The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-10-26
SAMPLES OF C0L0RED
COTTON ON DISPLAY
Mr. w. Brabham, Of 0lar Asonshes the Scientific World
and the New York Cotton Exchange by Proving that
You Can Raise Cotton Of Different Colors

the last seven years, L am sure INA
, black cotton once existed, but ha'
been completely swallowed up in thu
white or brown cottons. 1t will bt
restored sooner or later; in fact,
am almost sure of restoring it, bu
the plant breeder is sure of nothing
till he gets it.
White Master Color.
Every close observer of the laws
of biology and pathology observe that
white is the master color, if color il
be. Put white blood into black ami
mails and watch results. Cross white
cereals with cereals of any color, and
soon the whole will be white. Grow
plants having white seeds or fibres
with other colors and the same still
applies. That is why white cotton
is more widely known and grown
than other sorts.
In the beginning there were at
least seven primal pairs of all ami
mails made, and not less than seven
varieties of all plants made. Of the
animals the greatest variations in
colors occur in man, simply because
some races of men have ever been
migratory or nomadic. Take the
races of men who have lived isolated,
and there is no great variation in
their color. Then take a rowing race,
as the Aryan, for instance, and the
shades are very marked from an al
most white to a brown.
l am aware that this may offend
some of the white race, especially in
the South, where I live, but it is true
regardless of the offense. A striking
example is seen in that portion of
Europe, also Asia, bordering on the
Mediterranean. Across that sea is
Africa, with it's black races; another
way is the Malay Peninsula, with it's
brown people, and still in another
direction is China, with it's yellow
people. The blood of all. these peo-
pie, to some extent. flows in the veins
of some of the branches of the Aryan
race, simply because they have al
ways been a rowing or nomadic peo-
pie.
To prove that this law of nature
applies to plants as we'll as to ami
mails, take the cotton of Peru. There
the red and brown have never been
exposed to the influences of white
cotton, and to this day they grow in
their pristine purity. The same may
be said of the colored cottons of
Asia. Where not grown in close
proximity with white cotton they re-
tain their original color.
Coming down now to the growing
of colored cotton, the breeder should
procure such primal sorts as have
survived the ravages of time. They
will cross readily, but the white has
the power to simply overcome each
and every color. 1t is possible to
breed back these colors from the
white, but it takes time and patience.
Note-Under the date of Sept. II
Mr.. Brabham sent the Editor of
Realty" three samples of long fibre
cotton, one pure white, one a CHINA
mon shade and the third a grayish
green. In his letter Mr.. Brabham
asks that the following postscript be
added to his first communication,
which is printed above
Colored Cotton Samples.
P. S.-Since sending you the above
article have gathered from my ex-
perimental plots the samples of cot
ton I am enclosing you The bright
brown is native of Siam planted
on my farm this year, and is now
opening. The dark color is a hybrid
of my own breeding, and seven years
ago it was as white as the white sam
pie sent you in this mail. The ques-
ton presents itself that should the
offspring of this dark shade grow
darker year by year, which it has
done for six years, in the next seven
years it will be black or even ebony.
This dark sample settles beyond
all doubt that it is biological fact,
or pathological fact, that by back
breeding (I have no word at my
command to express my meaning
more forcibly) that lost color may
be restored, although no trace of this
color may be visible. 1t shows clear
ly with what wonderful tenacity ma
ture hands down from sire to son
from mother to daughter, that thing
we call "blood." To my way OF
thinking and reasoning, nothing is
lost in nature, no plants and animals
so long as the species exist.
If in man can be located the