The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-11-23
SEA ISLAND COTTON.

We find the following corresponds
euco published In the Kaufman Star
and transfer II to our columns rs being
matter Of interest tothe farmers Of thir
section;
DALLAS, October y, 1873,
Alr, T. Il, JackHom
SlR-I saw some Sea Island cotton
brown hy YOU in the nOlghborhoOd OF
Dallus. VIII you please send me 4
suluplc to forward 20 the Department
of Agriculture? You VIII 0blIge me by
answering the following inquiries,
Can II be raised successfully rs far from
the coast regions rs this? What Is the
average yield Of lint per0cre? The cost
of raising and preparing II for market,
compared to short staple cotton, and
probable price in the European mar
kcls? Your early attention 10 this viii
obligc your friend, W. W. ROSS
W. W. Ross Esq.'
DEAR SlR-Your letter tn 23d
instant Is at hand and contents noted.
Enclosed you will find II sample OF Sea
island cotton, raised this year and
crown ON the black land near Brook
I'm, I'm Kaufman county, aud which !
licked from the bOlls myself in Au-
gust, ,..,.,...,,,
long staple on the coast for several
wears, and did not succeed there from
the fact that the cotton worm Is al
most perpetual near the coast =,
distributed from my t'rm small
quantities of seed TO f,iends in several
counties, and Of samples MT back to
me | found the lint short and coarse,
except the sample sent from the black
waXy or gunpowder land, ana ms
found to be long aud ola fine texture;
The sample send you Is The second
crop raised in this vicinity, an" ma
IL to be fine sample; and from sales
that have made in Liverpool can
say thrt this sample cah be sofa lor
forty pence sterling,
The growth of this cotton Is much
larger than short staple and produces
n great many more bolls to the Stalk,
hut the bolls have Only three locks
and smaller quantity is produced 10
the boil.
A fast cotton picker can gather, one
hundred pounds per day. Ginning Is
rather II slow process; the. lint is taken
from the seed 10y Ro0Ien's gins, manu-
featured in Charleston, South Carolina,
and cost one hundred and fifty dollars
in Galveston. 4 common hOlse-poW-
~ md n mir of horses will gin out one
bale per day, weighing two hundred
and fifty pounds. This cotton is pack
ed in round bags by hand, carefully
handled before ginning, c!eaheu o
trash, and very dry. 1
This cottoa stan Is u dr0uth hucl
better than short staple. during th'
last season il was bloOmingand having
and holding the forms and squares,
while the short staple was clean OF
blooms and forms on the same larhi'
have seen stalks with some thfe'
hundred bolls, and, with late season
believe that from one thousand u
twelve hundred pounds can be riilseo
on this black land per acre, rot'
pounds of seed cotton OF thls Variety
turns out one Of lint. ,,.,,.,
There is no difference IN the culture
of this and the short staple, except VIZ
rows should be something wider topre
won't fine foliage from shading Inc DOLE
TOO much near the ground, ,,,o
The actual cost Of raising, ginning
shipping and selling of this STAPLE, II
near twenty-five cents per Pounu, ~" tn,
if sold at forty pence, would lehye 'il'
planter tifty-live cents per p0uhu. "a
two hundred and fifty pounds per a 'tr
lint cotton, would leave the pi"h'e
Sl37 80 per acre, clear of expense
leave this for your consideration
and remain, yoursmost obediently'
q. r. JACKSON.