Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-14
COTTON GROWING EXPERIMENTS
An Exhibition of Results Obtained In
British Colonies.

BRUSH SolonioS.
At the Imperial Institute there Is an
exhibition Just now whose purpose is
to show the results obtained so far In
the experiments in growing cotton
which are in progress In various parts
of the British Empire.
It does not appear that very great
practical advance has been made yet,
but as Prof. Wyndham Dunstan ex-
plains, several years Of careful expert
ment must elapse before country new
to cotton cultivation can become sue
cessful and permanent contributor to
the supply of the raw material. Broad
" speaking, the exhibition indicates
that the experiments for the revival OF
cotton cultivation in the West Indies
give promise of success. while some
advance appears to have been made In
various other directions.
The most valuable of all commercial
cottons. the sea island product, which
derived its name from the West Indies,
but was allowed to die out when IT was
introduced into the United States, may
be expected to become a feature In re-
viving the dropping fortunes Of the
Caribbean islands, and in India the
chief problem Is the cultivation OF a
finer staple suitable to the needs OF
the manufacturer.
In the course Of time 1t Is expected
that India will become the principal
contributor of raw cotton to Great Bril-
tain, although at present 1t Is out
classed, in quality at least. by the Egyp-
tian product The experiments carried
on in the Soudan suggest that 1t will
soon take important rank as a produ-
Ger. Egyptian cotton presents certain
features which render it more valuable
to the manufacturer than the ordinary
product of the Southern States.
In West and East Africa the con-
ditions of successful cotton cultivation
are being ascertained by carefully plan
ned experiments which are necessarily
slow, but as in other parts Of the en-
pire, the recent tests show that cotton
of the Egyptian type will probably be
successfully grown on large scale
in several localities.
Placed conveniently In one large
frame are the products Of the cotton
plant from all the countries where II
is being laid down; the older establish
ed countries are also represented, ever
Peru, but the Argentine representative
Is a notable absentee, though neigh
boring map shows that the commodity
is already being produced in that re-
public.
In the frame can be seen at a glance
what Is wanted. 1t is the long fiber
the fine silky lint; and here we see the
great advantage possessed by United
States. sea island and the Egyptian
They lead their rivals distinctly, the
sea island specin Ems average 2 inches
in length the Eg ,ptian II, while the
other range between inch and Il
inches.
One of the most instructive object
lessons of the whole exhibition Is
that of the use of the waste materia
discarded during the process of manu-
featuring the cotton. Samples of waste
are shown from the scutching ma
chimes. carding engines, spinning ma
chimes, rowing frames, looms and the
like. and there are even dirty looking
floor sweepings. The last are used fol
sweeping cross yarns. The cleaner ma
chine waste is used for blending of ar
tificial silk The other specimens OF
waste are used in the manufacture OF
wadding, of paper, of explosives and
for various other purposes.-London
correspondence New York Sun.