The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-09-27
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Prof. Huxley reveals more than 100
types of men living and the white
man is responsible for the greater
part of these manifestations OF
variations, because he has been
a nomad, rover, going from
place to place, besides white has
the power to master any color with
which it is bred.
Take a lower step in life. Look at
our domestic animals, and see the
different types and colors. No sane
man can possibly believe that each
species or genera sprung from one
primal pair, regardless of the teach
ings of Moses. All nature declares
that primal pairs were plural.
Animal and plant life are the same.
One, is animate, the other inanimate,
but the natural laws that govern one
govern both. 1t is fixed decree of
nature that there should be varia-
tions in both plants and animals, and
each one is a perfect asher, it fits
in it's place. But variations must
come by crosses and hybrids-must
be bred out of the regular line. There
would be no variations without cross
es or hybrids.
The reason why there are so few
colors of cotton is because the colors
have been widely segregated. Only
once in the history of man or cotton
has cotton of colors had a chance to
mate or cross and that was when
Frenchman by mere accident, 5O-odd
years ago, discovered that cotton
would grow in the Nile delta. A cot
ton famine was worldwide at that
time, and the news of it's growing
in the land Of the ancient Pharaohs
flashed around the world like the
golden rays of the rising sun. Seeds
from every cotton growing country
in the cotton producing world poured
into the Nile valley and were planted
indiscriminately. The one giving the
best results was a light brown long
staple. The other sorts were all dis
carded. In after years the coptic
planter was amazed to find the in
ferior Hindi cotton growing with his
superior staple cotton. From whence
came you?" asked the coptic of this
cotton. The experts of Europe were
appealed to who came 10 their aid
men educated in the highest seats of
learning in Europe, and who perhaps
had had practice in the, royal gardens
of fKew. They came upon the scene;
took a fine mesh wire, and made Sec
tions insect proof, planted under this
wire seeds selected with great care,
vet for all this care the Hindi cotton
grew even under this wire. They
never thought for moment that this
Door grade cotton had years ago mat
ed with this fine cotton and had be-
come part and parcel Of it. Now, this
same indiscriminate planting of cot
ton in the Nile valley more than so
years ago, makes it possible to
grow cotton of colors from Egyptian
strains. More than this: Somewhere
in the lapse of time white cotton as
simulated or overpowered cotton of
colors that do not now exist. We see
this by the color of the seed. Green
seed at one time grew green lint,
black seed, black lint; brown seed,
brown lint, and so on. The seed is
an index to the color of the lint in
ages past.
The plant breeder has much to do.
When men were few land f1ocks and
herds plentiful, man waxed fat on the
fruits of his herds and flocks. Plant
life was secondary then. Now the
order is reversed. Men are plentiful
and focks and herds are growing
scarcer year by year, and ere long the
human family must look to plant life
for sustenance. The field is fruitful.
To restore the lost colors of cotton,
to bring into being new colors. is a
task for the plant breeder. am sure
both can be done and concur with Bal
zac, who says: "As soon as we seek to
penetrate the secrets of nature,
where nothing is secret, and where it
is only necessary to have the eyes
to see, we perceive the simple pro-
duces the marvellous"