The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23

Is especially suited to boil weevil conditions, II
is eminently practical for growers who do not
have the weevil to contend with.
The five objects in selecting seed should be Oh
to make picking easier. (2) 10 reduce the size OF
the leaves or of the stalks II they should he too
large. t3D 10 improve the staple. t&) to increase
the yield. and 81 to produce a crop before wee
wills become numerous enough 10 prevent 1T.
The Kind Of Isoll. TO Grow.-Selcct bolls with
five locks. rather than four: but owing To season
al influences some OF the offspring of fye-lock cot
ton will have four lock bolls. Such seasonal va
riations, however. will not ancc, the general in
crease by seed selection of nyclock holls. \ very
sharp pointed boil is Objectionable at picking time.
while a very round boil will contain less cotton
than one that Ia of the same diameter and longer.
Large boll cottons rarrly begin tn orcn a. rariy
as some of the small boil cottan~. but they begin
setting fruit nj about the samc time. The time
they begin tn set fruit. and ns th~ time they h~-
Gin To open, II what enables them tn make an
carly crop and tn get ahead Of ,hc hoil ~c~vu
This IL contrary tn n somewhat prey slrnt idea
ard Therefore should H. noted well. For many
reasons n large bolt In 10 lr preferred tn a small
one. and both growers and piokcrs prefer IT Too
much emphasis can hardly leo put on the fact that
the yield aud not the DAT" Of the arss open boil ~
What makes cotton profitable In holl ~eesil soc-
lions. Even The cotton that has the larw~as yield
n, the ars, picking may rot be bcs,. a type Ia Do
sired thai fruits carly aud rapidly. aud large boil
eottons have been bred To escape the wecsll a.
successfully as any small boil cotton that opens
all it's boils Ten ar fourteen days earlier.
Leaves. i.oli.. and y,rid--it Is unsafe to ,rus,
10 the eye Ia decide "a Ia III. yielding quality
use the scales. \ small boil. small Leaf cotton
may seem Ia have more staple on tho stalk than
n large boil. medium leaf type. Larger leaves
hide The boi# and MAX" Them srrn smaller In
number. \ s,a1k wi,h large uojI# may yield moro
roundw than "a stalk @tih a larger number of
small hollis. i leaf ot medium Hlar gahout ak
inches wide al right angles tai Tho mid rib Is 40
large AZ . leaf should be tor upland soil. Larger
leaves mean too much a~ei In large plants they
prevent the Aun from reaching ana opening Tho
lowest hollis. ON deep. fersil" bottom soit. ~hrrc
iess growth and more sunlight al the base nf The
plant are desirable. The aim mhnuid br for a leaf
that Is four or Ave inches ~idc. When leaves are
too large they prevent the drying ot The lower
tolls. and on "a large plan; may cause the hollis ,n
rot.
Growers sometimes speak of land being fine
for cotton. because The stalks ar" slh ar .igh; fee,
high: but tina, sort Of "a growth m-anp weed. snth.
or Man staple. For bottom land particularly. and
Less often on upland. II may hc advisable. 10 sclrct
seed for producing IA smaller plant. For thia
purpose. save seed from very small and fruitful
plants. Most upland growers. nf cnurhr. are not
so much Interested In breeding The weed do~n Ia
fl smaller type I'M they are In producing weed
enough by more soil fertility io give ia good Yield
of lint.
Getting Ahead al the W-cyit-Ahout III. time
cotton begins 10 set squares tn. aceyiin that have
lived through the winter begin To move about.
IL al once becomes Il race between the cotton In
he,tinE squares and the ~.cyiln in increasing fas,
enough 10 destroy the squares. In order for the
grower To make profit. HIS cotton plants mus,
make fruit faster than the wc.yiiw can destroy H.