The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-10-09
ifiiie iiyDridillng Of Cotton.

10 the Editor OF the News and Cou-
s;er: The hybridiziug Of cotton is GER
tainiy fascinating study. Along
this line I have no book-lore TO guide
me; am wedding 10Y own row, and
should | achieve success in THE limit
less field Of labor it will be without
aid. l see, however, that With pa.i.
ence and perseverance achievements
bordering on the wonderful may be
done.
Florists tell US that tho chrysanthe-
mnm In the original state was insight
cant indeed, but under careful and
intelligent treatment it has become
queenly flower.
Nurserymen tell us that wher the
peach first came from China and Per-
sia it was poor fruit. Nov it ranks
high for both ;.s Saa;;55iiIIisy and COM
iasToiai qualities. Constant aud care
fnl selecting and hybridizing are the
causes of the wonderful Improvement.
La the kitchen garden are seen to-
day muuy transformations. For in
stance, tomatoes once were worthless
and in that state were called ''love
apples" but are now highly priced,
grow to q large size, play prominent
role in commerce, and also ia the do
mestic economy Of almost every home
in this country.
The station of Minnesota for several
years has been devoting great deal
of energy in improving the wheat
seed and this season grew wheat with
enormous. heads, and produced the
phenomenal yeild of 60 bushels per
acre.
AS other plants have been improved
so alec can cotton be improved. It
responds more readily TO our soil. cli-
mate and labor than any plant We
have. New varieties are coming for
ward almost every year, but all Of
them that have come under my care
are lacking in several silent points
weed too small or poor land, too early
maturing for best results, too liable to
rust and too much shredding of fruit.
By careful selecting and hybridizing
these faults can be wholly eliminated.
will give case ia point which
has come under my own observation
this year. Kings cotton is tue earli-
est and smallest cotton in existence.
STANDARD Egyptian is on. of the larg-
est varieties. Dir. II. ii. Wentworth,
who lives on the Rio Grande. Texas,
undertook to cross these two varieties
about seven years ago. These seed
have been planted every year and,
owing to the greatest extremes Of the
two kinds, it takes more than the
usual time to fix uniform variety.
am growing some of this cotton this
year and, as above stated, is not yet
uniform; still it shows many perfect
stalks of cotton-large and symmetr;-
cal, heavily fruited, large open bolls,
long lint, fine fibre and absolutely free
from rust OF blight.
It is we'll known here that King 8
cotton will rust like a ten-penpy nail
in vinegar barrel while Egyptian
will not rust under any kinds Of sea-
tons or treatment. So / am led 60 be-
lieve that the Objectionable features
Of both varieties oen be bred out and
the good qualities of both blended
and firmly established. Now, as it is
possible &c Blend tho two greatest sx-
tremes of .cottoD, why not perfect
varieties not 80 far arart-for in-
stance, sea island and large boil
black seed variety? It can be done,
and I am now working on that line,
with every care possible, and in few
years I hope to give to the world o
faultless long staple, black seed cot
ton, surpassed only by the South Caro-
lima sea island cotton. When type
Of cottnn Ike .k=.. Is :Sss1 aSs, my dream
will no longer be dream. but fact;
not only a fact but blessing to the
whole low country Of South Carolina.
And as sure as my life is spared just
that sure will this variety OF cotton be
forthcoming.
The world is. making wonderful
strides and it really seems there is no
such word as impossible now.
"a. w. BRABHAM.
Kearse, .Bamberg County Sept. "a.