The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1889-01-12
Idug staple Cotton versus Short Staple
PinkneyvilIe, Wilkinson Co.. Miss.

Pinkney vile, Wilkinson co., Miss.
10 the Greenulle Times
wish to present some facts to the
thinking and reading public of the
Yazoo Delta country in regard to
4 the types of cotton above mentioned.
There is no doubt that there is a great
craze for small seed good Uniting cot
tons, and of such the Peterkin and
Poor Mans Friend stand at the
head of the list; each yielding an av-
erage of 50 Is per cent. lint the sea-
son through, and PROBABLY less weight
and measure of seed than almost any
other varieties. Is this desirable for
the man who wants to sell his seed by
the bushel or ton, or to put 1t on his
much abused land. think not, aud
viii show why | think so. Peterkin,
or Poor Mans Friend,r either, gives
SS Is per cent. lint, maxi e q 500 lbs.
bale from 1900 lbs. of seed cotton and
proportionately less per cent. of seed
for sale or manure. OF the best class
of long staples, Allen lints 80 IA lbs.
to the 100 lbs. of seed cotton; Ozier
80 IL; southern Hope 30 II; aver
aged the season through. as were the
short staples, which is the only fair
standard to go by; making 450 lbs.
bale from 1900 lbs seed cotton for
either of the two last named long
staples, costing the same to make aud
pick, long or short staples. cannot
speak from my own knowledge Of
prices of the Ozier and Allen this sea-
son, but can of Southern Hope. The
short staple bale would probably not
bring more than $50, or 10 cents per
lb. southern Hope would bring IL
cents per pound, making S5l for the
l50 lbs. bale. take IL cents for long
staple value, as all my cotton except
storm cotton has brought that much,
and even more, as far as have yet
heard from ii, and was ginned on
horse power and steam power gins
with all kinds Of gin stands. My
storm cotton sold at 10 l-2 cents next
II cents; next % cents, nicely handled
next, picked as usual, l3 and IS l-2
cents; next, 16 cents; and next, IL
cents. My neighbors have sold most
Of theirs at II, l3, l3 l-2 and IA cents.
These figures are capable of proof,
which will be produced if necessary,
and are satisfactory as far as they 90
But many say: "Will long staple pro-
duce as well as short staple?' ! say
that Ozier and Southern Hope do with
us, and southern Hope, with me, has
done SO for seventeen years past !
am well aware that long staple cotton
will never become so popular as some
other cottons, though more profitable
to raise, as ! know that prejudice /.
very strong and hard TO overcome
Most people would choose cotton as
best of all that would only give hat
full of seed from 1900 pounds of seed
cotton, and only the thinking few
would reject IT, All steps in this di
rcclion tend to larger individual crops
and of course to larger aggregates
and CHEAPER cotton. | think We
ought to try fol better prices rather
than large crops, and am sure that
good long staple cotton is the right
way to do this, and the only way.
There is no danger that all long
staple will eyer be raised, thereby
bringing its price down to common
cotton as people are too careless and
TOO tickle TO bring this about be-
lieve with little more care In picking
and handling that good long staple
cotton can be made to bring from l2l
to / 8 cents per pound, yearly, and give
more seed as well as more money than
any short staple. One pound of per-
fectly dry seed cotton of Southern
Hope and the same Of Pcterkin, hand
picked, seed and lint dried by hot fire,
gave Southern Hope II ounces seed
and 3 ounces lint, Peterkin, i0i ounces
seed and 5k ounces Int; making for
Southern Hope 46S lbs. lint to- 1900
lbs. seed cotton, and for Pcterkiu $40
lbs. lint, which at 10 cents for Peterkln
would be $51.50, and for Southern
Hope at IL cents, f56.t6, difference
of $4.66 in favor of Southern Hope.
This test was made last week In No
yembcr, 1888. Cotton can only be
tested when thoroughly dry, and for
complete test must be averaged
through an entire season. Southern
Hope takes IS bolls season through,
dry cotton, and Peterkin 73 bols TO
make a pound Of seed cotton. Sc
Iect Peterkln TO test against as bsing
generally admitted TO be the best yie-
ding and linting long staple and that
II will make as much cotton per acre,
barring worms, as any cotton. OF
course any cluster, beats any long
limbed cotton in worm season.
Southern Hope is standard cotton
from South America. seed aeclimated
and therefore superior to any sea is
land Hybrid which can only be kept
up by most careful yearly selection.
The type of this cotton is so strong,
that other eottons planted near, go TO
its type instead its going to theirs, as
my II years growing IL has amply
psoved. In 10 years after mixing 9TH
er seed with my old cotton 1t only
lost 1-S of an inch in length of stample
as compared with pure seed obtained
years ago of its originator, Col. f.
Iioubieu of Coreshatta, since dead.
Ills sons live at or near Campte, La,
and still keeps up the type of his cot
ton. f. j. McGHEE.