Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-02-22

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or make a depression with the heel,
Drop the seed in this and cover 1t
lightly with the foot. Drive n stout
stake at the end Of each row and
write the selection number on 1t with
4 hard lead pencil. Make a diagram
of the plat, recording the number and
location of each row, as stakes are
sometimes broken in cultivation.
Thinning and Pulling Out Diseased
Plants.
After %replanting and when the cot
ton Is all up, thin to one plant to the
hill and record the number of plants
left in each row. Under no circum-
stances replant with any other cotton.
Go over the plat occasionally and pull
out all diseased plants. In Sep
TENDER, just before selections are
made, count the healthy plants in each
row. These counts compared with the
stand counts will give the percentage
of wilt resistance.
Selection Of the Best Rows and Plants.
Discard rows showing much wilt.
Carefully compare the most resistant
roWs with regard to carliness, pro-
ductiveness, uniformity, type, size Of
bolls, and length and quantity of lint,
and save four to eight Of the best
rows. In the selection of rows as well
as plants, wilt resistance is the first
and most important consideration,
Continuous selection toward a certain
ideal type is also essential. Pick
separately several of the best plants
from each selected row, giving each its
proper row number with the plant
number added, thus, 1871, 1872, 1873
and so on. Use tags for labelling plants
and sacks. Selected plants should be
free from %anthracnose and other dis
eases.
Making Careful Notes.
Note books must be provided to re.
cord the data regarding the rows and
plants. Make notes on the selected
rows covering the points considered IN
the selection. Take notes on each Sc
lccted plant covering the following
points: EarlineSs, shape, height, and
productiveness Of plant, length OF
joints, shape and size Of bolls, size and
color of seed, and length, strength, anC
percentage of lint. A special 4 by
inch note blank with spaces provided
for these notes in detail has been de
vised and used by the department Of
agriculture in all Of this breeding
work. BY the use Of these blanks thu
time required to make the necessary
notes has been greatly reduced. Neat
ness and leglbility are important, ant
to this end a pen or hard lead penci
should be used, as notes taken will
q soft pencil soon become rubbed ant
blurred. Notes should be entered dl
rectly in the notebook and not coplet
from memoranda.
Ginning the Separately Selected Row
and Plants.
The ginning Of the individual Sc
lectlons and progeny rows should b.
left until winter, when the rush of fal
work is over. A small hand gin |
most convenient for ginning individual
plants. Three types Of hand gins ar
on the market: C) A small saw gin
very similar in appearance to the or
binary commercial saw gin, but hav
ing only ten saws and furnished witt
n handle by means OF which 1t Is or
Grated; (2) a small-siZed roller gin 0
the type generally used to gin Sc
Island cotton and also operated by
handle, and (3) a gin somewhat SIM
lar to the roller gin, but having
series of fingers instead of heaters t
break the line from the seed. TIL
price of these gins ranges from s.
to $50. It is often possible for severa
farmers to club together to bear tn
expense of such m outfit. A singl
large saw gin can be used for ROY
platS. In ginning different lndlviduG
plants or progeny rows, great car
should be taken to see that the gin
thoroughly cleaned out after eac
operation, so that not q single see
will be left to mix with the succeed
ing lots.