The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-12-16
STRANGE NEW COTTON.
TIE MYSTERY OF Thai PROL'F'C
STAPLE is SOLVED

Not ;. Fax. but F&ct-The Stalks are
p,.,,crl.ss. Grows High. Yields En"r-
mcu.iy ard Can Ee Planted Close
Some time ago we published an afti
cle about new kind OF cotton IhaI
had been discovered in Georgia, Al
hert Phenis, inthe Manufacturers Ne-
cord speaks OF the cotton as follows:
Down in Georgia, on farm over
looking the Gomes and smokestac6s OF
Atlanta, an experimenter named l. a:
Jackson has produced variety OF
cotton. which, if half claimed Tor II
holds GOOD in practical extensive cui'
ture. will work nothing, short OF rev
olution in cotton growing. Inc I'M.
puted distinguishing characteristics OF
| this variety are prolific yleld-trron
two to four bales per acre-and hore
long, stout and silky, and consequent
" OF greater value per pound than
most Of the cotton now raised N
America. -.
Fugitive references 10 this cotton
have appeared in the newspapers OF
the country during the past year, ana
some apparently apocryphal accounts
Of it's history, it characteristics ana tne
dismay it has spread among the grow
ers of ordinary cotton have recently
! been printed in New York and Allan
ia papers. 4 New York neWspape!ld
publishes cut of a suppositious patcn
:. OF this cotton in which the cotton
:, stalks lowered like forest OF trees
J above the figure Of man IN the tore,
: Ground. An Atlanta paper puol1Shec:
q story to the effect that cluo OF
> South Georgia farmers had onerec
. $4,000 for all the seed raised WIN Lne
: intention of destroying every SEED eH-
;. tant and thereby averting a compeu'
: ton conceived to be ruinous to thelf
. interests. Having given some time lo
s an investigation of the SUBJECT on tne
- - Ground, find that while the Wnole
!. matter has scarcely proceeded beyond
the experimental stage, and that some
r misinformation and eXaggeratlon nave
70 been given currency, there IS entirely
= sufficient foundation for large expec
" tations to say the least, and 1t IS DIN
- c1it to understand the apathy existing
az q. among cotton men in Atlanta an'
So &c elsewhere. as evidenced by the fac
80 that no recognized cotton expert has a
al aIJ vet taken the trouble to make lnoi
'0 ouch investigation of the matter
~ While it is true that Mr.. Jackson ma "a
40 =, received large number OF letters
~ ~ many inclosing checks and asking to
:" ~ handful of the seeds, and has ais
- - had numerous callers of late TO lnspe'
20 20 the patch and samples OF cotton, YET
.a .ss find that none of the large cotto
- - houses or planters of Atlanta or els
I-e where nave taken anything more ina
"a. ,ne the merest passing, superficial lntere
od. in the subject. Some cotton men
" whom I have spoken regarding u
vi new cotton are outspoken IN Ine
H. H. skepticism, but further inquiry IN e
ery case has demonstrated that tn
,1se Ise feeling is simply part and parcel
'ts the suspicion which has forever be-
;;S ~ accorded to any new thing. Eve
I ao. wear somebody pretends to nave u
ak covered wonderful new cotton, al
nd ND we don't bother ourselves to lnyes
ant .n cate any of them" This remark,
VA me representative OF one OF the 10
most cotton dealers OF the south, p
nts 1hs baby describes the situation as app
he'd cable 10 all.
oisa And vet when l have mention
had some of the peculiarltles OF tnls = : q q
'ush son cotton, and have inquired II d
the cotton now raised in the south ?
sesses such characteristics, the ans'
oble has been frankly, No" have $
! in eral times visited Mr.. Jackeon's pis:
lree and have made a somewhat oetal
nee examination of the patch, the pl
The and the product. l measured
ired nstch and found it contained a
re- Feet 13 square feet more than Q
The third OF an acre. was lnlortheo orn -
and there had been picked some oo9 pou
ones OF seed cotton from this small pa
imal and there are top bolls enough alre
, no. noetnred to increase this yield to
s;blv 600 pounds, which wouIt
from 2'4OO to :, 900 pounds OF seed
:. ho ton - the acre. and this in yea
nanv - nv unusual blighting drought: 1t IS
=. H ~ that no commercial fertilizers
: sTha @ nsed that the site was selected bee
+ Sc. @ of the poor quality OF the soil, and
I'M the crop was raised without lrrlga
The (Which might have been supplled?
hook intention having been to give IN
= tho verest possible test to the new var!
loted ~ Granting these conditions. the RI
enort IS scarcely less than marvellous.
op5,nd stalks will average six feet IN mel
eoara o whiIe ordinary cotton on farms IN
oUoA0 .J;o;ninor snd with soil O
nown Glately adJolnlpS' %nu soto- 49, ;s in
suited parently similar character, Is ~ ~
y the droughty year only one 10 '"o ie
mates. height.
It was counted the open and the mat
yor of hills onlv on about 100 of these ST
" the The The hie6est l found was SO;
plant. many had 30, and those having
lother than 5 were very lnfrequent;;
prov. claimed that ordinarll = II snGHto 11o
'loyed age 10 bolls to the statH. lne
Die to are two feet apart, and the plants
negro inches apart in the row; the
Hun shoots up straight, with appar
enc of little tendency to stool or limb
ilding i fruits directly from the STALK
wreck Loaf bud appears on the salk, q
itself tw;o or stem is developed, and
If four ;oi5t @ Of the leaf and the twig the
Piland yith from one to five bolls, IS iol
/. The history OF the plant so far IS IS
when the boil natures the IeSI II
to the off, so that there are never mo- more
in the three or TOUR leaves AZ q '-mo -
ng We stalk. they nelng at tne wy, S we q
am off tage in picking the cotton, as we
le hub safeguard against disaster sno". .
When plant be attacked Oy tne .o4l a. 49,
all you ;or he would starVe 10 ue~.4i ~ ~
unger, commentators nave Suss a.es ,,,ar -
nd put tendency to sned us !eaSes S.b;ss h%i
2 axle. simply to the orousnI' ~ y los.' ntc.'
closes what similarly alecIs al J - -,
led for but this hypotheSls "ouiu 4I' -,
ingeni- count for the hXeG naoi. 49, 81 on,' ~,
ound to to invariably sneo sII us le@i oH'S