The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-10-30
Another Exploded Sensation.

ers by tho discovery aud wide adv
tlsom'rl OF n rev variety cf cotror
c!simcd TO hc Of Africnu origin. and
said to pre- duce from tour to six bales
of lint to the acre. was generally
called "JacksOn's L'mGlcss Cotton"
and tic seeds wero offered at Il price
amounting 10 over 500 per EnsheI
OF c5urc such species wou,l Quick
ly rcvolttiOnize cotton growing, gnd
mako the old variety worthless, but
fortunately or otherwise the wonder.
ful cotton has been carefully tested by
The Georgia Experiment Station, and
found to be identical with Il variety
known rs "Wclborn's pet" which ha,
been on tho market for years Mr..
r j. Rcddlng director oflhc agricu-
tural experiment station, reports con.
Cerning it as follows
"This so-called "Jackson's Limbless
Cotton" was first brought before the
public, under ibis name, in the tall OF
1896. 1t was said to have sprung
from seeds obtained in 1895 in Cen
tral Africa. 1t was claimed thal il
belonged to u new genus; that il
would produce four to six bales of
lint per acre on ordinary upland; tha
the linz is extra long, fine and strong,
! etc
The claim Of African origin, an
that il is OF new genus Of Gussy ypi,m
seems to have been abandoned, and
the schedule of its merits is as follows:
"Ths cotton has become famous
+ throughout the cotton growing world,
aud il seems destined to work a rcvo-
ulon in he cotton business.
|. Ii is entirely llmbless.
2. The stalk grows from 10 to IA
feet high
3. The fiber is iucomparably the
finest in The world.
4. The fiber is remarkably strong
aud one and half inches long,
perfectly white, ard has saDin-Iike
touch.
B. We have fCur acres IN cpltiVa-
ton this season, ana expert cotton
growers say that we will get twenty
bales frem the four acres-tLat is five
bales to the acre.
6. 1t is the most prolific cotton in
tue world"
The price first fixed for seeds Of
tbs Iimbless" was $l00 per 100
seeds, or $3.50 per 500 seeds A
Sl00 per 100 seeds one pound wonld
cost 500, and oue bushel 81 500 90 !
The price has recently been reduced
to 100 per pound Of seed, or $2l0 per
bushel!' p
The above are The claims put for
ward Tor this remarkable cotton by
its promoters
After considerable difficulty the
director sneceeded in getting small
quantity of the seed (of unquestionrd
purity } aud they were planted in dl-
rect competition with twenty other
yrrletics comprising Ih stations
"variety tcfl."
Now for The spt ciG3 claims made
for tie jackson Lim5css" by it, pro-
moters, before enumerated;
l. i is not Hentirey limbless," but
is inclined to produce several (oftjn
five or Sky lorg branches from near
the ground, w eu very ylosey
crowdt d in ile drlll, however, many
stalks viii be without these limbs,
and their normal tendency fas with
Cluster" cotton generally 10 grow
tall is much Increased,
2. The stalks grow from l5 10 20
per cent taller than most ordinary
varieties on the same soil On eX-
ceedmg rich SOIL such as rich alluyiab
or very blghly manured spot, they
may attain height of ten, twelve or
even fourteen iect.
q. The fiber CinO is fairly good,
but nothing extraordinary. 1t does
not compare at all with Sea Island,
Egyptian, or even with Aliens Long
Staple in the above list, aud would
not command higher price than the
Oh diuary upland Short Staplee
4. Tie fiber is not remarkably
strong, and is not one aud half in
ches long lis length is from one
half to three.quarlers of an inch long,
averaging about five-cighlhs of all
inch
5. The director visited and exam
med the flour acres" referred to, ear
" in September, aud estimated tba'
a weld of one and oue-hslf bales per
acre might possibly be secured, with
favorable future conditions. the
land on which The four acre pa'ch
was growing has beeu nader very
high culture for years, aud was hesVl,
ly fertiIized with COW droppings and
commercial fertilizers tho present
wear; and in the opinion of the direc
tor is capable of producing sixty
bushels OF corn per acre,
6. The station test of 1890 ana
1892 OF "Weborn's Pet" aud of Jack
sons Limbess" the present year prove
that it IS mot the most prolific cotton
in the world"
In conclusion lie director desires to
say lha! this cotton is a fairly goou
variety on rich soils, or under under
high culture. Mr.. Welborn says Il
is not suited to poor land and poor
culture. For years past be has been
carefully developing lis pccullarlles
with view to fixing variety tha'
will be better adapted to harvesting
with the machine harvester.
Especial attention has neceia been
called TO this socalled "limbless' be-
cause of the extraordinary claims iua'
nave been made Tor il and the un-
precedculed high price asked tor inc
seed. These claims are so apparently
plausible that the unsuspeoiing auu
roufiding farmer is liable 10 be induc-