The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-02-09
PLANT TRAP COTTON.

or three acres than whole field.
II had only little patch last year,
about an acre, planted next to the
woods, then had strip of corn, and
then the cotton began. Off of that lit
tie patch there next to the woods we
picked off over 1000 grown boil wee
wills. They came in as early as April.
This patch was cultivated by an italian
and his children. He got over 1900 boil
weevils, but still he made two-thirds of
bale of cotton to the acre in that
patch.
REDUCE ACREAGE.
"Reduce your acreage. l cut mine
down to SO per cent. Planted rice, corn,
rice, oats, grass, clover, etc, cut down
the cotton half, and then gradually in
crease as your hands learn the nature
of the weevil. | had one Italian that
made eighteen bales of cotton on twen-
ty-one acres; one made fifteen to nine
teen bales on twenty acres; these are
exceptions. Some made as little as five
bales on the same amount Of land but
some had better land and better chan
ces. plant my best land in cotton; we
had lots of land that made over bale
to the acre. The average was LIPS
pounds of seed cotton to the acre on
one place, on which we kept a strict
account. think the other lands will
average as good. | will give the
test of twenty-one different varie-
ties of cotton | planted. The cotton
was planted April 20, 1911. In this ex-
pertinent there were two rows in each
variety, all in the same kind of ground,
and the same length Of rows:
Il. Truitt, 35 pounds.
q. Caldweii's Big Bob, 50 pounds.
"3. Dillon's Wit Proof, 10 pounds.
"a. Triumph, SO pounds.
20. Hastings Big Boil, so pounds,
"6. BroadwelPs Double-Jointed 65
pounds.
~. Alexander's, 65 pounds.
"8. Hawkins Improved, 65 pounds.
80. Mortgage Litter, 65 pounds.
40. Russel's Big Boil, 55 pounds.
I'll. Tools Improved, 65 pounds.
"12. Money Maker, SIS pounds.
"l3. Simpkins' Home Grown Seed,
75 pounds.
IA. Kings Home Grown-Seed, 70
pounds.
"15. Missouri Green, 60 pounds.
"16. Unknown Staple, rs pounds.
at. Sent for Upland Staple, turned
out to be Egyptian, pounds.
"18. Sunhower Staple, so pounds.
"l9. Columbia Staple, so pounds.
"2O. Unknown, 35 pounds.
"2l. Aliens Staple, Is pounds.
"22. Simpkin's Direct from Simp-
kins, N. c., 10 pounds.
RESULTS OF TESTS.
II have another test made under the
suggestion of the government, made
with staple cotton for the year of 1911,
under the direction of Prof. Bennett Of
Paris, Texas.
"Plot Three acres, planted April
28, 1911, with Columbia; was well
worked every eight days. Picked out
| in December, weighed 3,700 pounds of
seed cotton. Yield 1928 l-3 seed to
acre.
"Plot q Seven acres, planted April
28, 1911, and given same cultivation,
and land, picked out December to Jan.
S, weighed 1,095 l-3 seed cotton to the
acre.
''Plot 3-PIanted April 2S, 1911, same
cultivation, same land, planted with
Sun6ower seed, four-ffths of an acre,
picked in January, l, ,l95 pounds of seed
cotton, or at the rate of 1,434 to the
acre.
1.-THE seed of both Columbia and AL
len was low in vitality and did not gel
good stand. ! would not advise yor
to plant very much staple cotton unit
you get your labor broken in, so thai
you can make cotton with the Dol
weevil. | made these experiments Al
the suggestion of the government. Yo'
should plant the kind that natures
early"
At this juncture several question
were asked by local planters, to whicl
he gave cheerful answers, throwing
much light upon the local situation.
NEW LAUNDRY BUILDING.
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