The Dermott news., 1917-02-15
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 C0II,.. s BEST?
the Best in Arkansas and Why 1t Does?
By W E. Ayres, Experiment Station University o4 Arkansas.


 Varieties of cotton belong 10 two general classes. shortstaple and long staple" Blenders" or "Rivers" being nothing more than a commercial trade name used to designate any cotton grown on rich so,l in humid climate, and therefore producing superior lint. All varieties having lint longer than 1-1S inches are long.staple varieties: those having shorter lint belong to the short-staple class
 In general, the long staple varieties are later. have a lower per cent Of ] lint. and their bolls are more pointed than the short-staples However. some of the recently introduced long staples are earlier than the average short-staple cottons and have other desirable characteristics which are bringing them into favor
 What Is Good Variety? The money value per acre produced by variety of cotton is the criterion by which II fs ultimately judged. provided il has no qualities which are strikinely un- destra ble. Such factors as length and per cent cf lint are usually inn portant in determining values. but the variety which yields the highest per cent of Int or the longest lint iS Qftc9 poor when profits are considered. earliucss. size of bolls. ease of picking, and s;orm resistance are factors to be considered in selecting n variety. Un- der boil Weevil conditions, toward the northern limit of the cotton belt. or on new land. carlness IS very important
 What Is an Early Variety? Since In, advent of the boil weevl il is agreed that the variety which will pro duce the most cotton in an area hef-f- fly iugested with weeyils is the earli- est variety Small boiled, carly matur- ing varieties often fail 10 yield as well en soils medium low in fe~'iity as the medium early. large boiled varIe- ties even under boil wrevl condi tions The greatest difference be tween the earliest and latest varieties exists in humid districts on poorly drained rich bottom land On such land such varieties as Triee, Shine, King. etc. should be considered If short-staple varieties are preferred
 Variety Tests in 1916 Interesting The Arkansas Experiment Station tested ffty-hve varieties and strains oe cotton at tvo different points in the state last year In addition. [ 10 25 varieties were tested in co.opera. ton with the county agents in several counties One of the large tests was conducted at Scotts in cooperation with MT Conoway Scott and the other at Mena on the old suhstation The test al Scotts was on Arkansas River bottom land The season was favorable and the yields good The Mens test was on hill land The yields there were very low. due 10 extreme Y dry weather shortly after the plants began 10 set forms
 The average results of the tests at Seotts and Mena show that twelve of tho ffty-fve varieties produced seed and lint worth Cat market prices for September. October and November, more than Sl00 per acre. the average per acre value of these twelve varle. ties being more than slO700. The per acre value of the same varieties al SCotts averaged more than slT000 The poorest twelve varieties averaged little less than $76 % per acre in the two tests and $ll6o0 at Seotts.
 The high yields were produced al the same expense as the poor ones plus the cost of harvesting and mar ketng the excess produced by the high yielders This would have amounted to about 8 per acre for the average of the two tests and about $500 per acre at Scotts. If the aver age cost per acre of production and marketing for the poor yielders was S25 % and the cost al Scotts S2700 per acre the per acre profit was ST co for the high yielders and s5l % for the low yielding varieties The per acre profit at Scotts was si35 and sS9. respectively. for the high and low yielding varieties Profits from high yielding varieties were about 50 per cent greater than from low SleiuIHE NdTletleS. fFOHtS rom nlEh yielding varieties were about 90 per cent greater than from low yielders.
 Among the high yielders in the av craze for the two tests were Triumph. Wannamaker Big Boil tCleyelandD Cleveland. Half and Half. Roundnose. Christopher Big Boil. Toole, and strain of Cook bred by the Alabama Experiment Station. all in the short staple class, and the following long staple varieties: Foster Webber No S2. Webber No. 70. and Express Ex- press was the earliest of the above varieties. but had lower per cent of lint and shorter lint than any of the above long staples. All Of the above short-staples. except Toole, were com. paratively early. Other varieties which did we'll at Mena were: Cooks I'm. proved. Rublee, Lone Star. Rowden. Dodd's Prolific. Dodd's Favorte, King