The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-01-27


dented high price asked for the seed.
These claims are so apparently plausi.
bic that the unsuspecting and confidinp
farmer is liable 80 be induced to paw at
the rate of over 5000 bushel for the
seed when the identical same variety
of seed may be had for probably less
than 81. 0G per bushel."
AS was intiInated the final picking
made a material change in the rank Of
some OF the varieties. having special
reference TO yields of seed cotton; so it
appears i'll Table No. 8 that this
variety stood 9Th i'll total yield of seed
cotton per acre. gaining two points
In the scale. Owing to its high per.
centage yield OF lint per cwt Of seed
cotton-S7.l per cent (equalled in this
respect by but one Variety it ranks
third In value of total products, as
shown in Table g.
so much space and attention would
not have been given to this so. called
':Jackson's 'Limbless' Cotton" but for
the fact that extraordinary efforts have
been made. and are still being made, to
sell the seeds at enormous prices to the
unsuspecting, and sometimes easily
humbugged farmer. The Director freely
admits that it is fairly good variety OF
cotton, and is entitled to rank with
the best i'll point of productiveness. Its
merits entitle it to consideration at u
reasonable and just price for the seed.
which should not be more than ST.. so
per bushel. so far as can now be Judged,
or equal to the prices charged Tor seed of
other improved varieties The claims
made by the promoters and exploiters
OF this scheme are preposterously ab-
surd and totally unsupported by the
results of the carefully conducted to IS
made OIL the Station farm, as above de-
tailed. To illustrate: 1t is called Limb.
less, but most of the stalks in the Sta
ton test had two or more limbs, and some
OF them six and eight we'll developed
climbs" One in particular, which was
planted apart from the main test, and
with plenty of distance, had eight long
and strong climbs" or branches OF
matured aud open bolls the following is
the statistics of that stalk.
Main stem, IA bolls; LIST branch, 10
bolls; I'd branch, 10 bolls; sd branch,
/ boil; 4th branch, 10 bolls; 9th branch,
II bolls; 9Th branch, ID bolls; 9Th
branch, IL bolls and the 9Th branch 8
bolls. Grand total, 1879 bolls, of which
there were on the main stem A, and N
the 8 branches IS bolls. But it will grow
very tall and without climbs" if closely
crowded and any inclpient branches be
promptly pinched or pulled off, and thus
be consistent with its name-"Limb-
less" But the results of the expert
ments indicate that the "Jacksonian
idea" that this variety should be planted
one stalk every or 4 inches in order to
give the best results is totally fallacious.
On the contrary the Director believes
that better results would be secured if
a distance of 4x3 or AKA be given, pro.
vided of course the soil be rich. This
would permit each stalk to attain full
development. including several long
and fruitful Limbs.
WHERE TO GET SEED.
The Station is not prepared to supply
seeds of varieties of corn and cotton.
It will be evident on a moments refec.
ton that seeds produced on variety test
plots must become more or less mixed
by crossbreeding. and would not be true
to name. This is especially so in regat
to corn, but is to some extent true Of
| cotton. It is considered that the Sta
ton should not be expected to do NOR,
than give the results of the tests anC
append the names and postoffice addres.
OF the parties of whom seeds of the va.
rieties tested were procured.
The following is list of names OF
those of whom corn seed may be pro.
cured:
Mammoth Yellow-M. W. Johnson &
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Cookies Proliflc--H. Fl. Arlington &
Co., Rome, Ga.
Higgins Improved-H. G. Higgins,
Larkinsville, Ala.
Sanders Improved--W. s. Sanders,
Danielsville, Ga
Hoffman's White--J. e. Alternately,
Butord. Tenn.
Henry Grady--A. II. Irwin. Austell.
Ga.
Camps Improved--J. II. Camp, Pop,
Ga.
Shaw's Improvod-J. NJ. Shaw, Els.
telle, GA.
Stegall's Improved-J. P. Stegall, EN-
erson, GA.
Ledbetter's White-O. P. Ledbetter
Lavonia, Ga.
Minors. D. Minor, Merriwether,
Ga.
Farmers Pride--H. H. Arlington &
Co., Rome, Ga.
Farmers Friend-M. G.. Smith, Light
foot. Ga.
Browns Early Prolific-L. Brown,
Bolingbroke, Ga.
Shannon's Early-I. n. Shannon,
Goodlettsville, Tenn.
The following are the names and ad.
dresses of those Of whom cotton seeds
were procured:
Nancy Hanks--Mark W. johnson &
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Texas Bur-O. E. Smith, Locust
Grove. Ga.
Jackson's "Limbless" -J. B. Stewart,
Atlanta, Ga.
Culpepper's Improved--J. e. Culpep.
per, Newman. Ga
Roby's Prolific--J. E. Roby, Good.
man. Miss
Lees Improved-E. E. Lee, Wild
wood. Ala
Jones' Reimproved-J. f. Jones, Ho.
gansville, Ga.
Thrash's Select--E. G. Thrash, ST.,
Silvey. GA.