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FARMERS’ COLUMNS.
trilK GKORGIA EXPERIMEN T STATION,
EXI’KKIMICN'T, GEORGIA.
1
Planting Cotton.
[BY DIRECTOR R. J. REDDING.]
In Press Bulletin No. 27, Fob.
detailed instructions were given
formulating and compounding fertili¬
zers for corn, cotton and other crops.
This information was extracted
advanced sheets of Bulletin IN o. 81.
This bulletin has since been printed
published to the farmers of Georgia
far as requests have been received
the same. Copies will bo sent to
Person actually engaged in
who * haI1 r 7 ue ^ *5® “ m0 - Ifc COn '
tains the results of all tho
in the culture of cotton made on the
Station Farm in 1805
Next in importance and general in
terest after the due preparation of the
soil and fertilizers for the same, is the
selection of the best variety of seed for
in| mvm, ltv-ilifv nr section The follow
extracts from Bulletin No. 31
some of the results of the test of 18 va
rieties of upland cotton:
EXTRACTS FROM BULLETIN NO. 81.
EXPERIMENT NO. I—VARIETY TESTS
COTTON.
A test of varieties is always of inter¬
est to the practical farmer, being free
from technical, scientific theories, sug¬
gestions. and terms; and of all experi¬
ments on the ordinary farm, it is
the one most frequently undertaken.
Every farmer wants tho most will product¬
ive cotton—the variety that
the largest return of valuable product.
Some insist on a variety that has a very
small seed and that will “turn out” the
largest percentage of lint,
(without good reason) that a variety
that more than “thirds itself” will
therefore produce the largest yield of
lint per acre.
Others claim that a large boiled vari¬
ety is to be preferred; others still insist
on earliuess as the most important char¬
acter.
In conducting the Variety Test it was
intended to include in the investigation
every point of merit that was reducible
to scale or measure.
the Eighteen (18) varieties were planted,
experiment covering two acros of
fourth years’ clayey soil, each variety
being planted iu two rows and the se¬
nes repeated until the 104 rows were
exhausted.
Table II__S-ction 1.
itsrtimzkk FORMULA j iTieldpor fccorl Acre in lba
l’Kit aouu. Cotton.
tt t£ | t(5 I 1 SO
Avid Muriate Ritrato Phosphate. of of Soda.... Pot.... . 4CS 130 86 lbs. “ “ \M n Sept. 17. a S a T4 Pit-kin Oc-t. 15. !a .a c ••'■XI RT d •- <
Cost Total...........684 acre.........$3 lbs. 86 f M Third \U s
per £ ** Cfi | ft H
i
•Jones’ Re-improved. 2301 606 288)1566
•Tones’ Improved hit 320 543 370 1388
Dunejui'-i Mammoth Boll.. 261 572 485 851 1513
Truitt’s Himnicutt’s improved ...... 180 177 476 491 844 419 278 885(1873 1875
Choice.......
Lowry’s Hawkins' Prolific.......... 834 121 469 442 279 374 210,1881 871(1308
.Jumbo..........
Dickson’s Improved. 145 MS 881 88111803
Hutchins’n’s Wt’rtn Prolif. 141 547 520 381!1545
Brooks’ " No Name"...... 140 396 313 85811207
Bates’ Improved......... 118! 114j 335 361 893 1852
Ellorbo’s Prolific.......... 390 306 845 1155
plierbe’a Ellorbo’s Big Stalk........ 181 j 413 339 858 1286
Choice ........ 124 377 286 889 1126
Kings Improved......... 835| 541 358 278 1507
Hearing's Knight’s Small Seed ..... 131 898 328 399,1251
Small Seod..... 121, 374 301 33811134
Jones’ Wonderful....... 75 280 826 U27 933
Averages .. JoneT 160j 486 368] 827(1297
•Selected from “ Improved’’ grown 0:1
Farm in 1804.
The foregoing section of Table No. 1
gives the fertilizer formula used, the
names of the varieties of cotton, the
yield per acre of e;ich variety at each of
four pickings, and the total yield per
acre of seed cotton.
Table II.—Section 2.
5 I§,3-. T„j
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NAMES OF VARIETIES.
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Jones’ Jones’ Improved Re-improved. ... 68(3^8(31.71 50 2708 89.7 894
Duncan’s Mammoth Boll.. «5;;i44.S'30 8 467
Truitt's Improved ....... 63 3226 31 5 133
Hunnicutt’a Choice........ 7718846:31. Oj 896
Lowry's Prolific.......... 76 4tXX> 89 s 394
Hawkins' Jumbo......... 72 40m)2 434
Dickson’s Improved. 85 4166 .’© 3l 364
Hutchins’n’s St’rm Prolif. SldliXViiT fv. 3125 31 2 482
Brooks’ “ No Name ”...... 7 383
Biites’ Improved......... 50 4762 35 <9 449
Efierbc's Prolific •...... 76 4166132.2 372
Ei'erbe's Big Stalk........ 75 3846,32 9 407
E ierl)e'r. Choice........... 73 3840 32.2 382
King's Improved ....... 78,4160 34 0 511
Knight’s Deuritig's Small Seed ..... 89 5000 32 2, 403
Jones' Small Seo l..... 51 4762 35 1 410
\Yonderf ul 71 (3846 30.4; 300
Averages ..... .....I 7303905 32.0! 4151
In section 2 of the table is shown;
each variety, the number of bolls
quired to weigh one pound of seed
ton, the number of seeds in one pound
of seed, the yield of lint per
weight of seed cotton, the total yield
lint per acre aud the total yield of
per acre,
Rev. Sam Jones preached to one
fliotsand people on top of the
Equitable building the other day
and told them to ;t they were
nearer heaven then than they
would ever be again unless they
changed their ways.
Table II*—Section 3.
Hants cents I h
o', 8 at •ptmod HUt *ii< g
NAME OV VARIETIES. f-E is Taut I- ,2 1 »
ii aoci Its s.|
Value £ n- x
vs ■a o
___<l_ > b
85$if _
Jones' Re-irn proved.......3.90 30i $39 6H$5 52 (17 88 03 «9
Jones’ Improved .4 81 4
Duncan'sMammoth Boll. 13 95 87 88 5 84 48 60
Truitt’s Improved 4 00 84 84 4 71 39 35
Hunnicutt’a Choice.......4 18 81 00 4 10 88 Wj
Lowry's Prolific..... 4 00 81 52 4 88; 88 15
Hawkins’ Jumbo...... 4 85 84 72; 4 87 39 05
Brooks^oNam.’’....,!.^ Hy^ins’n’sSt’nnProIif^l 17 38 56 5 J g| 81, | p 87 §
Ellorbo’s Prolific.......... 4 44 29 70 3 91,88 67 ft
j|wbe’sChoice’ 1111 ' loB) is m 96 3 82' 90 45 32 N
| Kin^ha^oved^ . . - ,*M. 40 4
Deartnv’s Small Seed. ;sai 4 oo JMOOMJH 88 28 3 84| j27j4 37 is
Jobes’ Wonderful..
Averag es . ........*4.14$83 1644 41 $37 54
,
In section 3 of the table the names of
varieties are repeated, and then follows,
in regard to each variety: Average
feight °f stoiks at maturity; value of .
total yield of lint per acre, at 8c; value
of total yield of seed per acre at loo per
bushel j total value ot liut and seed, per
acre > at thoso prices.
In Table No. 8 the design is to com
P a ™ the several varieties giving the
order of rank m report of tlie several
points of merit. (1) The name; (2)
Average Height of Plants; (3) Yield of
Seed Cotton; (4) Yield of Lint Cotton;
(8) Yield of Seed; (0) Yield of Lint
compared to seed; (7) Size of bolls, or
weight of Seed Cotton produced in each
boll; (8) Size of Seed; (fl) Earliuess; (10)
Value of total product of Lint and Seed.
Column No. 11 shows the percentage of
tho total yield that was harvested by
September 25, and is the basis of the
figures in column 0, indicating compara¬
tive earliuess.
For convenience it is assumed t+iat
largo size, or 4 ’largeness,” of bolls,
“smallness” of seeds and a large “turn¬
out” of lint are severally desirable in a
variety of cotton. A careful study of
the two tables, especially Table No. 3,
will enable any farmer to determine
which variety excels i:i the greater num¬
ber of points, as well as which excels in
the most important point—tho sum total
of valuable products, for it must be ad¬
mitted that the variety which yields the
greatest combined value of lint and seed
must bo considered the most desirable.
King’s Improved stands 2d in Ear¬
liness; 4th in Smallness of Seeds; 13th
in Largeness of bolls; 3d in percentage
of Lint to Seed Cotton; 4th in yield of
Seed; 4th in yield of Seed Cott a and
fi st in value of total products.
Jo ’ lie improved (a selection from
Jom s’ Improved grown on tho Farm in
18!) 1) stands 1st in yield of Seed; 1st in
yield of Seed C Jfc.vn; 2d in yield of Lint;
only !)th in percentage of Liut, but 2d in
value of total products. It is also 2d in
size of bolls.
Hutchinson’s Storm-prolific, new to tho
Farm, is quite a promising variety,
standing in 2d in yield of Seed Cotton; 2d
size of bolls; 2d in yield of Seed; but
owing to low percentage of lint, taking
3d place in value of total products.
This variety was remakable for the
early and vigorous growth and devel¬
opment of the plants, being far in ad¬
vance of all other varieties—except
Jones' Wonderful —at date of August 1;
but measuring less in height at final ces¬
sation of growth than any.
Dmean's Mammoth Boll. Truitt's Im¬
proved, and Hutchinson's S'orrn-pr dlfic
are of similar typo and probably had the
same origin.
King's Improved is the most distinct¬
ive type of any of the 18 varieties, pos¬
sessing peculiar botanical characters ap¬
parently derived from (lossypi am Bar
baden.se (which includes Sea Island and
other foreign varieties.)
Taking it for granted that tho value
of the “total product” is the true test of
merit in a variety of cotton, the above
exhibit indicates that the advantage is
in favor of : (1), large yield of liut per
ewt. of seed cotton; (2), largo size of
bolls; (3), large size of seed ; (4), earli¬
uess. The differences, although signifi¬
cant, ore not very striking, and there
may bo frequent exceptions. the Indeed
we have exceptions in tests now un¬
der consideration, King's Improved has
both small bolls and small seeds, and
yet it is the - best; while immediately
followed by four varieties, J airs' Be
impvoved, Hutchinson's Storm prolific,
Bunran's if. Boll , and (skipping over
one) Truitt's Improved, all having large
b vis ami large seeds. Kino’s excels
each of the four in earliuess and in yield
of lint per cent of seed cotton.
After all, the true test is the actual
condition and weighing of the products,
the lint and seed, and the several char¬
acters and peculiarities that have just
been discussed are to be considered only
as helpful guides in the absence of the
final test, in the selection of seeds for
planting.
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the frame and carefully wrapped
in heavy paper, so as to make a com
pact bundlo, before tho postage was
paid, and when tho wrappings were
removed at the tourist’s hotel in
Paris the machine was in perfect
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