Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-10

viii produce nearly twice Jay much
lint aiId 80 per cent seed tn3a4$Dea
island. Inc bOQS open completely,
and The large, fluffy locks are as
easily. picked as the OrdlnaiSa SaOfL
staple Varieties. thus the harvest
ing is more easily acOmp4lSAed ana
at much less expense than sHSA Is:
land. 'Ehge AnL percentage, hpWsYef,
IS higher with the Sea IsIall ~ SINGS g
il gInneu 1888 per cent ana the
Meade only ginneu 70 per celIt, lint:
nIS is due 20 the larger, sI4e OF
the seed. In the Meade Yallegyt ana
shows the inadViSaDInty OF luagl1lg
cotton varieties by their lint per
,.entages. - "A better comparison OF
[arieI1es in this respect, is the AAl
index, or the amount Of .tlaeF on
90 seed as shown by Mr.. G. 81! Me-
agriculture, bulletin No. 344' ~ itll' g;
This comparison. made. in the cotton
industry Laboratory OF the GEoF-
gia State college OF AgflcultuFe
ed SO grams of lint and 100 Sea Is
land seed produced 3.5 grams OIL
Since Meade cotton mill, on the
average, produced 100 seed TO eaC4
three bolls, and has lint. lndeX o.
$50, it yields l16 grams me PEI; Pc
boil and requires 253 bollS to make
a pound of lint cotton, or 1868
hollis per bale of 500 pounds. only
about one-half of the bolls produced
bv sea island cotton, however, con-
tain four locks, the remaining one
half are bolls containing only thIeo
locks and since the locks average
ONLY six seed EACH the bOllS Will aV-
erage twenty-one seed each, and with
a lint index of only $50, the sea IS
land yields 1885 grams of line per
boil. 1t, therefore, requires 6lI Dolls
Of sea island cotton to make a pound
of lint cotton, of 308, 5OO boolS 10 d
bale of 500 pounds.
This difference of $4,000 bollS in
favor of Meade cotton is very Sig
nifcant fact from the standpoint OIL
the producer, since more than twice
as many sea island bolls will have
to be harvested to make the same
amount of lint cotton. Another point
Of interest in this connection is the
fact that from a 500-pOund bale OF
Meade cotton 1,225 pounds seed are
produced; whereas, bale of sea is
land cotton only yields 1000 pounds
of seed Because of the high oil
content of the Meade seed, they are
worth on an average $500 per ton,
or $14 more man the stabilized price
of SOS per ton for wagon seed; where
as, the sea island seed sell for dis
count of IS to $40 per ton, thus max
ing a difference of approximately. $50
ty. -. -. 'a..
Meade cotton originated as a re
suit of selection from q pure variety
and not by Adjudication as was sup
posed by some growers who noticed
off-type plants in fields planted with
Meade seed. These plants either re
semble sea island stalks 81 or are
plants which produce green. fuzzy
seed on which is found only. short
lint typical Of the ordinary short sta
pie, upland cotton, and are the re
suit of accidental hybridization by
insects due to planting the two va
rietieS close together or by the mix
ing of seed at the gins. These aber-
rant plants should be pulled as soon
as noticed and before blooming, if
possible. This operation, known as
roguing, should be carefully prac-
ticed by all growers of this variety
who expect to. use their seed a for
planting purposes. 1t is Impossible
to too forcefully stress the irnpor-
lance of purity with this valuable
cotton, and if the present recogmi-
ton of high standard is to be main
tanned, careful roguing will have to
be practiced or these hybrid plants
will cause rapid deterioration of the
variety. This is due 20 the factIthat5
thea inferior characters of the abJer-
rant parent plants ARE tranSn sEt ca
to the offspring. These undesirable
characters exhibit themselves . not,
only in the size and shape of pIaht.
but in the length and quality Of atI1e
lint as We'll, Since the staple Of this
variety, must not be less than one
and .one-half inches in length if it is,
to replace sea island cotton, it can
readily. be seen that the problem of
Improving and maintaining the pres.
ent standard of excellence is one
that requires the attention of Elk
perts, and the novice need hardly ex-
pect the results that are so easily
obtained with other crops. 1t is adj
Vlsable, therefore, that growers of
sible for planting, and as soon as
deterioration is noticed they should
dispose of their entire stock of seed
Tor crushing purposes and obtain q
fresh supply of pure seed for plant