Auburn in Lee County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

The Cullars Rotation
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The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust

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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 16, 2021

1. The Cullars Rotation Marker

Inscription. The Cullars Rotation
(Established 1911) 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.

The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust In the late 1800s, J.P. Alvis and J.A. Cullars farmed this property which later became known as the "Alvis Field." They allowed Prof. F. F. Atkinson, a biologist at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama,

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to use this site to study cotton rust, a disease that causes cotton plants to shed leaves early. Atkinson's research in 1890 led to the discovery that cotton rust was caused by a potassium deficiency. As a result, the Cullars Rotation was started in 1911. Today, potassium fertilizers are used on cotton throughout the South.

Erected 2006 by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Auburn Heritage Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Education • Horticulture & Forestry. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.

Location. 32° 35.271′ N, 85° 28.979′ W. Marker is in Auburn, Alabama, in Lee County. It can be reached from Woodfield Drive 0.1 miles east of South College Street (Alabama Route 15), on the right when traveling east. Located at Jule Collins Smith Museum

The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 16, 2021

2. The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust Marker

of Fine Art. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 901 S College St, Auburn AL 36830, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama and in Greater Columbus.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Advancing American Art Collection (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Old Rotation (approx. 0.4 miles away); Founders' Oak (approx. 0.6

The Cullars Rotation / The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, October 16, 2021

3. The Cullars Rotation / The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust Marker

miles away); Auburn University and the Alabama Farmers Federation (approx. 0.6 miles away); Pine Hill Cemetery (approx. 0.9 miles away); Desegregation at Auburn (approx. 1.1 miles away); Auburn University (approx. 1.1 miles away); Auburn WWI Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Auburn.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Wittel Dormitory (was approx. 1.1 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. Marker went missing for many years.

Also see . . . Encyclopedia of Alabama about Cullars Rotation. (Submitted on June 16, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 17, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 16, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,260 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on October 16, 2021, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

The Cullars Rotation⎯⎯⎯The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust

The Cullars Rotation
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The Alvis Field and Cotton Rust