Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-09

cine of the Wyche neighborhooo' Merl'
wether county, Georgia. saw at once
that the variety was by far superior
tn anv variety | had ever seen. l
bought some of the seed, brought them
70 Tro,n county and commenced its i,
cultivation. :
Has Many Different Names
o,+;or this 50 as to inform your
readers where the large Whlte seeu' n
hiy holl cotton came from, ana why h
thore are so many different names t
n;r,on 70 tho very same variety. Inc i
state department and the federal ue I
n,rtment of agriculture distributed inc
seed and parties gave the dl1eren'
names we find today. the depart I
ment distribution for ten years iof :
lowing 1881 amounts to s'ooo ouSne's'
actually distributed to farmers 'nrousn
tho cotton states. Now, this IS inc
ORIGIN Of the big boil prolific cotton
Of America. For instance, l Sent Aoi
e~sssriment to our state experiment
farm a package of seed. At first tne
seed did fairly we'll. Then the ON
I Gals used mine the second year WIN
. a new variety-"Jones improveo-
which did better than mine. sen.
e again a package of seed, when OUT
y came a new. variety AGAIN 'ne
e schley"-with the best OF recofo,
clones reimproved" second, ano
A. clones improved" several lengths pc
g lind. Upon close inquiry, l found tna'
N ,he "Schley" was only my cotton Dy
s. another name, and to my SURPRISE mao
le made the state my competitor.
o. Rut what confused me was the orig
inal seed falling behind in produc-
ne ing legitimate offspring. OF course
the original was entitled to the same
cultivation. Then how comes IT? Anu
from the very same seed-"Jones I'M
tn nroved"-a citizen of Troup county
ne was producing over five times as mucn
ry. ner acre as was reported from the
experiment farm Of any n every va
d riety cultivated there.
be- .Jones' Improved or Egyptian Wycne
is the parent Of all the large "hite
seed. big boil prolific, under whatever
,ne name it may go by.
i's Differs From All Oothers.
eA We also have other varieties, Dut
-, none with the same nature and napl's
mr. ---Ak s~ dir
vi VI, of the Egyptian. The growth IS Oil
'tiiA ferent from all others and of a more
portly nature, both as to foliage ano
fruit. AS to originating a variety II
len cannot be and never has been done
Ter Nature does that. You can mix cot
ned ton by mixing seeds, but to hybrldlzf
,me il has never been done. Dineren
to soils. climates and different cultlVa
lere ton will change the appearance ant
to habits of a certain variety, but Wit
sam soil and same cultivation 1t Is ny
ring cd as much so as the universe. FL
the Commissioner James, of this state, an
it if myself worked three years In e
, in conceivable way, but failed, n
luch know that our work was well pc
rtly. formed, DR.. Weber and had quite
by controversy over hybridizing the ye
vel low Nankin variety with white varl
vel. ties. when very recently, after a fe
ton, wears. am notified that he has
,sely changed the yellow as to make u
1t lint blue cotton. Look out for II
nday blue variety, reader, and if you nev
/. A see it, then my theory stands pat.
WOW. Now, a few words as to the orig
The of some new and popular varieties 8
vertised. We have the Hawkir
r if Truths, Christopher, Culpepp'
y de- Jones' Reimproved, Schley, Mortga
dor Litter, Pride of Georgia. Rosser NO.
vears. with perhaps others coming, all or
eback mated here in a seed house in F
on in gansville.
d the All From Same Stock.
,ia to To explain: For several years tn
cotton has been a local agent here buy
infor- ND all the Jones' Improved and wye
ID me storing them, and whatever vari
ariety the seed landlord obtained an or,
as in. for was forwarded to Hogansville
,otton, filled and shipped from the very sa
IN the identical pile Of seed.
elder . However, the buyers got exa'
evious what they ordered, for only n v
lgeria, ETY. Of that class is in existence
in the this continent. The theory OF hyb
terri izing varieties is all a mistake. N
IS for people think any products that BIZ
rposes will mix. Some may, but not COT
sea Examine the creating and FORMING
the young boil cotton, and you will
Nv convinced that it is one OF natu
1ods wonderful works. The bloom only
,ev eY. time to feed it's WI household, las
my for in a condltlon 70 llnpai' ITO a :.
n their only a very few hours. BY the tin
arrival is fully expanded, as it once begir
neaeed close up, and is naturally too Sc
tbinos to divide it's benefits with others
,rt stay l expect book farmers and soft
NV and box whittlers to go for me folio
landing the perusal of this article, but ]
ing his them on notlce III aus"11e .na
TO tried to be both a book farmer
ono handle the hoe. too. No gloves US
Co. JAMES F. JONI
IN Hogansville, Ca, in Atlanta c.
le seed tuition.