Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-09
Cotton Varieties for Boil weevi1 Ter.
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The time has arrived when we must
select our seed cotton with great care.
We can no longer afford to permit
drones to occupy the land. Those
who doubt that there are many of
these IN our cotton fields should make
an examination of our crops this
summer. They will be surprised to
lind what a large number of plants
have devoted their energy to the
growth of stalk and limb without set.
ting on any considerable number OF
bolls. They will find other plants
that are practically bare of fruit.
They take up the strength and fer
tility of the land yet their develop
ment represents a waste of energy
get rid of this situation. 1t will
help forward the progress Of our
state along agricultural lines i'm
measurably. Just what we should
do and how we should proceed in
this matter of selecting a desirable
variety of cottonseed and handling,
planting and cultivating the same SO
as to induce the largest yield will
be found below. These are facts
gathered from every section of Geor-
gia through series of years. They
represent the observations made by
the specialists in cotton lnoustry OF
the Georgia State College OF Agrl-
culture.
There is no one best variety of
cotton for all conditions, since the
requirements are not the same IN al
ferent parts of the state. OF me
grown in Georgia there are only
few that possess real merit, In Sc
lecting a variety the following fac
tors should be considered:
1. Resistance to wilt, and other
diseases.
sarly in the season but continuous
growing and putting on squares until
late in the season.
8. Staple at least one inch long.
Varieties with staple less than
seven-eighths ofan inch are subject
to a discount of 2 to 4 cents per
4. Big bolls. More productive,
sasier picked and give higher grade
sample.
To give a high yield under weevil
conditions variety shold produce
large number Of squares early in the
season and force them to maturity
inue to put on squares until late In
the season as the weevil will feed on
these squares in preferences to the
young bolls. In variety tests made
under weevi1 conditions the medium
early, big boil varieties have as
EU1o given the HlS HSSI 1C1u.
varieties actually produce more cot
Ion early in the season than the ex-
tremely early small boiled varieties
IS King and Simpkirs. The higher
yield is due to the larger size of
boil, less shedding of young bolls and
squares and their continuous fruit
ing habits.
An excellent type of plant is one
that does not make too much vege-
tative growth, with fruitihg branches
close to the ground, few if any veg
etative branches, medium length
Joints on main stalks and branches,
big bolls, small leaves, early matur-
ing and continuous fruiting. In ad-
dition, the lint should be long and
uniform in length and with high
lmont Of lint per plant. Resistance
to disease is very important factor,
especially in those sections subject
10 wilt and root knot.
College No. 1, Cleveland Big Boil,
Hooper's Big Boil, Texas Burr, Cooks
and other varieties having similar
characteristics have given the high
EST yields in tests made by the col
lege of agriculture. For the lands