The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-02-22
Resistant Cotton and Anthracnose
Georgia Farmer Gives His
Best Results Obtained From TooIe.

OF the Bureau OF Plant Industry,
Washington, D. c., on such diseases,
Mr.. w. w. Gilbert, had given the
subject at least one seasons study.
| quote the following sentence from
his letter Of Dec. 7, 1909:
From a study Of about 20 varie-
ties of cotton made by the writer
at the Alabama experiment. station
the past season the varieties most
resistant to anthracnose in their or
der were: Pullnot, Toole, Russell
Big Boil, King Improved, Dixie, Dill
lon, and Truitt; while Brown, Cook
Improved, Blue Ribbon and Hardin
were the most SUSCEPTIBLE
ToOle, being second in immunity
by this observation and easily first
lin prolificacy by numerous other
tests, was selected for trial on soil
that was by this time charged to
the limit with anthracnOse infection,
and l confess that I awaited the re-
suit with considerable trepidation.
Practically every stalk on the 49,
acre field was cut close and burned
The stalks on the other fields were
merely turned under with disc
pillow in the early part of the win
ter.
Having made a close examination
OF all the fields I am now prepared
to say that scarcely any of the grown
DOLLS show any rot whatever, while
the proportion of young bolls pre-
vented from developing by anthrac-
nose is very small
1t is quite true that August and
september have been very dry
months, condition not favorable to
anthracnose development, yet a
neighboring negro who insisted in
using the infected seed gotten from
me the year before with a resultant
large yield that year, now complains
that under the same weather condi-
tlons as mine he will lose half his
crop from anthracnose. I have also
found in the fields of neighboring
white farmers, who plant Moss I'm
proved, variety that does not seem
to be especially subject to anthrac-
nose, far more rotten bolls than 7
ind in my own fields.
From these facts I think that not
Withstanding the test IS limited to
one year and cannot therefore be
considered entirely conclusive. vet
the extraordinary freedom from an
thracnose on such badly infected
helds cannot but show very great
resistance of the TooIe cotton to +ba
attack of anthracnose.
FOR those farmers who prefer- q
large stalk and a large boil doubt,
Tess the Russell Big Boil would sutt
oetter, as the TOOle has a very small
Doll and only a medium sized stalk
mere is field of the Russell near
me which shows very little boII rot
That field is, however, fiat sandv
soil, and the stand was yerv hall
impaired by blackroot. My land is
cHoc0Iate colored and little subject
to blackroot.
1t may be as we'll to saw that
90 not know Mr.. Toole, have mo in
terest in his commercial life, and
never saw field Of his cotton mill
planted it this year.
nave merely related nv short
out pregnant experience with on
thracnose, as impartiaIIy as 7 know
now, in the hope that il will eavo
oIner farmers from making the sama
mistake, or help them correct Sunb
mistake the coming year
10 10 summarize: Some varieties Of
cotton will resist the anthracnosa
o ooH rot more completely than 9th
SO ana a farmer invites loss who
uoes not seek to get the most roD
Sistant. Moreover, some plants Of
F Snna any variety are practically
Tree Tree from attack. Whatever 0% one
f,,4l1I let the seed be selected for
iQture planting from the most nro-
INC INC OF these disease-free plants Dif-
f e,nt varieties are adapted TO- dr. dif
o5,'5it soils and different climatic
conditions. Therefore, it bebooVas
o o4e lar farmer to observe the best vari,
ety Tor his own section, and to select !
ms seed from the most prolific n 2Sl1tC
mat are freest from the disease tleaeS
CDouDtless the otherwise excellent
COOK variety, by this very process ss'n of
s > fa,,i disease-free plants, will in
effectually JOEL, r Messy StStIoSe
Cochran, Ga.