Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-11-22

SUBSIDY MEASURE MADE SPECIAL ORDER
CALL CALCIUM ARSENATE
SURE CURE FOR WEEVIL

and for that area of the state the
board has developed some wilt resis-
tant strains of cotton, both long and
short staple, that are equally produc-
tive as any other varieties. Some of
these are Council-Toole, Lewis 63,
Petty's Wilt Resistant, and for
long staple cotton, DiX-Afifi.
There has been some discussion
recently in regard to length of sta
pie. Every other thing being equal,
different sections of the state in the
course of time will naturally produce
a slight variation in length of staple.
North Georgia, or the Piedmont sec
ton, produces inch to ! 1-8 inches;
while other sections would produce
slightly shorter staple. When the
question of breeding up of different
varieties of cotton is taken into con-
sideration, and cotton is bred for
length of staple, then this condition
is changed, and cotton can be grown
in. any section of the state, up to
l IA inches in length of staple, and
the amount Of seed cotton per acre
will be the same for any length of
staple.
Length and Lint.
There is one constant variation,
other things being equal; the per
cent Of lint decreases as the length
OF staple increases. Then whether
or not it pays for man to grow cot
ton for length Of staple depends on
the increased price per pound paid
fer the length of staple which lie
grows. Whether or not this pays
for the amount of lint lost il the
long staple variety, the premium paid
for long staple cotton varies with diff
ferent years. The variations in per
cent of lint range from as low as "a
per cent, or probably Slightly less for
fancy Sea Island cottons, to 60 per
cent Indian cotton which has a lint
very much better than linters. We
have seen farmers take 100 pounds
Of Cook cotton to the gin and get 500
pounds of lint, at the same time tax
ing 1000 to 1900 pounds of Dix
afifi and would not more than this.
When cotton has been carefully
bred for long time, developing or
h. e /
same time taking into consideration
the per cent of lint, some of the va
rieties have been made to produce
not only good length of lint, but
also better per cent of lint. The
board of entomology for number of
years has worked on these problems,
very much improving both the per-
cent of lint and length Of lint, when
so desired, and from numerous ex-
periments have found the facts given
above to be true. AS you will see the
varieties all differ in relation to the
way they are bred.
Long Staple Types.
"DiX-Afifi, a wilt-resistant cot
ton which is a hybrid between the
Mit-Afii, an Egyptian cotton, and
the Dixie wilt-resistant, gives a very
fine lint, from l IA inches in most
instances. Webber and Columbus
cotton, having been bred for a num-
Der of years for length of lint, gives
length of lint of Ia to / sic
inches. Express cotton, very early
cotton, gives length of staple from
l l-6 to 3-16 inches.
0ver-the-Top cotton, a newly de-
7eloped cotton, very productive and
early, gives a length of staple of
! 1-6 to l 1-8 inches in length. Cleve-
land cotton as it is generally bred at
the present time will run full inch
in length of staple. Cook cotton
gives a 40 to so per cent of length I
and ga to 7-8 of an inch length of
staple, while Half and Half some !
times runs so per cent, giving
length of staple hardly 3-4 of an
inch. We are not attempting to give !
list of the good varieties of cotton.
There are other good staple wilt
resistant and short staple varieties
of cotton.
Get Good Seed Now.
Changing varieties of cotton in
North Georgia and breeding cotton
for per cent of lint has. caused large
ly the variations that have come
about. Every farmer should secure
or save Immediately the seed he
wishes for planting, keep them dry !
and in perfect condition. 1t would
be very beneficial to sun them, as
many disease germs are destroyed in
this way, and it also aids in keeping !
the seed sound, which is very essen
tial So early arrangements for
getting good seed and good care of
same will contribute to next years
cotton crop.
THE board is having revised Bull
letin Az, which is said by many to
be one Of the best bulletins ever