The Cullars Rotation - Auburn, AL
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N 32° 35.271 W 085° 28.980
16S E 642374 N 3606612
This marker tells how the adjacent field is part of a continuous soil fertility study going back to 1911.
Waymark Code: WMH57W
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2013
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The text of the marker reads:
The Cullars Rotation is the oldest, continuous soil fertility study in the South and the second oldest cotton study in the world. It was started in 1911 by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station on the farm of J.A. Cullars and John P. Alvis. In 1938, the "Alvis Field" was sold to Alabama Polytechnic Institute which became Auburn University in 1960. The experiment consists of 14 soil fertility variables in three blocks that are rotated with cotton followed by a winter legume, corn followed by wheat, and soybeans planter after wheat.
National Register of Historic Places, April 19, 2003
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission
and the Auburn Heritage Association
2006
Marker Name: The Cullars Rotation / (Established 1911)
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
The marker is located near the entrance to the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art on South College Street.
Date Dedicated / Placed: November 3, 2006
Marker Number: None
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Visit Instructions:
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