Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-02-08
SUGGESTIONS RELATIVE
TO COTTON BUYING

There is widespread interest in seed
cotton just at this time Most people do
not realize the Importance OF seed Sc
lection as influencing yield. On this &C
count some OF the most important results
obtained by Professor DeLoach in tests
made at Athens I'm 1919 are presented
this week for the advice and Information
OF our readers.
A very interesting and instructive ex-
pertinent with the Broadwell cotton was a
comparative test with fresh seed from
the originator OF the cotton and seed Sc
lected on college plats. for two years
consecutively. The following results were
obtained.
BroadweIrs selection. 2.l5s pounds seed
cotton per acre.
College selection. 22s0 pounds seed cot
ton per acre.
This variety ranked number 13 I'm the
variety test. but proved quite a high
cial plats. Any variety OF cotton VIII do
better in a given community the second
and third years IL properly selected than
they will the first. fact possibly due 10
acclimation. Farmers who are not care
full 20 select their seed for planting find
that IL takes only two or three years for
the cotton to run out" however good IL
may have been to start with Those who
grow seed for sale are always trying to
get the best possible seed for planting
their own patches. II they have anything
worthy to be offered to the public.
The BroadweIl cotton grown at the col
Iege IL not quite as good as the best
that BroadweIl grows on his own farm,
but seed selected here do better than
newly supplied seed from him. However
careful we are to observe the rules Of
the originator OF q variety Of cotton,
we can not do what he does with it till
we nj II TO the new environment.
Long Shank seed planted at the college
were gotten from Mr.. John White Nor
ton, of Clarke county. and gave fine re-
suits though planted little too late.
and In a rather damp place. The yield
was quite good. being 1.ss2 pounds seed
cotton per acre. while II came IL in the
variety test.
Dawson, No. $50. Seed for this plant
ing were obtained from Mr.. r. E Da-
vison. OF Greene county. The cotton was
rather late In maturing. but had So IL per
cent good lint. and the plant was not al
together unlike the Kilgore cotton. II
had large green leaves. large oval bolls,
and medium size greenish white seed
This is a new cotton. having been OBJ
served By Mr. Dawson in 1906. as an
unusual individual plant In his crop or
cotton He is working hard with it. and
win likely get good results. II is planted
under the college number $50.
worth's Improved and Simpkin's I'M
proved. These varieties were received
from the Universal OIL and Fertilizer COM
pany. Wilmington. y. C, under the man
agement Of Mr.. william E. Worth. and
were delinted. which did not seem to
defect their vitality at all. They germinat-
ed fine and made good yields. the former
Welding 1s0o pounds seed cotton and the
later 1.520 pounds per acre
Sea island cotton natures quite well
here. only the lint IL not as long as il Is
down nearer the coast For breeding
work Il does well. Chinese cotton, Unit
ed States department OF agriculture, p.
B.. No. 1862. has been grown and select
ed SUCCESSFULLY for three years
now BY the author. and IL seems
TO have no future whatsoever here.
II is no better than reported by the de-
partment the wool being crinkly and
short. and low per cent OF lint. but ex-
ceedingIy strong. For the past three years
the writer has made a great many ef-
forts TO cross this cotton with the Amer
lean cotton but failed in each instance.
No effort has been made to study the
morphoIogicaI differences between the
flowers OF this cotton and the American
cottons
SPECIALLY SELECTED COOKS
COTTON.
In the year 1876 there was a great deal
OF cotton anthracnose over the entire
state. and all the varieties Of cotton
planted at the Georgia Experiment sta
ton had a pretty high per cent. the
Cooks cotton being apparently more sus-
ceptible than any other variety. On &C
count of the exceptionally high lint per