Southern telegraph., 1838-09-12

acl, which is an amalgation of qualities
ocular to the Egyptian and Mexican, yet
ifFering from both.
The seed DIR. Mutt brought from Egypt
vas planted in a line contiguous to the
Mexican Cotton; the seed procured from
hese stalks were planted the following
Jear, from which was obtained seed enough |
'or something like an acre of ground-the
subject of our present remarks.
This Cotton was planted on the l4th of
April, three weeks after the usual time. The
of this is, that it is still grow
ing, and but very few bowls as yet have
peared; and although the Cotton on this
place, as we'll as in the neighbor-
hood, has suffered serious injury by the
shedding of forms and boris, yet this looks
healthy and is weighed down by its rich bur-
den
The MericO- Egyptian Cotton as it now
appears, has two or more stalks, measuring
in circumference from eight TO ten inches
These stalks have innumerable branches,
which are larger than the stalks of common
Cotton growing in like situations. The
stalks of each plant attain common height,
saw from six to twelve feet The branches
grow erect, and these have arms that ex-
tend three or four feet horizontally;at every
Joint there is blossom, square or bowl.
Mr.. Ii. Mutt had the curiosity tocount them
last summer He found upon a single plant
fpe hundred. There is plant now near
the house, which, i any one had the pa
tience to count, may be found as many treLl
formed bowls. The peculiarly of its bios
som is worthy of notice, which is a beaut-
ful bright buff color. The bowls have but
four compartments, a feature given it by a
compromise between its progenltor. The
fibre of this Cotton, ia sample of which |
send you,) it will be readily seen is longer,
possessing greater Strength-the color Ma
riet, less bleached, approaching somewhat
the much desired scream Color" and that
its texture is finer than the Mexican. This
sample, YOU will mark too, was picked from
few bowls the first to open, aud that the
seed were torn out by the fingers. You can
conceive how much more beautiful it will
appear when its second picking is ginned.
Ii is a fact we'll attcsted By naturaists,
that subjects of the vegetable, as well as the
animal kingdom, when made to procreate
from their respective species or 6miies,
degenerate. In few years, the Mexican
Cotton ,.r the Calf Hills, which has so long
occupied such c,yiable rTe-emlnence, may
lose that proud title ana SGq9come IS ih'eH-
or as the black seed that precedcu the IN
PRODUCTION of the Mexican. Another fact
NAV suggest to the FAINTER the necessity of
making some attempt to Improve the cul-
ture OF Cotton in the HIS. You know, geu-
tlemen, that land, when for series ofyears
has produced a certain grain or crop, will
become tired and refuse at last to bar that
crop any longer; that by changing the crop
or alternating it with another, thus resting 1t
in some degree that its capabiity toproduce
will! again be restored. Now, there is no
concealing the fact that much of the land in
the Hills is impoverished, and some entire
y exhausted, and that unless something is
done to restore its productivanass that it
will fail to bring good Cotton before long,
and at last fail to bring any Cotton at all.
1t was to remedy these evils, to wit: to
prevent the degeneration of the Mexican
Cotton, and to arrest the exhaustion of the
soil, that this attemptto cross the Cotton has
been made; and if the experiment of the
Mexico-Egyptian Cotton succeeds, we shall
have the novel spectacle of worn out lands
eeSting and at the same time producing
finer Cotton and larger crops than at pres
ent.
| sat down to notice simply the peculiari-
ties of this mongrel Cotton, but your enqui
rles have elected an extension of my re-
marks, which probably should have been re
served till better warranted by facts, or till
my time should have given me leisure to
render this communication more satisfacto-
ry. But as your curiosity is to blame for
this hasty account of an interesting opera
ton of nature, you must be satisfied with
this statement till the future has developed
the result Of these speculations.
Yours respectfully,
C.B. NEW.