San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-09-13
IMpAovED COTTON PLANT

| Anything that will insure a gooo
crop of cotton in south and south
!west Texas, irrespective of dry o.
moist weather, and that promise:
to double the yield of the present
common qualities, will be of decid
ed interest to the people of thi:
whole section. The possibility o
more than doubling the cottoT
yield of this section, and of doing
$50 in spite of the prevailing dry
weather so common in this south
west,is declared certainty by the
writer of the subjoined letter. In
attestation OF his statements he
has laid on the table of this office
specimens of the varieties men,
toned in his letter, and to these
and in connection with the letter
itself, for which careful persual
is asked, the interested are cited /:
WEEsATCHE, Goliad Co., Tex, !
Sept. 10, 1895.
To the Daily LIGHT.
Enclosed you will find samples
of the cotton mentioned by Mr..
Spears in "Cuero Star" of Aug. %.
Please examine same, invite all
interested to call and do likewise
by the LIGHT, and let the results
be known in the columns of your
paper. The sample marked ''Gold-
en- Rule" stands feet in height
and about 8 feet across from ends
of limbs, yields enormously. The
sample marked "Little Joker"
stands about 4 feet in height and
about 8 feet across, the yield is
quite as heavy as the Golden
Rule. The egyptian" is between
the two above mentioned as to size
of stalk and is also a heavy crop
per. Have had no rain since the
Goth of June, with the exception of
a light rain last Friday, which did
more hurt than good by its turn
ing off hot and dry again.
The objection to the "Egyp-
tian" variety is its brown color,
the sample this year is much
whittier than of last years crop and
/ feel confident next years crop
will be perfectly white. The &C.
r." & l.. J.n varieties are true
cross of the Egyptian and our
common big boil. Counting myself
as nothing, through all the dis
engagements / have met with,
only the faith in Him who "giveth
the increase" and hope of lettering
the condition of the poor in our
sunny south, has brought to light
this wonderful cotton plant. By
planting either of these varieties,
and part of the crop of the common
varieties, will assure the planter a
crop whether wet or dry season. l
will have only a few seed of the
sGolden Rule" and "Little Joker"
to spare and l want to distribute
them in different localities, only to
those who will plant as directed by
me and write results. Please eX-
cuse this lengthy article; did not
intend to write half so much, and
let us know what the experts say,
and oblige. Yours truly,
w. HI. WENTWORTH.
The LIGHT Is not an expert on
the quality Of cotton, notwith-
standing it would at times willing
ly stuff some of 1t in its ears when
the kickers, who think that the
paper must always jump accord
ingly to their wishes, come into the
Office to raise particular cain, but
1t requires no critical acquaint-
snce with the staple to see at a
glance that the specimens SUBJ
mitted are reallylchoice. Those
growers of cotton within reach of
the LIGHT Office are counselled to
read the statement made above,
come and examine the quality of
the fibre on exhibition and then
they can best judge how it Is like
ly to meet the requirements Of the
case. AS will be seen by this let
ter, there is no time to lose in TAX
ing advantage of the offers made
by the writer.
The whole Araneas Pass region
has lost one Of its brightest and