The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-15
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the l<av>s fJoS, tie six. II c,,S o.
Gotten, Observing tha: Clasy c: tie
goes o. bohS consisted frc cells eScA
Instead f four. which is the rue with
the ordirery cotton O2t rs the 265
seed scored ti'ty seven serm;n&ted II
the eard-n plot whNre Be pi&nt te3 tae:n
IN be spring of 1925.
TIE >tur&- r'< lis grew reli2lz.
esch p1sG, . f>rt2, * frs, 81 ordipa
ry p8ir ii leaves, &nd IN meGla:e:y
xaove them s second leai, which grew
out from tbe stem about two i c3eS.
rhen icllo"td g jjint. ct which
cluster ot 'is9U&res" CT buds appe*red,
tie le&i s:a!k continuing and ternicat
ing IL broad, thick leaf, While the
portion between the cluster Of huGs
~ & ;he stalk thicseaed 10 lhe size af
s lead peocil, ioruiog 2 support for
TIE I eavy boi}s. T2e plants gcev to
a hei h. Of Twelve to fourteen fest,
putting forth al.erlstely the general
leaf and tie f:uit bearing leaf sli The
way 10 the top, snd continuing 10 full
follsae till lie frcs: fell, kept tba:
The lower leaves dcoppeo IS the boiis
ma;ured, SC that b. the tina The cot
:co was o2en ara ready 20 pick the
leaves had disappeared. leaving orly
the sGowy balls ready to te gathered,
free rom trash or plant sta;cs
TIE discovery became nolSe2 abro,d
and cotton men from lcns distance
csreto see i. Every seq vas care
fully picked out by hand. and In 1886
:hers were enough to plant Half 81
acre, less thirteen square feet, IS
measured by cotton expert from
Bal more. The Land composing j sex
sons little farm is not at all adapted
to cotton culture, and the farm aad
been Conducted SIS q grain growlng
aud dairy establishuens S for years
81: from toat baif scre JochSoa pick
ed S little over 2 600 pounds Of sse6
cotton. l wsS not carefully glnned
brt It yielded so pcoads CT tee finest
lint cottoa ever grown n Gaocels,
giving 40 irstead CT the usual 50 Is
pour ds OF lint to the 100 Of seed.
Experts said that it riyalled the
finest CT Egyptian cotton, snd was su-
rerior in many respects 10 the far
famed sea Is;ard product. Tae Clark
Spool Cotton Company sent an agent
h5re and offered to gin tie c1ttoa
on the special machirery operated by
toe company, so as to give the fore
thorough test. but Farmer Jackson
aeciioed The offer, and saved the seed
carefully, selling few at the enor-
NOUS price of 5cants apiece 10 pack
ages OF one hundredtc some enthusl
ss.;c planters who wished TO give the
seed q fair trial. He sold the lint for
Is cents a pound when other cotton
WAS selling s. 5 ana 1-2 cents s.
pound. This yesr he planted SIX
acres, and he hiss to day the most mag
,p!6csnt field Of cotton ever ssen II
oGeorgia. On account OF tire absence
lof limbs the cotton can oe planted
very closelg, and the crop nov grow
ing is on poor land, with 3 stiff c!sy
soil. :Sic;v-i- ca Vows aao tee s:aiks
thi!tE iEches araet l. s,vo@ = pro
tracte6 drought CT eight wee ks. snd
the hard clods tutred uo by tie plough
in cultivation are sill tumo!ed aoou.
the water furrows. Bat IN spite OF
all that the stalks will average about
six fest in height, ard are heavily
frpited from the ground up. On one
were sixty 6ne bo(ls, OF which forty
seven had Eve calls each.
Three rows seltc:ed at random II
different parts OF the patch $40 Eed
fifty three plants in the three sections
of ten feet each on an average Of
eighteen to the ten feet in distance
The fruit on one OF these sections
lsh owed that there are nearly four ana
OF half bales Of cotton to the acre nov
on the ground, and the crop is not
nearly made, it is still growing Wig.
orcusly The best stalk il a Il ID OF
common cotton, gro TiDg nearby, was
plucked up by the roots and set n s
row with the mid. African exotic. The
cvm parison was ridiculous, and the
disparity in the appearance OF the two
plants was enough to 6ishearten the
most inveterate mortgage broker in
Georgia.
Tie cotton is creating a great sensa-
ton, and planters and mill men are
coming from miles around to view The
wonderful 6sld of cotton that has the
appearnce of a bit Of jungle trans,
planted rom some tropical climeto
its present location among the red
hills Of Georgia. It is probable that
the Lowell Il mills in New England will
purchase the entire crop and give 1t q
thorough test in the manufacture OF
the finer grades OF goods for which 1t
seems pre- emirently adopted.
Farmer jackson planted with the
expectation of gathering eighteen
bales, and his neighbors laughed at
him. I.now looks as il he were good
FOR twenty four bales, a2d il the pres
ent crop at harvest time fu!fi!S half
the promise OF hegrowing plants and
turns out half what its admirers nop2
for, this legacy oftha wandering Jew
will revolutionize cotton growing IL
the South
Adolph Kyle left here WI h the ex
pressed intention CT wishing Hatfins
Bay and Alaska He has not been
heard Of for more than a year, al
though during his stay here Re made
the acquaintance Of many Influential
citizens, to whom he promised 10
write.
Farmer J 2cks sou IS notsaying muca
about his future intentions, but he
enj Gys rush o. distireU us he'd vi.l-
toIs, cotton growers. expert cotton
buyers and nj, / men from al overthe
country during these summer days,
aud more than one exhaustive maya
zine article is in the course Of prepa
ration, with elsbrate illustrations, dis
cussiag the pacujiari.ies OF the won
Gertu! cotton plant from the Congo
jungles.
Some idea Of this prolific cotton, as
compared with the old s0rs, may &c
had from the fact that ten bells to the
stalk is regarded as fair crop OF the
old c2tton on the Georgia uplan6s