Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-01-28

Excellent yields were made by all va
Fieties, the smallest amount of lint be-
ing we'll over a bale per acre. You will
observe that College No. 1, which stood
at the head Of the list. yielded at the
rate of two bales per acre. This variety
Of cotton has been developed as the re-
suit of liberalization and selections
made in the college demonstration field
and is equal in all respects TO any strain
which the college has yet evolved. Only
a very small quantity of the seed of this
strain is available, but efforts are being
made to multiply it as rapidly as Possi-
bic this year because il is believed that
il will be a variety of great value to our
farmers, especially where they are call
ed on to meet the destruction brought
about by the boil weevil invasion.
This variety of cotton, as will be OBJ
served. made a very large yield from
all pickings, but the point which We
desire especially to emphasize is that
il produced over a bale of cotton from
the first two pickings. Earliness of
course, is a virtue i'm any variety of
cotton which must be cultivated under
boil weevil conditions. Therefore, Col
Iege No. / is priced highly for this quail
ity and efforts will be made to increase
its early maturing characteristics. 1t
is noteworthy. also, that the total yield
of 3.119 pounds of seed cotton was OBJ
tanned from the four pickings, and that
ia practically matured all the bolls il set
on. II was grown under the same soil
and climatic conditions and with the
same amount of fertilizer accorded the
other varieties. Therefore, the test can
i'm this respect be regarded as essential
" fair. Fifty-eight bolls of this strain
of cotton made one pound of seed cot
ton. The staple was one inch in length;
Sunbeam, Columbia, Trice and Bramb-
lett's only exceeding it in this respect.
The yield of lint was very good, though
The per cent of il to seed was not as
high as could be wished. Several
strains produced a higher per cent of
lint, as Hite's Early. Cooks Improved
and Willets Perfection. 1t is believed,
however. that this is not a permanent
defect, but one which can be retnedied.
At the same time it is important to re-
member that any strain of cotton which
produces 34.3 per cent of lint must be
accorded favorable consideration, espe-
cially in view of the earliness exhibit
ed and the splendid yield. Some of the
varieties. for instance, which made 31.5
per cent of lint yielded only a little
more than half as much cotton, and
from many of them the fourth picking
was the largest. A number of these va
rieties would apparently fare badly un-
der boil weevil conditions, and their
cultivation would probably prove to be
a failure.
Cleveland's Big Boil, however. made
a fine showing, much of the cotton be-
ing open at the first and second pick
.Lg. This cotton is a big-bolled strain,
and has good length of staple and made
% very good percentage of lint. Dixie,
Culpepper and CaIdwelrs were the other
leading strains with Sunbeam close he
hind them. The reader will observe that
all Of these varieties made a yield
of two bales Of lint cotton per acre.
Dixie and CuIpepper did not open so
early. however as the other four
strains. In this respect Sunbeam had a
distinct advantage. Caldwells made
good showing so far as earliness is con-
cerned.
The I'VE strains yielding the largest
amount of cotton from the first and
second pickings were as follows: Trice,
y Iich produced 1,725 pounds Of seed cot
ton equivalent to $40 pounds of lint cot
ton. and showed a percentage Of lint
% 3I.I. College No. 1, which yielded
l.6OI pounds of seed cotton equivalent
a percentage of lint of 3f.1. ',leve-
lands Big Boil. which yielded 1900
pounds OF seed cotton equivalent TO $50
pounds Of lint, and showed a percent
age of lint of 35.3. Hooper's. which
yielded 1.4S1 pounds Of seeT cotton
equivalent to 523 pounds Of lint with
a percentage of 34.3 per cent OF lint.
CaIdweIFs. which yielded ..466 pounds
%. seed cotton equivalent to sos pounds
o. seed cotton. and showed a percent
axe OF lint Of 34.3.
II is interesting to know that the
great majority of strains of cotton
tested i'm our demonstration field origi-
mated within the state The foregoing
strains produced better than one bale
OF cotton per acre from the first two
pickiugs and the cotton was harvested
FIVE months from the date OF planting.
These are important facts to bear i'm
mind. and would indicate that there
are certain standard strains of cotton
row grown in the state which not only
yield abundantly. but mature early and
should be given favorable considera-
ton by the planter on that account. OF
course. a strain of cotton will not al
WAYS produce uniformly and a variety
that stands first this year may not make
50 good a showing next year. but the
Only thing we can depend on with any
degree of reliability are the field tests
conducted IN our demonstration areas.
These If course. are continued from
wear TO year and will be amplifiec in
view of the conditions with which Geor-
rfa farmers are now confronted in the
hope Of getting more and more definite