The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-01-05
Tile jackson Cotton Again.

bic plant, in that so widely differing
accounts arc given Of it, After it had
been credited with the quality Of nrn.
ducing four bales to the acre rs Il rec.
ular crop, with a large margin for
spurts, and proclaimed as perfect
bonanza for the Southern farmers. wa
reprinted few weeks ago the judr
mcnt OF two or three experts that IL
did not amount to anything, and was
nothing new besides "a farmer in A.
Kansas Offering to sell the seed Of
idcntically the same variety at thc
price of a few cents il pound to all ar
plicants.
In these circumst nces we apncalcd
to the atlanta papers to inycstirutr
the plant in cold blood. and publish
the plain truth about it, so that the
cotton farmers throughout the South
could know exactly what To cxpcct Of
it. and to regulate their plans for tho
future accordingly The first response
we have seen to this appeal is made
by the Atlanta ./n"rnnt and is of the
character OF the first exciting acro.nt;
gwen on the newcomer 1T will be Il
source OF gratication.. says the .iop,.
""/ that the cotton is to be planted
near -\tlanta again. as it was sale; at
one time that the entire crop of scc,l
would be sold to the Chilian govern.
mcnt. in which ease it would have
gone out OF reach OF the Southern
planters, and they would have been
unable to obtain supply Of the seed,
which is destined to rcvolutioniz,
cotton growing in the South
l'r. Nlcycr. an eminent and wealthy
citizen Of New Jersey, it is explained
has furnished the money for the pur,
chase OF the entire output Of the seed
of this wonderful cotton, and hi,
agents. Mr. W. IT, Forbes and Mr.. II.
| W. Bcardslcy, arc engaged in Atlanta
making arrangements for cultivatipr
another crop Of :: next year.
or the colt IN itself the .Jonruoi re
afiirms, witho ut qualification tha. it is
truly one CT the most wonderful dis
covcries OF the century, as it has
been "conclusivcly PROV ed that it out
strips all other varieties ever planted
in the Scnth.' both in respect Of
weld md Of the quality of the
staple. Ora piece Of Every ordinary
land it grew from nine to eleven feet
the past season, "and kept green and
growing until FROST 1t 'stood !,
protractcd drongh. during the hottest
part Of the season, and it's rich foil
age was fresh and green when fields
Of the common cotton were "brown
and bare Of LEAKAGE" 1t bears fruit
from the ground up," and there is
mo limit 80 it's fruitage except frost"
TIE bolis, as heretofore noted, are
formed on the leaf stalk, in clusters of
1 fhrnn IN Gun n1o a.
$50 that it has no lii.sbs," and it may
be planted, on rich ground, as close as
Blk inches apart in the row, without
causing shedding. It's tropical nature
! makes it ''one OF the hardest Of field
crops 80 Ear IS heat and drought are
concerned. "a hundred bolIs and
upwards may be counted on tie stalks
still standing in the fields" and it
will produce between three and four
bales to the acre. 'Its fibre rivals in
fneness and strength the celebrated
sea island varieties. measuring by the
most careful measurements from one
and fourth to one and a half inches
in length. = The lint is ''as fine and
as flossy rs mcrino wool, which it re-
sembles in texture" andfa tyro in cot.
ton knowledge could tell sample Of
it from sample Of common cotton IN
the dark. The purchasers Of the
seed, it is added, have organized them
selves into company, with their prin-
cipal Offices in Atlanta, and '.somc
very wealthy men arc connected with
1t. BESIDES the planting in Georgia,
some of the seed will be planted in
Alabama and west Of the Mississippi.
and 1T Is the purpose OF the company
to give it the most thorough trial in
the principal cotton growing sections
of the South, $50 as to COMPLETELY
prove its claims to supremacy over
other varieties grown
All this is interesting, Of course.
and particularly so, as coming from
so responsible paper as the journal,
which is familiar with cotton and cot
ten growing in general. and is in po-
sition to have seen the new crop in all
stages Of its growth. and to have han
died it's product.
The Jo~Tmal, moreover, knows all
that has been said by the ''cxpcrts"
In depreciation of the new plant, and
Its present statements are made in
view OF their assertions and IA answer
to them. One particular fact men
toned by that paper appears to us to
have peculiar significance. and it is
one about which there cannot we'll be
any dispute or doubt, and which is of
itself conclusive as to the fine equal
ity and consequent value Of the new
cotton. tbs that ''thc first bale sold
tor ten cents Il pound in the open mar
kct a few weeks ngo This is nearly
double the price of other "upland''
cotton at the same time, and if the
limblcss cotton will do no more than
produce as much fibre per acre as the
familiar varieties, but Of double value,
it certainly has large merits, aud we
shall hear Il great deal more of it here
after.-Nrws 0nd> Cyu,fcr