Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-04-07
Froa. tie Southern Cultiuator.
MASTODON COTTON. #


plant, which / think must, in lew
years, suppant most of the other kinds
now it cultivation II have thought
brief account of my experience in lis
cultivation might not}be unacceptabl TO
yourreaders..
In the fall of 1914, I procured few
bolls of this cotton and planted in'my
garden the few seed from these bo!'s
the next spring. The succeeding sum-
mer being very dry one, and the MAJ
,nure used being fresh from the stables,
the prqduct was no, remarkably large.
/ succeeded, however, in obtaining from
it seed enough, by using them very
sparingly, 10 plant three acres this year.
This crop, until the boil worm COM
alenced its depredations, was as fine
prospect as ever saw in this climate,
notwithstanding it was injured by lack
of distance between the rows, having
given it only four feet. The land was
not very rich, yet it had been lightly
manured. | am quite confident fit had
not been attacked by the worm, thar ]
should have gathered a bale Of $50 to
500 pounds per acre. The planting and
cultivation were such as farmers in this
section of country usually practice. The
weed Of lhis species grows much larger
and mole luxuriandy than That Of either
Kinds ana for taat reason. if lhcie were
no others, ]. would seem to be preferable
10 other k.Hd, tor planting OF old exhaus
led lands. The bols are much larger
than those of other Kinds, nearly twice
as large, and / ;hiDk as numerous. My
opinion, founded on nay short experience
in its cultivation, is, tha, ;his cotton,
planted on land OF any quality, will give
a larger yield than ihe most approved
kinds now in cultivation wou!b, if plan
led on the same land. The seed Of the
Mastodon cotton do ne, appear exactly
10 correspond with ihes'z of The bolls,
mol being larger than those of olher
kinds, and the stable or lint is fully one
quarter Of an iuch longer than that Of the
tcst Petty Gulf or Texian that have
seen. and its texture in soflness and
t,neress of appearance, very far excels
..cilher of,hose species. am convinced
aydn experiment which have just
.n,a,.r, that gwen weigh Of his cellon
inl the seed, will yield much larger
,3wsight oflintt than the other kinds. But
w.sIs give the experiment itself, and
your readers can form conclusions for
.tnsnsesyes9 9on this point. | selected
from the patch after il had been twice
picked oyeT, one hundred bolls, which
3ia mol considsrthe very best, forthe
IS eoa3 picking had taken off the very
rest. sa3t weighed them before the.seed
were fnlt dry. The weight OF The hun
.asau bolIs was % ounces, just one and
linee quarter pounds. lthen had the
seed carefully picked out, and the lint
weighed III ounces, which was yield
at The rate. Of pound Of lint from 2
pounds and 7.ounces Ia lille less Than
p pounds Of seed cotton. The
experiment was made under circunl.
stances not the mos, favorable to show
aIarge yield. The lint had become
dry, but the seed were damp. Had the
seed been perfectly dry, the weight of
lint from given weigh, Of seed cotton
would have been propor!ionalIy greater,
! then selected irum one of Col. John
3. Walkers fields, one hundred boIls,
the bes, / could find, of the Petty Gulf
kind. The weight Of them in the seed
vas one pound and one ounce. The
lint, after the seed we're picked out,
weighed five and one halfounces, which
was yield a, the ra.e of one pound OF
lint from 8 pounds and Il ounces Of
seed cotton.
According 10 experiment, which
think was fairly made, one hundred
pounds ofthe Mastodon, in the seed,
will yield forry-one pounds oflint, while
the same weight of the Petty Gulf, in
the seed, will yield only lhirty.,wo
pounds and five ounces of lint, making a
difference in favor of The Mas,odon OF
eight pounds and eleven ounces oflint in
one hundred pounds Of seed coslon.-
This, at 8 cents per lb., the price of
common cotton in Augusta, gives di(ler>
-ence OFFS cents in each 100 lbs. Of seed
cotton.
Again taking the result of the above
experiment fer the basis Of the ca'cu-
lAtion. PIT lbs. in the seed Of the Petty
Gulf, will make bale Of 400 bis. OF
the Nlas,odon, 975 bis, will make bale
o.! the same weigh. 400 lbs. Again.
every l,20o lbs. Of Mas,odon in tie
seed sill yield lint enough o"er what
the same weight Of the Petty Gulf will
yield, to sell for len dollars. lacking
very few cents. Now, here is gain in
favor Of the Mastodon species over Other
kinds of very nearly ten dollars per bale
Of 2O0lbs.