Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-03-30
'HALF AND HALF
COTTON DISCUSSED
A. q N. Expert Declares II VIII Not
In Any Way Compare With
Other Varieties.

III an article discussing the ehal,
ana mar cotton, which has been the
oDJeet OF much comment recently. ii.
a. JODson, assistant agfonomist II.
ehafse OF cotton Investigations al the
ieAas experiment station at the A. A
W. College, gives comparative record.
IN production OF this and other Texas
varieties. Mr. Jobson says that "hal
ana half" does not begin TO compar.
win native Texas yarities elthe,
from The standpoint OF the quality q,
staple or from the standpoint OF pro.
ducllon. lie cites yields at the ex.
pertinent station to establish his
claims.
Mr. Jobson's statement In full fol.
lows:
"ithin the past few weeks there
nave been numerous articles publlsb.
eu III the daily and weekly press in
regard to the merits and dement's OF |
the variety OF cotton known as hall |
ana half. The principal point at is. |
sue Is the value OF the staple. All of
those who condemn this variety do
80 principally because OF the fact tina.
'ne staple does not come up to the
standard for short staple upland va.
-letles. ] have no statistics TO offer
Just at this time In regard TO the
'laple' but will say that II is inferior
o our native Texas varieties. The
iish percentage OF waste which fl |
ohtalns. that is, hbers which are too
mort to be utilized by the mills
Iaces II below the standard. even
mould the millable hbers come ND 10
ne average. The strength and par.
cularly the length OF cotton fiber is
cry greatly influenced by soil. rain.
III and climatic conditions. Il is quite !,
robable that half and half when !
Town on very rich soil during sea. =
m when the rainfall and climatic ;,
are exceptionally favorable ;,
cotton production. will produce !,
aple that approaches so nearly the =
erage that the local buyers are un. ;,
lie to detect It. However the staple 3,
u not be as good as that produced :
Texas varieties under the same
nditions. In other words, It is only o.,
very rich soil and under exception. =
conditions that half and hair sta. T..
VIII approach the value OF the gen. :.
u average Of our native varieties.
Aside from the controversy con. 80,
ming the fiber results that have -
m obtained on the Texas agricul -
al experiment station show that -,
not the most profitable producer
supporters claim that Il produces 81,
N one-fourth TO twice as much -.
d cotton per acre as the average ,u.
lety, and also that the line per. -,
tage runs very high. This may be -,
when the best OF half and hair a.
are planted in competition with =
rior seed of other yarities. Where r.
d seed of our native varieties are a.,
tied in competition with half and A.
> the difference in yield will not =
10 great in favor OF the latter. II A.,
D happens that farmer intro. a ,
IS seed OF a new variety into
munity and tries them out in com.
ion with inferior seed Of his ma.
strain and is very much surprised
lie phenomenal yield and line per. l.
age produced by the new intro. min
Ion, while on the other hand, n u
ad secured the best grade OF seed 700
Is own native strain to compare II
the new introduction, he would be I
that after all our Texas varieties worl
pest for Texas conditions. There line
ONE conditions under which new III
auctions are perhaps better than Leat
native varieties. However. as n sale
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