The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-01-06
GROWING COLORED COTTON.

GRONlNO COIORFD WI 1o-
Visit to Mr.. Brabham's Farm
Olar.
in the future it may be p |ossibl
produce cotton in all the shades
the spectrum. At least til, lat is
proposition on which Art thur
Brabham, of Bamberg county, So
Carolina is engaged. Shoul ID he
ceed-and he has made conjsiders
progress textile manu- factul
would not be perturbed by the sea
ty of aniline. dyestuffs, just now
embarrassing problem, incident to
blockade of German and allied
eteries of trade.
The chief object with MIR. Br
ham is to produce black cotton.
distinctly bronze tint has b cen rt
ICED by six years of systema tic crt
fertilization of the Egyptia| IN bro
with the Russell big boil, q vari
common to South Caroina plan
tions. Continuation of this Iplan,
Bamberg county plant breeder is G
Z. fident, will bring the hybrid bla
which he regards as the mis- sing i
in the basic colors of his cot
scheme.
Mr.. Brabham pointed out WI
visited a few days ago what is
generally known, that already fl
distinct tints of cotton are bei
grown in different parts Of the wo1
In confirmation of his argu ment
drew from his sample case yell
Chinese cotton, grown from seed
ported from the Far East. Flank
the fence parallel with the road
his home grew Egyptian brown
1uxlriant growth, we'll fruited wi
shapely bolls, as if perfectly acs
mated. He further emphasized II
gray cotton is grown in India, van
ties similar to the Egyptian in Pc
and Hawaii and South America, a
reddish-hued cotton also in Pei
3 With black added to these and I
native white cotton, he insists thai
natural cotton spectrum could
easily built.
Burbank Skeptical. !
Luther Burbank, whose rare col
binations of bewitching colorss
flowers and magnificent successes
! shybridizing fruits has won the GID
ing admiration of the world, believ
black cotton is not an absolute il
possibility" He is slightly incred
lous, though, and comments: "ItI
somewhat doubtful if black cottl
will be produced in this generatid
IL ever. ;, He wouldn't undertake
production at any price, he writes
The fundamental principals
breeding the new variety of cottl
are exceedingly simple. Early in Il
day, when the blossom first ope!
wide, the pollen is shaken from Il
blooms of one variety into the blod
of another. The fertilized bloom |
then tied up that bees may not Il
feet. Though white the first da
the bloom turns pink and drops II
following day, so that the operatit
is as brief as it is simple. The EgY
tian cotton used as one basic stoI
is of a brownish hue. The Russ{
big boil, on which it is "cr tossed
en1arges the Egyptian boil ap1 adj
quality to the length of the fbiA.' tt
seed Of the Russell also has a blaa
ket wrapped about of exceeding
short, greenish, fuzz-like fibre. I'll
elongation of this has had distin3
effect in producing the bronze tyI
Of hybrid cotton: |
Much interest is being manifesto
in the work of Mr.. Brabham, while
has been carried on throughout |
number Of years.
Big Mill is Interested. |
One large cotton manufactuI
lng establishments which col
sumes annually 100000 bales l
cotton for emercerized" goods
elaborate experiments wiz
he Brabham product. Tests are ba
ng made of the tensile strength 4
he fibre, the fastness of the cold
md the calendarizing qualities of til
10th. Should the experiments bed
,ut the general belief of manufal
.ures a tremendous demand WouH
rise for the use of the cotton Il
smercerized" goods manufacture. +
Quietly and unobtrusiyely the Ban|
'erg county wizard has gone abot|
is task. Although he has chased thI
llusive ignis fatuus idea of black cot
on through six successive years.
here has been No hfarjno of fr,1 MI