The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-06

unless we produce in future better grade
of cotton, we will place ourselves even
more than over in competi ion with foreign
c0ttons imported as substitutes Egyptian,
Brazilian, FIJI islands, Tahiti Islands and
Peruvian cOttonS. For the past few years
these cottons have been coming To market
every season with better preparation, finer
staple and even length Of fiber.
As regards Georgia and Florida, it is a
well-1nown fact that the sea island cotton
planted in those states will gradually de-
teriorate when the best of care is taken IN
selecting the seed for planting. so that IN a
few years the cotton becomes almost worth
less. New seed should be imported from
the islands at least every two or three
years. There are quite number of cotton
factors in Charleston and Savannah that
take an interest in this seed question and
keep supply of selected seed Oh hand every
season.
We have made the subject of importing
seed our study for years, and annually inl-
port large quantity of best selected seed
direct from the island, and also keep on
hand the best selected seed from lone years
planting" in Florida. We also run
large seed farm, where we are always
experimenting as to the seeds that are best
adapted to Georgia and Florida, and that
will produce the best results as TO quality
and satisfactory fiber to the manuIactur
ers.
Correspondence upon the subject Of seed
is earnestly invited.
All seed for the coming sea~ol should be
bought or engaged by Oct 10, that when
the picking season comes on it can be care
fully selected.
A WORD OF WARNING TO FARMERS AND
GINNERs.
Our experience leads us to state that more
damage is done to cotton by inexperienced
ginners than in any other way. Unless
there is great care taken the gins will Gu t
the fiber, badly crack the seed, and even
allow whole seed to get into the lint, which
will give the cotton an appearance that
will effect the price from l to cents a
pound.
1t will therefore be to the farmers inter
est to look about him before contracting
with any one to do his ginning, and send
his cotton to him who does the best work.
Some of the principal reasons for this state
of affairs are:
l. The low prices prevailing for the past
few years have compelled. that class of
planters who have taken most pains IN car
ing for their cotton in regard to cultivation
and seed to abandon it. They claim they
cannot make the better grades of cotton
for less than "a to 25 cents, and will not try.
2. A large quantity OF the colt II is pur-
chased by merchants doing a moderate
dtuOuuJ Ol JTdu6, anu NuO nave llGllo IOOlii
| for handling the crop, and the consequence
is the cotton is thrown into a pile and
hauled to the gin house to be ginned, with
the request that the seed be saved for his
custo ners for pla ting.
| 8. The careless manner in which the cot
ton is handled at the country gin houses,
moro particularly in those sections where
both long and short cotton are grown and
| ginned, when ginned under the same roof.
1t is almost impossible, even with the
utmost care, to keep the seed from mixing
| to some extent.
All cotton should be first summed and then
put through a cleaner or whipper to extract
all sand and tra,h before being ginued,
otherwise you will not get cotton that
will grade first-class in appearance and
become fancy in preparation. When this
is done and our cotton goes to market in
first-class condition we will have some claim
upon high prices. H. F. DUTToN 81 Co.