The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-10-27
JACKsoNs WONDERFUL SEEDS
Thew Will Fetch $1,000 a Bushel From


Thew Will Fetch $1,000 a Bushel From
Those Who Want to Destroy Them,
An Atlanta farmer has created SEN
sation in agricultural circles by being
waited on by a committee of south
Georgians appointed by the farmers of
that section of the state to buy from
him the seed from a crop of cotton.
The price to be paid for the seed Is
$4,000. The man who raised and owns
the valuable cotton seed is Mr.. jack
son well known farmer who lives on
and cultivates the farm of Tax Collect
or Stewart The citizens of south
Georgia are not the only persons who
are anxious to become owners of the
cotton seed. Other men throughout
this state have made offers almost as
fiattering, all of which have been refus-
ed by Jackson:
The unnatural part of the offer to be
made Jackson by the committee from
south Georgia Ia the fact that the men
plant them. On the contrary, II they
get possession of the seed they will de-
stroy them as quickly as possible, TAX
ing care that not a single seed escapes.
Such price as that for cotton seed
was never heard Of before. Jackson
has received hundreds Of offers for his
seed, but even he was surprised when
he heard that a committee would wait
on him for the purpose of offering him
as high as 5000 for his crop of seed.
The seed have history of kind
fbot ;r ,,n,,c,,olIxr INT CaUprp
years ago Mr.. Jackson was presented
with them by Jew who had brought
them from the interior of Africa, from
part of the dark continent on which
the foot of white men seldom treads.
The Jew had Joined an exploring party
which had started to the center of At
RIGA. He was wealthy, and went on
the trip simply for the novelty Of the
experience. While In the very middle
of Africa the party came across some
cotton, the stalks Of which were. over
twenty feet in height The govern
ment botanist, who was along with the
party, took the measure of one Of the
stalks, and 1t was from this stalk that
the first seed came. The Jew cut off
about eighteen inches of the stalk with
a view of bringing 1t to America. On
the stalk were sixty-five bolls, the
largest and finest ever seen. The seed
were well preserved by their original
owner, and were brought safely to
America. While on a trip through the
south the man who had brought the
seed from Africa told of them, and
stated that he would give them to some
farmer who would take care of them.
Jackson was mentioned to him and the
Jew turned the seed over to him.
Jackson planted the seed and watch
ed their growth with fond eyes. He
had heard how high the stalk from
which the seed were taken had been,
and he determined to grow stalks equal
ly as high. His first crop was a sue
cess. The stalks Of the cotton grew up
to an enormous height.
This year when the time for plant
ing cotton came Mr.. Jackson determin-
ed to give the seed severe test to see
If they would stand 1t. He planted
every seed in the poorest ground on his
entire farm and on the west side of a
hill AS Is well known to farmers, the
west side upland ground Is always very
poor; though the land was unusually
poor and the year one of the worst cot
ton years In the history of the south,
the cotton fourished and Is still bloom
ing Mr. Jackson used nothing to en-
rich the soil in which the seed were
planted. The test was severe one,
but, notwithstanding that fact some of
the stalks are as high as seven feet.
The cotton produced by these seed is
of the very finest quality, and is even
as fine as long staple cotton. Jackson
!. has been offered ten cents per pound
for what he has raised this year, but
he has refused to accept it and he be-
lieves he will be able to get fourteen
cents for 1t. One of the peculiarities
Of this cotton is the fact that it is leaf
less. When the stalk grows up leaves
begin to sprout out on it, and after they
have grown out for some distance the
fruit comes out from the stem of the
leaf After the fruit has partially ma
tured the leaf drops off, leaving the
stalk perfectly leahless. This is the
only. cotton of this kind ever heard of
in this country, and is causing no end
of, comment among the farmers
throughout the south.
The farmers Of south Georgia have
sent their committee to Atlanta to buy
the seed from Mr.. Jackson, because
they believe that if the cotton is plant
ed throughout the south they will be
ruined beyond repair They are of the
opinion that If cotton will do so well
| under so severe a test, when planted
| and cultivated it will produce so much
| that cotton will be so cheap that there