The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-01

/ exotic. ThS COMPARISON was RIDICULOUS.
and the disparity in the appearance OF
| the two plants was sufficient to dis
hearten the most inveterate mortgage
| broker in Georgia.
The appearance OF the new plant IS
| essentially different from any other va
| rieiy OF cotton known in this country.
| It has no limbs, the stalk IS stout and
| straight and supported by a tough.
| fibrous bark; the blooms open a. night
and are cylindrical instead of iaring, 50
| that they do not admit the rain, which
causes the dropping OF the cotton dug
ing such wet spells as are prevalent just
at this time; the leaves drop OUT OF the
way as the boil ripens: the fiber OF the
lint presents, under the microscope. the
smoothness of bits OF polished steel: the
seeds are small, OF dark brown color
and with seam in the side ike the
eye OF bean. and the locks hang loosely
in the wide-open bolls, so that the fiber
is easily harvested
SENSATION IN THE SOUTHLAND.
This cotton is creating a great sensa-
ton mere and planters and mill men are
coming from miles around 10 view the
wonderful field, which has the appear
'ance Of a. bit Of jungle transplanted from
some tropical cline TO its present loca-
ton among the red hills OF Georgia. 1t
is probable that the Lowell mills in New
England will purchase the entire crop
and give il thorough test in the manu-
facture of the finer grades Of goods. for
which it seems pre-eminently adapted.
Farmer Jackson planted with the ex-
pectation OF gathering eighteen bales.
and his neighbore laughed at him. 1t
now looks as If he is good for twenty
four bales, and if the present crop al
harvest time fulills half the promise of
the growing plants, and turns out half
what its admirers hope for, this legacy
OF a wandering Jew Will revolutionize
cotton growing in the south.
Adolph Kyle left here with the ex-
pressed intention OF visiting the Baffin's
bay region and Alaska. He has not been
heard OF in more than year, although
during his stay here he made the &C
quaintance of many influential people of
his own race, TO whom ne promised 10
write. 1t is feared he is dead. At all
events he has left a lasting memorial
OF his visit to the south in the mid
African cotton, OF which millions and
millions of dollars will be made If It con-
tinues to prove as productive and as val
liable for manufacturing purposes as
was demonstrated by the small amount
grown last year.
AS TO THE PROLIFIC QUALITIES.
Farmer Jackson is not saying much
about his future intentions. but he en-
joys rush of distinguished visitors. cot
ton growers. expert cotton buyers and
mill men from all over the country dur
ing these summer days, and more than
one exhaustive magazine article is in the
course Of preparation. with elaborate IL
Illustrations, discussing the peculiarities
of the wonderful cotton plant from the
jungles OF the upper Congo.
Some idea of this prolific cotton, as
compared with the other sort, may be
had from the fact that ten bolls 10 the
stalk is considered a fair crop OF COM
mon cotton on Georgia uplands, and will
yield 1000 pounds of seed cotton to the
acre, or 500-pound bale of ginned cot
ton to every three acres. This African
cotton, on the other hand, promises to
yield from three to four bales TO the
acre with careful cultivation, and a very
simple cultivation will show the differ
ence between planting 100000 acres
to secure a 5000. 0O0-bale crop and the
planting of 100000 acres to secure the
same result. One OF the stalks grown |
in 1895 was fourteen and half feet |
high and bore 1S5 bolls. Speculation is
wild in regard to the possibilities Of the
new cotton, and that little patch Of
ground is the most fascinating spot in |
Fulton county in these summer days.