The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-10
TUSKEGEE SKILL HELPS
 GERMAN GOVERNMENT IN AFRICA

not able to survive the vastly changed climatic conditions. Here Ia. our great est obstacle. Our course was plain: IT ."tsd Sd u. not wSy have we Sad to na make
 that's all! And that is the principal cause of my remaining in Africa % continuously and so long. :. would. an perhaps. a no, seem seem imprsctlca, ble to manufacture an appropriate soil; but. in Togo. West Africa, there was no decens,y behaysd 1stS climate ana ne ufacturo climate. But. in effect, that Is what Galloway and Robinson have been attempting-to make climate to
 heg ars ns 5esa not o a climate but cotton plant neatly ad- justed to the Togo climate. The pro- duction of a commercial plant Is cer- Through cross breeding and selection with close. with infinite care over and over again, Robinson is now attaining
 results that are suspicious
 yield about 400. pounds to the acre and
 the character of the fruit and the ar-
 rangement of the stalk make it very
 stalk strives to initiate tree and. pro
 portionately to its size. fs not prolific;
 moreover, the lint Is not good. But,
 this cotton is the peer of American
 veiop a plant that viii yield 1,SSo pounds seed cotton to the acre. with a lint equal in quality to fully good middiing or to Aliens 7-S inch sta- There will be in cultivation this year some 1000 acres which, according to the present yield. will produce l.S00.-
 900 pounds seed cotton or little less than 1000 bales, but the same area. if planted No a more prolific plant. would
 produce not less than 1000 bales; and.
 if the lint brings 22 per cent more in
 the income of the colony would De aug.
 mented. Such a plant is forthcoming.
 Through selection and crossing of Gossypium Hirtsutfumvar, Russell Rig
 Boil and Gossypium Redigossim. a new
 variety has been educed which is sat-
 isfactory in every essential respect.
 More hardy than the average American plants, 1t Is 50 per cent more produc- | sample of the lint from this new vari- ety was submitted to the Chamber of Commerce in Berlin and pronounced
 good ss". in every way: and in January; cents a pound Thus, 'if' number two
 Is about to take wings.
 Other "Ifs."
 There are other minor "iffs" that are
 receiving similar attention; as far as Muatya Lome Togo Is concerned. the whole race of Ifs" will soon be as ex- | tinct as the dodoi
 every one of his students to labor
 earnestly. quietly. soberly. discharging his duties in a way that will eventual ly make him influential in his commu-
 nity Being faithful in small things"
 says Robinson. "is one of the princi- ples of Tuskegee." It has become nat
 ural for me to be faithful. it matters not how insignificant the service. But,
 one may be faithful in a capacity which. strictly speaking. is not his duty. Living up to this principle of fafthfulness. l find myself today pos-
 sessing much influence In the work in which am now engaged.
 Tn order to make secure the work begun and to insure a normal and well balanced progress for the future, 1t was recommended to institute along with the present undertakings what am pleased to call our Cotton School and Plant Breeding Station. At this school are gathered young men from all over the colony who come for a two years course in modern methods of farming These boys, forty-hve in number, rep resent the most substantial and pro-
 gressive classes. The land used for ! this purpose is 250 acres in extent Such an institution seemed to me nee | essary to the wholesome progress of | the undertaking"
 At the beginning some skeptics did | not believe in the wisdom of the cot | ton expedition, but now interest and
 enthusiasm are running high. There will soon be in operation three gin | ming and pressing stations run by 1 steam power and many others includ. ing dozen or more hand gins
 l John W. Robinson is the quality of
 man Tuskegee educatcs and trains honest, honest, 2iuoky, patient. resourceful
 serving other people.