniated Bone Super- phosphate 9-00 1.S5 1.00 Winbomc Guano Co., Tyner, A 7 . C. — King Tammany Guano 8.00 2.47 3.00 Farmers' Select Guano *.' >< » 2.06 3.00 Winborne's 7 Per Cent Guano 5.00 5.75 .">.<><> Winborne's Excelsior Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Winborne's Tobacco Guano 8.00 2.47 2.00 Winborne's Eureka Guano 8.00 1.65 2.00 Winborne's 3-8-4 Guano 8.00 2.47 4.00 Winborne's Triumph Guano S.00 1.65 2.00 High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Standard 16 Per Cent Acid Phosphate 16.00 Genuine German Kainit • • 12.00 T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, Va. — Standard Grain and Grass Grower 8.00 1.65 2.00 Standard High Grade Trucker 8.00 4.94 6.00 Standard Potato Fertilizer 8.00 1.05 5.00 Standard Vegetable Fertilizer 8.00 2.47 3.00 Standard Tobacco Fertilizer 8.00 2.47 3.00 Standard High Grade Acid Phosphate 14.00 Standard Bone and Potash Mixture 10.00 .. 2.00 Wood's Pure Animal Bone Total 23.00 2.47 Wood's Lawn Enricher 6.00 2.47 3.00 Nitrate of Soda 15.63 50 The Bulletin. REPORT FROM LEAF TOBACCO WAREHOUSES FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 1908. Pounds sold for producers, first hand 9,920,500 Pounds sold for dealers 454,164 Pounds resold for warehouse 528,791 Pounds resold for other warehouses 11,790 Total -. 10,915,245 REPORT FROM LEAF TOBACCO WAREHOUSES FOR MONTH OF MARCH, 1908. Pounds sold for producers, first hand 5,270,749 Pounds sold for dealers 369,092 Pounds resold for warehouse 307,895 Pounds resold for other warehouses 957 Total 5,948,693 THE BULLETIN OP THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, RALEIGH. Volume 29. MAY, 1908. Number 5. FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK. Applying the Lime-Sulphur-Salt Wash with barrel spraying outfit in an orchard of 5,000 bearing pear trees. PUBLISHED MONTHLY AND SENT FREE TO CITIZENS ON APPLICATION. ENTERED AT THE RALEIGH POST-OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER. STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE S. L. Patterson, Commissioner, ex officio Chairman, Raleigh. J. J. Laughinghouse Greenville First District. C. W. Mitchell Aulander Second District. William Dunn New Bern Third District. Ashley Horne Clayton Fourth District. R. W. Scott Melville Fifth District. A. T. McCallum Red Springs Sixth District. J. P. McRae Laurinburg Seventh District. R. L. Doughton Laurel Springs Eighth District. W. A. Graham Machpelah Ninth District. A. Cannon Horse Shoe Tenth District. OFFICERS AND STAFF. S. L. Patterson Commissioner. Secretary. B. W. Kilgore State Chemist, Field Crops. Tait Butler ' Veterinarian, Animal Husbandry. Franklin Sherman, Jr Entomologist. W. N. Hutt Horticulturist. H. H. Brimley Naturalist and Curator. T. B. Parker Demonstration Work. W. M. Allen Food Chemist. J. M. Pickel Assistant Chemist. C. D. Harris. . .Assistant Chemist and Microscopist, Stock Feeds. W. G. Haywood Assistant Chemist. G. M. MacNider Assistant Chemist, Soils. L. L. Brinkley Assistant Chemist. S. O. Perkins Assistant Chemist. Hampden Hill Assistant Chemist. S. C. Clapp Nursery and Orchard Inspector. S. B. Shaw Assistant Horticulturist. R. W. Scott, Jr., Superintendent Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C. F. T. Meacham, Superintendent Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. John H. Jefferies, Superintendent Pender Test Farm, Willnrd, N. C. R. W. Collett, Superintendent Transylvania and Buncombe Test Farms, Swannanoa, N. C. ^ TRAOEsT ri'Si l COUNCIL > FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK. Within recent years there has been inaugurated a method of extend- ing agricultural knowledge known as Agricultural Demonstration. The purpose of this new educational work is not to displace or sup- plant any of the other established means of increasing and extending agricultural information, such as the Agricultural College, the Agri- cultural Experiment Stations and the Farmers' Institutes; but it is intended to supplement and assist all other means of bringing the actual tillers of the soil closer to those agricultural facts ascertained by the Experiment Stations and accumulated through long years of experience. This demonstration method of teaching established agricultural facts to the farmer by operations on his own farm is but another evi- dence of the present tendencies of scientific methods of teaching. It is the approved modern laboratory method of instruction taken to the individual farm. The operations already being conducted on the farm are used to demonstrate the value of -a knowledge of the few general scientific principles underlying up-to-date farm practices, and that these prac- tices are applicable to and of great value to this particular farm. With farm crops the value of better seed and more intelligent fer- tilization and of better preparation and cultivation of the land are demonstrated. In fruit growing the increase in the quantity and quality of the product resulting from better methods of orchard man- agement and the value of more attention to preparing the fruit for market are shown-. In dairying the unprofitable cows are detected, better methods of care and feeding put in operation, and the greater profits from placing a high-class product on the market proved. The general method of conducting this farm demonstration work is to send a practical man, having a working knowledge of scientific agriculture and an intimate experience with the special line of work he has in charge, to the farms of the men who are to co-operate in carrying out the demonstration. These visits are made at regular intervals during the period of the demonstrations, in order to make certain that the farmer shall have such instruction and assistance as he may need in performing his part of the work. When the demonstrator goes to a farm he endeavors to utilize such facilities as already exist there or may easily be obtained. No experi- ments are undertaken, but only such crops and practices as the value of which have been thoroughly demonstrated are advised. In short, it is demonstration and not experimental work that is contemplated. 4 The Bulletin. The chief obstacle to progress and the introduction of improved methods and implements is that old practices are more easily and per- fectly executed because of long practice in following them. A new- practice, although in itself much more easily followed and, when well performed, much more effective, may at first be more difficult than the old way, and, for this reason, being less perfectly performed, may be less effective. The personal presence and assistance of the demonstra- tor in starting new methods and implements of known value removes this obstacle to their introduction and insures them a fair trial, which may lead to their permanent use in future farming operations. The aim of this demonstration work is simply to assist the farmer to introduce such farm practices as have been proved of value, and thereby enable him to do better farming and get more for his labor. Incidentally, the farmer also obtains much valuable agricultural in- formation. With the full inauguration of this farm demonstration work the connection between the farmer and agricultural science will be com- plete. We have the Experiment Stations to verify old and ascertain new facts; the Agricultural Colleges to teach these facts to the few who go to college, and these few to teach the masses, through the medium of the Farmers' Institute, and show the accuracy of their teaching by means of farm demonstrations. So fully impressed was the State Department of Agriculture with the importance of the work and its possibilities for direct good to agriculture, that, in September, 1907, a division of Demonstration was created and Mr. T. B. Parker elected to take charge of this im- portant line of work. If the fruit growers, truckers, dairymen or general farmers of any section or any individual desires assistance in any line of farm work, the State Department of Agriculture will be glad to co-operate with him and render all assistance possible to enable him to obtain better results from his labor, and, when necessary, a representative from the Department will visit any part of the State and assist in overcoming any agricultural difficulties encountered. DEMONSTRATION WORK AS APPLIED TO FARM CROPS. By T. B. PARKER, in Charge of Demonstration Work. So far, in North Carolina, demonstration work relating to farm crops has been confined to alfalfa, crimson clover, vetches, and im- proved varieties of corn and cotton. It was started about two years ago with alfalfa, in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture. Through this co-operation effected with the Federal Department of Agriculture, we were last year able to send crimson clover and vetch to nearly seventy-five farmers living in more than twenty-five counties and embracing nearly every section of the State. These seed are not distributed indiscriminately. They are sent out for the specific pur- pose of finding out where they will succeed and under what conditions they do best, and to prove to the farmers their economic agricultural value. Each person receiving seed will also be required to keep a record of time of planting, the nature of the land, what crop occupied the land last year, if high land or low land, level land or hill land, the methods of cultivation, fertilization, etc., for which we furnish blanks to- be filled out by the co-operator. With this data, covering every variety of soil in the State, different methods of cultivation, fertiliza- tion, etc., we can draw conclusions that must be helpful to the agri- cultural interests of the State. Follow this up a few years, until we have proved by the test of time the results of these farm tests, and we will have a fund of information that will be invaluable to the farmers of the State. The value of alfalfa as a forage crop, as well as a soil improver, wherever it can be grown, is sufficient reason for the Department of Agriculture to encourage its cultivation, which we are doing on small areas in many parts of the State. Crimson clover is another of the legumes that we are anxious to see grown all over the State, especially where red clover will not succeed. The Department feels justified in inducing our farmers to grow this crop. It is not only a fine soil improver, but is also a good hay plant. The vetches also belong to the legume family and are valuable for soil improvement and for hay. The great value of these plants has been proven at our test farms, and we are desirous of demonstrating to the farmers their value along these lines. But few reports have as yet come in, but those that have are of a very encouraging nature and give evidence of an interest in these 6 The Bulletin. crops. We have not yet been able to make any definite arrangements in regard to crimson clover and vetch to send out again this fall, but we are hoping to be able to send out even more than we did last season. In addition to the above-named crops, the Division of Demonstra- tion Work has this year (1908) sent improved seed corn to about 175 co-operators, and improved cotton seed to about an equal number, embracing every section of the State in which