The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-03-26

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a sa}lare and has never grown hars IS
well g. hsEse-hreE eBrn,
II would be especially unfortunate il
planters whe have : wears II The
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against planting BxG-@ staple cz&tac-
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from 5 recent nEiigsrIH ~ he N5ssgss5F-
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edit0rlal in The tBa~aia cd Mstsh igth.
Was very ~rAiu&bte as 4 contradiction Of
the rumor frnn al 7tt0eia&IlTe source.
Par nt the bulletin al be appropriately
quoted here
"The long staple ectt<rFs ard Begders
nov grown III Mississi Fpi, are later in
opening tia s,u1e al fhe earlier open
ing SHIRT staples bUI as the weeFii at
taoks but very lew bslis ui any size,
amt only the very Toaag boils, nntil
after consuming the squares rs fast as
they are set at the latter part OF the
season, / recommend tina. Mississippi
long staple cotton growers do not
abandon their present varieties until it
be definitely proTen, after the boil
weevil arrives in full force, that such
cotton cannot be probably grown.
These long staple cottons may be as
profitable To grow under the method
described as the earlier opening short
staple cotton and they should not be
discontinued too quickly. Texas made
such a change and regretted it. The
/ Texas cotton growers in a boil weevil
panic FIVE years ago abandoned their
varieties and imported thosands of car
loads of short staple cotton seed, but
after testing these short staple cottons
and after receiving the information
about early cottons, from the breeding
investigation in my charge, the growing
of these. short staple importations was
discontinued. 1t is true that Texas
does not grow the staple that West
Mississippi grows, hut the principle is
the same as between lengths of staple
1t may be added that a number of our
very best planters contend that extra
staple cotton, properly cultivated, will
mature as soon as common cotton. The
} following facts may be cited in their
support.
The first bale received at Vicksburg
from the crop of 1907 was long staple
cotton raised at Hampton, Miss.
The first bale received at Port Gibson
from the crop Of 1908 was long staple
cotton.
In 1896 a bale Of long staple cotton
was ginned on a plantation within a few
miles of Vicksburg on the goth of July
and was brought to Vicksburg the fol-
lowing day.
The record will at least show that
long cotton does not necessarily fare
worse than short cotton in the presence
Of the boil weevil. In 1908 on a weevil-
infested plantation in Madison parish
there were two tenants with similar
land. One had two mules, planted
short cotton, and made eight bales.
The other had one mule, planted long
staple Keno cotton made eight bales.
The maturity of cotton depends on
the sunshine it gets from Heaven and
the labor it gets from man. Ii is a sun
plant. No variety will mature early In
a rainy season. No variety will mature
early IL ii is neglected by the farmer.
Any variety will mature early IL the
season is favorable and the planter Is
attentive.
The specially cottons Of our district
-benders and longer staples--command
very handsome premiums. They COM
pete only with the cotton Of Egypt and
a very small area OF this country. The
man who adopts common cotton will be