Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-23
LUTHER BURBANK AND
THE COTTON PLANT
Its Study Life Work for
An Individual.

ALianta, ia, June 22-In his mes
sage 10 the General Assembly to-day
Gov. Brown gave the following in
formation relative to the efforts to en-
list the ass stance of Luther Burbank
in experiments hooking to the improve
ment Of the cotton plant:
Acting under 8he direction. of a
Resolution (No. 4, Georgia Laws 1900
adopted at your last session, it was
my pleasure since your adjournment
to communicate with Mr.. Luther Bur-
bank, of Santa Rosa, California, with
regard to including the cotton plant in
his experiments. His reply is here
with submitted:
Santa Rosa, Cal, March II, 1910
TO His EXcellency,
Joseph NJ Brown,
Governor of Georgia.
Esteemed Sir: Your highly appre-
ciated communication of March 11th
just received, and while l am highly
pleased to know that yourself and
your Legislature have confidence in
my alb lily to improve the cotton plant
(Which most certainly can be improy
ID under the right management yet |
feel, under the grea pressure to which
am continually subjected, that it will
)c impossible for me to do very much
# anything in this line.
Our coast climate is too cool for
he cotton plant and | have so many
experiments on hand and such a great
mount of correspondence VIII CHI must
e attended to, that | do not feel like
starting a new experiment station
further inland where the cotton plant
would be grown with success. At the
same time, | have now started some
very small experiments in this line,
which may possibly sooner or later be
Of some benefit to the growers of cot
ton. The study of the cotton plant in
ali its phases, sufficient to thoroughly
encompass the work of improving it,
would almost be life work for a
single individual. Hardness, pro-
luctiveness, length and quality of sta
Die, resistance to disease and insects,
especially the boil weevil, and a thOuS-
and other questions would be brought
up n the Improvement of cotton.
#"While this work would interest me
beyond measure if | was within the
cotton belt, having thousands on thous-
ands of experiments of other kinds
some of which have been going on for
ten to thirty years, it would seem al
most an impossibility for me to branch
cut and attack as | would like to such
great subject as the Improvement Of
'otton. My time is so occupied that
could not well attend to this. excepting
n certain directions, more especially
oWards a harder variety.
IF at any time | can make sugges-
ions which Will be of service to other
workers, it always my pleasure toI
10 so. Faithfully yours,
LUTHER BURBANK"
In this connection it pleases me to
bring to your attention the splendid
work being done on the above line by
our State Agricultural College under
he direct supervision of DR. A. NJ
5oule and Prof. r. J. H. DeLoach AMI
by the State chronological Depart
nent under the supervision of Prof r.
=. Worsham. These eXper ments have
developed to an extent that promises
Sledt peHeuIS 10 Ile CotIOH growers Vi
the State, and | commend them to you
FOR consideration and encouragement.
| am advised that the State Agricul-
ural College is engaged in the devel-
)pment of a cotton plant which will be
proof against Anthracnose and which
will have a longer and more valuable
FIBER. The success of this effort by
experiments will add great value to
he cotton crops of this State and !,
therefore,, recommend a reasonable ap-
preparation to the State College of Ag-
culture to be used in carrying on this
work. The work of the chronological
Department in overcoming BLACK
cot has met with encouraging re-
Ults and provision for it's continuance
'0uld be made.