The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-12
Notes and oleamings.
t'cHARBoN;" EXPERIMENTS WITH COTTON.
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CORN AND SORGHUM
Bulletin No. IL. Mississippi Agricultural
Experiment Station treats a. some length
the subject of ''charbon," which prevailed
10 such disastrous extent in that state
during the past summer The first cases of
THIS disease among mules was reported from
Yazoo City early in June
1t spread chiefly through the lowlands
following the direction Of the rivers and
creeks, and nearly all the animals died when
not subjected to prompt treatment. Mules
that are in bad condition from poor and in
adequate food stand little chance of recov-
cry.
Among the various remedies tried the
following mixture gave the most satisfac-
ton:
-Four drachms of potassium chlorate,
One tablespoonful tincture muriate of iron.
This mixed in pint of water and given
every four hours as drench.
In addition to this the affected parts are
Dathed In solution of carbolic acid toS.
"Charbon" is blood disease caused by q
specific micro organism-the Bacillus
AuthrdciS-and nearly all the animals not
treated died in from twelve to thirty-six
hours after the first symptoms were noted,
the temperature rising to 1863.
The second annual report from the same
station embodies some interesting expert
ments with numerous varieties of cotton,
corn and sugar cane. Experiments are un-
derway with various grasses and clovers.
Twenty-four varieties" of cotton were
tested under like conditions without manure
TO test their comparative productiveness.
30 lar as this test goes the following proved
to be the most productive six:
FRUITS Premium, Ferrelrs Prolific, Ex-
celsior, Jones l.. S. Prolific, Dixons I'm
proved and FRUITS Prolific.
Among the least productive sorts appear
the Okra, Six Oaks, Peterkin, Herlong,
Georgia Prolific and Champion Cluster.
The percentage of lint to seed cotton in
the several varieties was found to range
from 261 per cent. up to 80 per cent. In
nearly every instance the variety that
yielded the highest per cent of lint were
found the least productive and the least
profitable. For instance, the "Dixon" with
only 26 per cent. of lint produced 1880
pounds OF seed cotton, that yielded $50
worth of lint cotton per acre, while the
"Peterkin" with 20 per cent. of lint pro-
duced only $50 pounds of seed cotton, giving
$50 worth per acre.
OF course these tests are by no means con-
elusive, and must be taken as merely suggest
i've of possible facts Other experiments
may make altogether different showing.
Forty-four varieties of corn were tested.
The six most productive kinds were
found in this instance to be the following:
Mosby, st. Charles, White Parish, White
Dent, Improved Learning, Weiborns Con-
science and Piass King.
The Blount Prolific, Golden Dent and
Chester County Gourd seed fell considerably
below the first six in yield.
1t was found that it required 81 * pounds
of ear corn to make bushel of the Mosby,
and Is pounds of the White Dent.
OF all the varieties the average weight of
ear-corn to make bushel was found to be
6715 pounds.
Of the 25 varieties of sorghum cultivated
the heaviest yield of stripped cane was OBJ
tanned from the Honduras, which gave
eleven tons per acre. The greatest yield Of
cane sugar was found in the Late Orange.
which gave Ills per cent.
Among the promising forage plants
special commentator is given Burr clover
and the Chinese Vetch. OF the latter it is
said that it makes fully double the amount
of vine ordinarily produced by the COW pea,
and is equally valuable for green food or
for blowing under.
japanese Rye" is also commended, as
the result OF first trial. S. A. c.