The Carlisle independent. (Carlisle, Ark.) 1905-current, 1920-02-05

have already organized for the pur-
pose Of eliminating poor or unnamed
and mixed varieties of cotton from
the 1920 crop. There is no manner
by which the amount of inferior seed
that are planted each year can be de-
termined but conservative estimate
places the amount of unsolicited seed
planted to be about IS per cent. This
rs per cent is devoted to cotton that
will not produce the maximum amount
on the soil where it is planted.
Every community should agree on
variety of cotton to be planted exclu-
Sively on given type of soil and that
variety should be grown continuously
In this manner the variety will adapt
itself to the local conditions and by
careful selections and precautions to
prevent the seed from becoming mixed
it will be possible to maintain high
" productive variety and develop a
standard for community that will
be Of value in the local market
sThe particular variety is not so
important as is the maintenance of a
good variety provided the variety
chosen is adapted to the needs of the
local market as we'll as the soil of the
community. Practically every cotton
growing community in the state pro-
70 +o,1
Of cotton. Many of those so-called
varieties are SO badly mixed that it
would be impossible to identify them
Triumph is by far the most extensive
~ grown variety with Rowden second,
followed by Half and Half, Cleve-
land and Express grown in smaller
quantities
"The advantages to be gained from
community production of a standard
variety are:
l. The variety can be kept for the
reason that other varieties will not be
planted near or ginned with the
chosen variety.
2. A good variety grown will become
adapted to its local environment so
that with judicious seed selection
it will become more productive in
stead of "running-ou as is erro-
neously but popularity supposed to
be the case when a variety is grown
for several years.
3. 4 community will have very val
liable economic asset in building up a.
reputation for producing a uni
formly standard staple.
4. Every member of the community
will profit by growing a uniform
staple for the reason that it will be
impossible to realize the full market
value of the cotton.
Avoid Conflict of Labor on Crops
In planning crops for the coming
year, farmers should aim to plant such
crops as will distribute the work dur
ing the season, says A. D. McNair,
Farm Management Specialist with
the Agricultural Extension Division.
Cotton requires great deal of work
in May and June and again in Septefn-
Der, October and November, but usual
ly requires no work in August. Corn,
sweet potatoes and peanuts require
much work in September and October
One should avoid having several
crops which require much labor and
time and this means cotton, sweet po
tatoes, peanuts and sorghum for mo-
lasses. If, however, the cotton occu-
pies twenty acres and all of the other
crops only one or two acres the crn-
fict of labor is not serious, bn. if the
acreage of each crop is cor>ue' abe,
then this arrangement violates one of
the principles of good farm manage
lient
Crops which require little work in
May and June and much work in Au-
gust are grapes, cowpeas for hay, pro-
vided these are planted in May, late
Irish potatoes and possibly some 9TH
ers.
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