The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-07-18

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and, writes al follows to the Aiken
J0uyna, and h..;.e, under date of JUNG
inil:
The :,lIowing observations on the
periods Of the growth Of cotton were nal':
with care il 1887 OF a number Of plan;;
expressly grown for the purpose:
Plants coming up in April, bore l!.er
first forms in IS TO - days: on the aver
age in 10 days from Tie timc the plant
appeared above the ground.
Plants coming up in May had forn.a ii
% to IS days: average 80 days.
n!arts coming up in June had foros
in 26 an;! 81 days; average 2G days.
Forms appearing in May bloomc.i in
81 to 81 days; average % days.
Forms appearing in ,Jurc bloomed in
90 to y days; average .! days.
Forms appearing in July bloored in
30 TO &c days; average p days.
Forms appearing in August bloomed
in u TO 81 days; average 25 days.
June blooms made open bolls i'll IS to
Sc days; average 50 days.
July bocms made open bolls in G4 to
10 days; average G5 days.
August blooms made open bolls in 46
to IS days; average 81 days.
we might, therefore, expect plants
coming UP, say 18th April, to form ma
ture fruit about 10th August; 18th May
to form mature fruit about 1lth Septem.
ber. Or it should take about 10 days
from the appearance of the first open
boil, and under the most .jararoJle cir
cumstances, gay 20 days longer, for all
average crop
The same writer says Gu the subjec! in
the Edgefeld Adrertiser Of 10th ult.
With regard to late cotton making a
crop, l may say it has been n practice Of
farmers here for several yeas to plant
cotton after cats, from about the 25th Of
Nay to the 18th of June. Some excel
lent crops were made in this way, but the
impression prevailed that the seasons
favored this late planting onlv about one
iu three or four years. The growth Of
cotton is rarely stopped here By frost
before the 10th November. This dste
gives cotton coming up the let Of July
1872 days TO mature On The average, the
first boil opens in 10 days after the
appearance of the plant, and with fair
seasons the remaining % days are sufii.
cient to make fruiting. Cotton coming
up the 1st of June would have 1872 days
to fruit. This would seem ample.
Nevertheless, in a dewless drought
common occurrence in August and Sep.
tember-cotton will not onl y cease TO
take on the fruit, but will shed forms,
and in great heat halfgrown bolls. |
have known a plant to drop 90 forms in
single day. My own observations apply
only to the year 1887, which was bad
year for late cotton, the drought in Au,
gust and September being very great.
The following is summary Of what |
then noted:
Seven plants coming up in April bore
100 forms; Of these IS per cent. per
ishcd and the remaining y per cent.
produced 425 blooms; 63 Of these blooms
dropped, aud 500 holls opened.
Ten plants coming up ct various dates
in May bore 2l76 forms, making GG7
blooms and 40 bolls. The percentage
of mature fruit TO forms being nearly the
same as for April. The average number
of boIls to stalk beirg IL, instead CT
II as in April.
Two plants coming cup on the
18th and 2jth OF June, bore l0l and 53
forms respectively, - aud l6 bloonls, %
and II bolls,
One plant coming up lst July had IS
forms, 80 blooms, Z open bolls.
The season WAS very unfayorable; no
forms appeared after the 9TH of Septem-
Der, no blooms after the 18th of Septem'
Der, and the last boil Of white cotton
opened on the 9th of October.
1850 bolls picked the 10th of Sertem'
Der weighed 2O4 pornds, or II bolls to
the pound.
4s3 bolls picked the 10Th Of septem.
Der, weighed 81 pounds, Or about u
bolls to the pound.
293 bolla picked 5th of October
weighed 8 pounds, or 81 bolls TO the
| pound.
493 bolls picked oath of October
weighed 81 pounds or Ito bolls to the
pound.
From these facts it will appear that the
chances are largely in favor of early cot
ton, but that late cotton, even in a bae
season, may count for something, ant
with favorable fall would give a fai
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