Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1847-07-14


planted two and half acres of ground. d
A heavy rain washed up many ofthem; yet s
gathered over two bales of cotton, which o
sold "a cents higher than any of my other
cotton, and obtained 81 bushels of seed, S
weighing "a pounds to the bushel. c
Does not that seemingly simple, but pro- 9
found and admirable advice Of FonieuelPs, 6
shat we should in all things initiate ma 5
ture, who is grand IN her schemes, but tru-
gal in her MEANS" here apply2
| had committed the 5lunder while exa-
mining my numerous cuttings Of 1913, of
picking with my own fingers alt the h ner
lots, the aggregate yield of which exceed
ed one hundred thousand seed. The ex-
pansion in single season of my 81 seed,
! Tor one holly into % acres OF good cotton,
Welding 81 bushels Of seed, made me
sensible of my error, and OF the TACT that
must do less to accomplish more. Feel
ing that | could safely depend for the i'm
provement of my /" 100 seed, upon the
process that resulted in their production,
| examined the "a acres with additional
care, and made my selections with tast- |
dIOus nicely.
Judge of my surprise at finding my lou
seed springing upon me four new varieties
the first wear, each possessing some pecu-
liar excellence of It's own. Three of these
were to be met with frequently, but the
, fourth originated with a single boil, the
onlv one of its kind on the stalk that bore
it. The three first were named Sub-NIgrI,
4 Belle Creole, Diamond, and the fourth
Lintonia. 1t may not be amss to give
some account of each. The description
, will necessarily be imperfect.
1 Sub. Nigri Vdriety.-Seed small, rugged
dark. scorched seemingly defective, but
perfect and valuable variety. Stalk not
q large, rather low and bushy, great bear
err. boil of full size, round, lint abundant,
o of medium 100 seed length, bright and
! icv. very heavy, elastic and strong.
Belle, Creole Vdriety.-StaIk large, tall
and productive, boil large and long, seed
above medium 100 seed" size; common
Iv fiat on one side with indentation lint
!, abundant. long, fine, silky, soft, lustrous,
:, and bevond measure more oily than any
q cotton | have seen.
? Diamond Vdriety.-Of two kinds
g Seed of the one small, fiat on one side OF
:, both. with indentaton on one side, boil
= round and of full size. The seed oil the
a other large, rough and greenlsh, long
= round. and of sugar-loaf form; (my tavo
70 rite form:) stalk tall and productive, bel
=, of fine size, long and sharP-ponted, locks
~ LARGE and beautiful, and picks splendIdly
Q Lint of both kinds abundant, long, hard
h. elastic, smooth, heavy, and light-rehectIn!
T. whence the name.
ga Lintonia Variety The % seed in tn
nj bolI from whence this variety sprung, wer
is. a size above Mastadon, of a rich crear
ed color, and very thick, smooth, .soIt Goa
nd with little, scarcely half the proper quar-
ed tity of lint, which was however near a
ed inch and half in length, fine, smootl
ed hard. bright and beautiful. From % see
r, I saved I8 stalks They resembled tt
TX Mastodon in size and luxuriancy OF growl
Id in leaf and limb. but the boil and loo
bv were widely different. The boil had tt
az size of the mastodon, but broader pas
and much thinner hull, and opened que
de or than any cotton on the place. A re
an. of the stalks, four or five, had smaller SCI
tho than the others, all were smaller than Il
nd % planted, say somewhat above the av
md rage size of the 900 seed" an aDunuan'
of very long, fine, soft and glossy IN
,,b. and were of my favorlIe sugar-loat lot.
20 and opened and picked as the others o.
The most delightfully."-. The Int OF the DIN
Of stalks was long, hard, strong, aounoat
not harsh. like the Mastodon, but not
lr fine as the 400 seed" commonly.
a. Twill mention a singular incident /;
,ond;no an experiment made in IA, viii
.hIe throws some little light upon this freak
LA the Lin,onia: The first stalk OF twin, eli
es. ter or okra cotton, as this cotton Is va
,den ously termed, appeared among my cott'
: IN of the second method in 1913. plan
= loo seed from some of the best oohs
,bat ensuing wear. But AZ stood. vi In
cons 7 were twin, and like the parent s'aiR
ct of were the upper part twin ana iowor
.ame common, and % resumed the cna'@ :
OF and appearance of the cotton IN Tue
emily Does not this incident 60 to show maj
,;o,s tendency in cotton is as strong 10 rec
one as 10 advance--to deteriorate as 10
> and oroye2 And that all the vigilance
they can be exercised, is required to make
fine. new and valuable variety that make
Iue Of appearance. ;,;,,.
nee would no. % ul'o,0' 81. c,.n;shef
tv. | that either of the two kinds furnishes
= 100 the l8 Lintonia stalks was ImperLecV
rnlsh, Tar from IL. Inc io0 ~ - os
aauisb sample of the original as could sl,v wis
e, per- Inc Liulonia Ne' .,roofs of lis y
EN- my to branch ou'I-O 49,, a. were nv
soed'' of the second year, which
! he much doubt, however, its ability To-
cotton MY INV seeu