The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-11-05
Cotton Culture
Improvement
GROWERS SHOULD GET
PUREST BRED COTTON
Early Planlias Doss Net Always Msan
Early Selling Of Fruits


Unimproved or common cotton
yields from 2s TO s5 lis per cent lint,
or 5C0-pound bale from 1900 pounds
Of good cotton. Good cotton growers
are no longer contented with this yield
when 1t is quite possible to grow a
5oOpOund bale from 1880 pounds Of
seed cotton at no additional cott, ex-
cept the start of pure bred seed and
the practice Of good cultural methods.
AT this rate the difference shows an
Increase og 100 pounds Of lint, and at
~ cents per pound gives a profit Of
$1,000 per bale.
The difference In the yield of lint
from pure bred cotton and that re-
ceiyed from the common cotton will
always justify the grower in getting a
start Of pure bred cotton from the orig
iDator OF grower of some recognized
standard type, and continue the Inn
proYement Of this type of cotton by
seed selection along the lines followed
by the originator
It is easily possible to raise the
general yield Of lint. In a field Of
pure bred cotton on the college farm
In 1911, planted from seed testing 81
per cent lint in 1910, it was easy to
select cotton testing Az per cent lint,
and the crop of 1912 is planted from
this seed.
Cotton seed selected from heavy
yielding, early maturing plants that
conform to a definite type will coms
nearer reproducing good cotton than
seed from plants of irregular struet-
are
1t is a prerequisite to success in i'm
proving cotton to be familiar with the
structural growth of the plant The
cotton stalk is made up Of a main stem,
primary and fruit branches, which are
divided into joints At the joints Of
The fruit branches the bolls are
formed; the first fruit limbs should
be on the main stem, the first fruit
in the first leaft or joint on all fruit
limbs throughout the season. Early
cottons have short joints and the
fruit limbs are near the ground The
late cottons have long joints and the
first fruit limbs are some distance
above the ground It is easy to rec
ognize stalks nearest approaching
this structure when selecting seed
early fruiting is dependent upon low
limbs, and heavier yields from planes
possessing large bolls and great
number of bolls to the fruit limbs or
plant.
Early planting does not always
mean early setting Of fruit Age IL
considered Of less Importance than
the rate Of growth in determining the
time cotton will begin fruiting. For
It's best development cotton should
have an uninterrupted period Of
growth from time Of planting TO ma
turity. Cool, damp weather is never
conducive to good growth in young
cotton. II very frequently weakens
The vitality Of the plant and develops
sore shin" Lice and other insetcts
very frequently attack early planted
cotton and secure such hold on the
young plants that 1t cannot outgrow
The injury.
The ground should be thoroughly
warm when cotton is planted. In this
locality the latter part of April and
The first half Of May is considered a
good time to plant. An early prepara-
ton Of the seedbed and frequent shall
low civilizations are important. Three
quarters OF an inch to one and one
half inches deep is a good depth to
plant. One and one-half pecks Of
good seed on well prepared seed
bed, all seed covered to uniform
depth, should 'provide good stand.
BENEFITS Improved Big Boil and
Mebane Triumph are good stormproof
cottons of distinct type and well suit
ed to Oklahoma oonditions.-W w.
Evans, Farm Superintendent A. & M.
College.