Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1918-01-18

or make a depression with the heel,
Drop the seed in this and cover IL
lightly with the foot. Drive q stout
stake mt the end Of each row and
write the selection number on II with
a 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 earliness, pro-
ductiveness. uniformity. type, size of
hollis. 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. 1876.
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
lected 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. and
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 I'm all of this breeding
work. BY the use Of these blanks the
time required to make the necessary
notes has been greatly reduced. NeG.-
ness and legibility are important. and
to this end a pen or hard lead pencil
should he used. as notes taken with
n soft pencil soon become rubbed and
rectly in the notebook and not copied
from memoranda.
the Separately Selected Rows
and Plants.
The ginning Of the individual Sc
lertiOns and progeny rows should he
left until winter. when the rush Of fall
NsTh IL pNtt ~ Siu Is
most convenient for ginning individual
plants. Three types Of hand gins are
m the market: ~ A small saw gin.
very similar in appearance to the or
binary commercial saw gin. but hav-
ing only ten saws and furnished with |
a handle by means of which II is Op-
Grated; (2) n Small-sized roller gin Of |
the type generally used to gin Sea
Island cotton and also operated by n
handle. and (3) gin somewhat simi- |
lar to the roller gin. hut having a
series of fingers instead Of heaters to |
break the line from the seed The |
price Of these gins ranges from $50 |
10 So. 1t is often possible for several |
farmers to club together to bear the |
expense of such an outfit. A single |
large saw gin can he used for row |
pIats. Tn ginning different individual |
plants or progeny rows. great care
should he taken to see that the gin is
cleaned out after each |
operation. so that not a single seed |
will he left to mix with the succeed |