The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-06-07
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Fonltt Recorder Supplement-
Degeneration of Cotton,

/ .,.Ss. From tie Iiecofder Supplement.
;. Degeneration of Cotton,
.Messrs. Editors l sent you boil, in / 3 seed
of Which two were large white Mexican, :twoPe
tit Cult, aud the rest to me unknown.
In 1908, {eottoh wass50 a. 81 cents per lb.,)
cotton bostweree small and tile. seed green, and
to- which the lint adhered tenaeiouSy A hand
could pick on fair average so lbs. per day. a
| gin that could gin GOO lbs. a daywas sought af,
ter at any price, and waggoned 15o or 200 miles.
In those days was discussed the perpetuity Of
!: Whitney's patent. - y = -.
Z, Now (l853)) cotton has grown much larger,
the seed no longerthe little green seed, but their
name is legion The bolls are large, 100 to the
d.. and in.the case of the boil / sent YOU 80 to
the ID. The staple is shperiorin length, strength
and fneness-a fair average, like the above $50
.ElbS: Oh three.to one can be picked in day.
/ Mr.. William Seabrcok.for many years sold his
best cotton fer one dollar . pound, and Mr. -
I has sold hissat ST 40 perlb Mr.. Seabrook went
through his feldssampling item, and selected
I his seed from such stalks as bore Gotten of the
description that, brought slper ID; and after the
seed were picked out, they swerengain inseected-
H. call those seed not free from leaves, tpft at
thesmall or bud end, were rejected, (being hy-
/ bridized.) -
Sea Island, OF Black Seed cotton, raised out
Of the immediate vicinity of the ocean, is 50 per
cent advance Its own price inferior to that on
the islands surrounded by salt water. Cotton
grown on the islands is very different in close
proximity, road may divide two fields, the
cotton from one of which may be worth 90 cts,
| from the other 81 per ID.
In Mississippi, SIS persboll, even s2.5Opcr sim
gle seed has been giyenfar cotton seed. =
| In cur cotton fields, from thesame seed, ,many
varieties Of cotton are growing. =
f From the above facts we conclude that cotton
has improved in the last forty years, and that it
is susceptible of much greater:improvement.
In all plants, it is necessary to their perfect
ing: their seed, and consequently reproducing a
healthy, folrishing offspring, that should be
:cultiyated in such manner, and in such soil and
climate as is most congenial to it. 20, = -
! = Should cotton seed be brought froma Distance,
OF that grown on the spot used, supposing it to
be of the same kind of seed If the seed be
carefully guarded from Ehybrdization, the seed
raised at home would be preferable, because tits
acchmated and snaturalized--that is to say, if it
were brought from a colder country, it would
sprout too early la spring and come to maturity
Etooeariy in the fall land uice oersa, Because, if
the cotton raised from good seed degenerates be-
1.low.the standard of the. Cotton froms@lichzit
was obtained, 1T shows thatit has deeenerated
from one Of the causes mentioned above, and
| that il would not do as well as home selected
SEEDS IN connection withs which l will quote
from anEssayon the Soils, DC, of the. State of
Georgia, BY J. 3. Cotting, p. 10, (many copies
of which Yal1able-works can be bought in Mil.
EledgeSille at the price Of waste paper.l
aAvery- rich deposit Of; ;decomposed vegetable
matter, part of whicl, has been in cultivation
many years, but almost every vegetable, partic-
ularly cotton, blaws, midews, or rusts, that is
Epianted on it.n Then follows the cause and
cure. =. -7...ss - q ~
T If several varieties of cotton be grown in con-
Etguops fields, the seed from such licottonwil pre-
sent all the varieties ofappearancc in every field
which were peculiar 70 each;. e. the pollen Of
the cotton blossoms, like that ofthe peach, Wheat
Eeorh, cabbage, or anysothcrsplaht, will mix, and
at considerable distances, The only way to pre-
serve cotton then, from this cause OF deteriora-
ton, would be to plant the seed as Uniformly of
one kind as possible, and ar far from neighbor
ling fields of lissimilar kinds as can be accom-
lplished. - ~
Foo early planting is much to be condemned.
Aftender plants, such as Snaps, okra cotton,
DC, when chilled by fosts in early spring, per
haps never recover their fulvigor. And should
the grass spring, on account Of early rains, no
time, notsone working, either with the plough Or
hoe. will be saved. Whereas we're cotton plant
ed to be up by the. middle of April or lst Of
May, according to;the season, it would be ft.to
pick fully as early as that planted mouth eari.
er; and this advantage would also be gained,
Ftliat tho ground would be broke or at least bed
dcd up month nearer to the season when cot
ton (planted when you willy begins 10 grow, i. G..
lst Of June; andMstly, the seed leaves perform
a very important function to the young plant,
fand should they beinjured by frost or cold, the
1scotton would be as lard to make grow or even
live, as child born at six,seven or eight months.
J. ]. MrrcuELL.
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