The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-11
Cotton wfIt or BLACK Root.

From huntsville. Dallas County,
Dorne some specimens of diseased cot.
ton plants for Identification. They are
accompanied by a letter stating tina.
the plants. after reaching the blooming
stage. will. ard suddenly die. without
hoss Of leaves.
IRE specimens Of diseased cotton
haze just reached me. II the sender
fvfll cut q stalk from the root, he will
and a black-I ing OF the tissues IN the
pith and in the tissue just below the
bark. This and 9th ~ symptoms de.
Jcribed show plainly that the trouble
as the cotton wilt, called black rot in
fhe southern part of the State, which
ts the portion of Alabama in which its
INJURY is greatest. There is no known
remedy and the organisms which cause
Che disease have been known to persist
ave years. even when cotton was kept
from the land for that length of time.
1t would be advisable to use land
! thus AFFECTED for some other crop than
cotton. preferably oats, grain or pas
fure grasses, ETC., for more than five
gears before this organism could be
starved out. This organism will spread
slowly and regularly from year to
year. the injecting material being
Borne on plows. on feet OF animals, etc.
The one hopeful thing in connection
with this is that advance has been
made by the United States Department
of Agriculture in breeding up, by Sc
lection, resistant strains of cotton.
This Is done by planting in the spots
Wnere the disease occupies the entire
area the Jackson cotton, some strains
of which are more resistant to this
disease than are most other varieties.
Then seed are saved from such plants
as remain healthy, although growing
1o the injected spot. The disease is
mot carried on the seed. J.F.
summer course for Farmers at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
sN The opportunities afforded to farm
PRS by course of lectures given for
Eheir benefit at Auburn in the summer
pI 1908 are approximately remembered
byNmany who availed themselves of this
Course. A similar course will be con-
Hucted this summer. beginning July
31 The instruction will extend
fhrough seven working days, and will
fonsist, not only of lectures and dis
Cussions. but also of practical exercises
Or demonstrations. A special feature
of this meeting will be q course OF
Exercises In judging corn, which will
Axtend throughout the entire session
Corn judging, exercises in which are
given to the regular and special stu
dents in agriculture at most of the sc
rfeultural colleges. including the Ala
bama Polytechnic Institute, has become
d very popular matter in the great corr
grcwing States For example, so pop.
ular has this work been in Iowa, that
the Iowa Agricultural and Mechanical
college has erected a large building
especially for use in judging grain, Q
Building costing many thousands OF
1ollars.
One Of the Iowa instructors, Mr.
Christie, will conduct the exercises In
Judging corn at Auburn this summer
The other speakers from a distance
will be Mr.. c. r. Ball, from the United
States Department of Agriculture
Whose lectures last summer were sc
popular; Mr.. Joseph Wing. the ever
Entertaining correspondent of The
Breeders Gazette. who will speak or
livestock and other topics; Mr.. Gentry
who will talk on hogs. and Prof. A. B
Z Mckay Professor of Horticulture In
fhe Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
ckanical College.
The speakers mentioned above. are
In addition to the members of the stan
Of the Alabama Experiment Station. al
of whom are expected to deliver lee.
lures.