Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1943 — Page 11

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son's experiments this is not the best possible

fertilizers at regular intervals throughout the growing season and particularly at the moment that the cotton bolls begin to form, His experiments seem to indicate (that the ideal way to grow: cotton may be to put certain fertilizers in the ground at the start of the season, adding others later, The important thing, Dr. Johnson believes, is to maintain a constant level of mineral nutrition at each stage of ‘the’ plants’ growth and to

-Jaboratory. {change the formula as needed,

The Barberton experiments are patt of a fundamental research in cotton, unique in the nature of American industry, which the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has been carrying on since 1937, according to P. W. Litchfield, chairman of the board,

Seeks Methods

' Dr. Johnson is seeking to find the correlation between methods of fertilizing the growing plants and the resulting characteristics of the cotton produced. In the past, agricultural scientists

~ have given much time to developing

new strains-of cotton with desirable qualities. These experiments have been devoted to controlling the heredity of the cotton plant. Dr. Johnson believes that by more attention to the plant's environment, the fullest possibilities of its heredity can be realized, . Dr. Johnson's. experiments are being carried on by the methods of so-called hydroponics or “water culture.” The tanks are large, flat, shallow affairs in a greenhouse Where tefiperitiiie ~ and Humidity

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southern cotton field. ; Pumps Used - The gravel in the tanks act mere- |

much as a mother changes the feeding formula of her growing child. A new technique has been worked out by Dr. Johnson to translate these greenhouse experiments into practice on cotton plantations. In the” new method, the fertilizer {is spread thinly over all the space between the rows of plants. But instead of placing all the fertilizer at the start of the season, only -onesixth of the usual amount is used.

Get Same Amount

Another sixth is spread before -each- succeeding - cultivation so that eventually the plant gets the same amount as would be used if the tertilizer had all been applied at once ‘at the beginning of the season. Much work remains to be done, however, on the most suitable formulae for the six feedings. In some of the experiments a formula was used for the first three applications designed to encourage vigorous growth and high yield. . Then for the fourth and later applieations; a formula was used so

intended to make the longest fiber or the strongest fiber that. the plant’s hereditary characteristics would permit.

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" “tank on a different schedule and t0|Leona Edleman, Mildred Parsons, compare results, | Sue ‘Reynolds, Garnet Ames, Ida -“For many years cotton growers Lewellyn and Catherine Richardson:

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