Fertilizers For Cotton Soils

In four States of the southeastern Cotton Belt--North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama--1,646,420 tons of commercial fertilizers were used, amounting to 69 percent of all the fertilizers used on this crop in the United States. In Table 1 the 1930 statistics are given showing the acreage planted to cotton, acre yields, and amounts of fertilizers used in growing cotton in all the Southern States.

The soil - plant growth situation; Nitrogen - The keystone of protein; Sulfur - essential for protein; Phosphorus - the key to life; Multinutrient fertilizers; Potassium - the catalyst; Calcium, magnesium and finely ground limestone; Micronutrients - for healthy plant growth; Protein - organic wastes; The fertilizer situation in the United States, 1973-1985; Wetland soil fertility; Fertilizer basics - an autotutorial laboratory exercise.