The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-07-28
WHEN BURBANK WAVES MAGIC
WAND DER COTTON WHAT THENs
18th Branches of the Legislature Have Adopted Resolutions
california FIeecy stapIe in Ev. :
Want Produce Longer and More Even Eih
Burbank, the "Califo,

ETHER Burbank, the "Cahfornla
...rd a, will be asked by the pres
49, Georgia legislature to include
a., cotton plant in his future expert
nents ,,, 10 uo;ooa - AZ
Of q resolution introduced by
Yrosantative Alexander of Fulton,
~" ,sodv concurred in by both houses,
an "a will be conveyed to the famous
arneripenter in the near future.
'4r rbo results of Mr.. Burbank's work
tho cotton plant will be watched
~ the greatest interest all over the
.artrv. but more particularly in the
. .ontb, where anything relating to
+ss aeecy staple is of the first eco
nomic Importance.
Species May Be Changed.
While the direction Mr.. Burbank's
\ .,oriments will take are, of course,
siabIv problematic it is expected he
III confne much of his attention to
~. nroduction OF a longer and more
r ron fiber than that now generally
S,sad Increased production may
. p demand attention, but that is
y ahonUht TO be rather more a feature
~ mltfyation, while the species may
orora to be capable of radical
pbsrges under the touch of the wiz
The value of cotton depends large
" mon its length and evenness of
fbor Thus, Egyptian cotton brings
Y abort twice as much as the ordinary
Il 5ompstic cotton, simply because the
n fbor is longer and almost invariably
regular
The average length staple is about
y me and one-sixteenth inch, and each
a additional sixteenth of an inch added
makes the cotton appreciably more
TaIuabe, other things being equal.
4 The famous "F'lorodora long staple"
n il easily the longest fibered cotton
in this country, sometimes under IA
N rorable circumstances reaching the
B extreme length of y or even Il
& inches,
Where Results Are Expected.
And it is right here that Mr.. Bur-
Il banks experiments are expected to
n bring the most notable results
Y The Florodora and the much de-
sired sea island cotton can be grown
Il only in certain magic sections of the
q south known generally as the belt, 3"
d and the coast islands of Georgia and
N Florida The strip in which can be
grown the FlOrOdOra cotton, for in
stance, is only from 40 to 60 miles in
3 width, running irregularly east and
west,
1t may well come about that Mr.
q Burbank can achieve a cross between
the Florodora, long fibered and eX-
II remely sensitive, and some shorter
q fbered, harder plant, producing a
\ staple of "a inches or more that
will grow and thrive throughout the
entire cotton raising section of the
N south.
Che production of a longer and
more evenly fbered cotton, flourish
ing stWdily in all parts of the south,
q would naturally add millions of dol
B ays annually to the revenue derived
s from the greatest agricultural prod
a uct OF the section.
Luther Burbank, working patient
4 y away at his gardens in southern
n california, guarded from the affiict-
I've attentions of cranks by three
StalWart henchmen, has done many
U wonderful things. The result of the
request of the Georgia legislature
VIII be awaited with more than or
unary interest by the people of the
south.