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' FARMERS’ COLUMNS.
*THE GEORGIA EXPERIMENT STATION,
EXPERIMENT, GEORGIA.
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Planting Cotton.
[BY DIRECTOR R. J. REDDING.]
In Press Bulletin No. 27, Feb. 1803,
•detailed instructions "were given foi
formulating and compounding fertili
sers for corn, cotton and other crops.
This information was extracted from
advanced sheets of Bulletin No. 31.
This bulletin has since been printed and
published to the farmers of Georgia, so
far as requests have been received for
the same. Copies will be sent to any
person actually engaged in farming
who shall request the same. It con
tains the results of all the experiments
in the culture of cotton made on the
Station Farm in 1895.
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
a given locality or section. The follow
ing extracts from Bulletin No. 31 are
some of the results of the test of 18 va
rieties of upland cotton:
extracts from bulletin no. 31.
EXPERIMENT NO. I—VARIETY1 —VARIETY TESTS OF
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 perhaps
the one most frequently undertaken.
Every farmer wants the most product
ive cotton —the variety that will • yield
the largest roturn of valuable product.
some insist on a variety that has a very
,sma.' seed and that will ‘‘turn out” the
percentage of lint, assuming
'(without good reason) that a variety
that more than ‘‘thirds itself” will
therefore produce the largest yield of
Hut per acre.
j ! Others claim that a largo boiled vari
ety is to be preferred; others still insist
qu earliness 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 experiment covering two acres of
fourth years’ clayey soil, each variety
; bping planted in two rows and the se
ries repeated until the 104 rows were
exhausted.
Mr. Frank B. Martin. who is engaged in the jewelry business at 92<5
Pennsylvania avenue, Washington City, where he is well and favorably
known, was a victim of that worst form of disease—contagious blood
poison. lie realized that his life was about to be blasted, for this ter-
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not taken solid food for three months. My entire body was covered with
red blotches, my hands and feet were sore, and my hair was falling out
rapidly. I was in a truly pitiable condition.
“I felt that I was incurable, and was in great despair, when a friend
recommended S. S. S., stating that it would certainly cure me. I began its
use, and when I had finished the fourth bottle, I began to improve, and by
the time I had finished eighteen bottles, I was thoroughly rid of the dis
ease; of course, I was not sure that I was cured, but am now convinced, as
no sign of the disease has ever returned for four years. S. 8. 8. is the best
blood remedy in the world, and my cure was due solely and alone to it."
nnerGuif $ Victim;
• Mr. Henry Roth, of 1848 South Ninth street, St. Louis, Mo., is
another unfortunate who contracted this dreadful disease—contagious blood
poison. He was treated by a physi
cian, and in due time pronounced
cured, but, as usual in such cases
the disease soon returned, even
worse than before. He says: "I
had severe pains in my feet and
arms and was covered will) small
red sores. Another doctor treated
me for a long time, and I was again
pronounced well, but the disease
came back on me again as before, t
was ill a ho’ .-ible fix. and the more
treatment, I received. I lie vvnr.-e i
seemed to get. A New York spe
cialist said lie could cure me. but
his treatment, winch was quite ex
pensive, aid ine no good whatever. 1
Many patent medicines were re- :
sorted to. but they did not reach my
trouble. I was stiff and full of pains,
my left arm was useless, so that I
was unable to do even the lightest work. This was my condition ..men !
began to take S. S. S., and a few bottles convine-eu me that I was being
benefitted. I continued the medicine and one dozen beetles cured me
sound and well. My system was under the effect of mercury, and 1
would soon have been a complete wreck, but for 8. 8. S.
Table 1' .e.-t 1.
rEHTIi.i7.KK wum Acre in lbs.
PER ACRE. S ■ UottOU.
tr to "
Acid Phosphate ' .5
Kuriae or Pui.... v-j 3
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Total XI >•< f S
Cost per acre *• ra ■%
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•Jones’ lie-improved. 4141 266115 6
Jones’ Improved 1 i-j 543] 379 18:51
Daman’s Mammoth J| 435] 257i 15 • 5
Truitt’s Improved l- 1 419| 255]1.>,0
Hnnnicutt’s Ci.iice 1 4.91 344] 27 1215
Lowry's Prolific .it, g,*)t 21911321
Hawkins'Jumbo L-l] 443 874] 55.1] 131*3
Dickson’s Improved. 145 lift' 331 82112.1.)
Hutehins'n’s St'rm Profit. 141 54,'; 526 331 1545
Brooks’ “No Name ” 140- 396) 313 358 1207
Buies’ Improved 11.i: 885] 361 8931253
Elierbe’s Prolific ’l4i 8g) 345 1153
Elierbe’s Big Stalk 1.1 413! a.:’! 85311236
Ellerbe’s Ohoiee 124 317' 280 339] 112(1
Kings Improved {fits! 541 1 3581 273 1502
Knight’s Small Seed 131 393] 3281 3991251
Deal ing's Small Seed.. . 1 1 374 301 388 1184
Jones’ Wonderful I 75j 200 823) 327, ftM
_ Averages j 180; 438; 3SB| 327:1207
•Selected from “Jones' Improved’’ grown on
Farm in 1394.
The foregoing section of Table No. 1
gives the fertilizer formula used, the
names of the varieties of cotton, the
yield per acre of each variety at each of
four pickings, and the total yield per
acre of seed cotton.
Table ll.—Section 9,
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tones’ Re-improved 58 3226 31 7 496 H)7O
Jones’ Improved 66 2703 29 7 394 934
Duncan’s Mammoth 8011.. 66 3448 30.8 467 1048
Truitt’s Improved 63 3226 31 5 433 942
Hunnlcutt’s Choice 77 3846 31 0 395 88C
Lowry’s Prolific 78 4000 29.8 394 927
Hawkins’Jumbo 72 4000 33 2 434 874
Dickson's Improved 85 4166 30.3 364 838
Hutchins’n’s st’rm Prolif. 58 3126 31.2 482 1063
Brooks’ “No Name ” 81 41)6 31 7 383 824
Bates’lmproved 80 4762 35.9 449 803
Ellerbe’s Prolific 76 4166 32 2 372 783
Ellerbe’s Big Stalk 75 3846 32.9 407 829
Ellerbe’s Ohoico 73 3846 32 2 362 704
King’s Improved 78 4166 84.0 511 991
Knight’s Small Seed 89 5000 32.2 403 848
Dearing’s Small Seed 81 4762 35 1 416 768
Jones’ Wonderful 71 3846 30.4 300 688
Averages 73 3905 32.0 415 882
In section 2 of the table is shown, for
each variety, the number of bolls re
quired to weigh one pound of seed cot
ton, the number of seeds in one pound
of seed, the yield of lint per hundred
weight of seed cotton, the total yield of
lint per acre and the total yield of seed
per acre.
rible disease has baffled the skill of
the physicians for ages, and they
have never yet been able to effect a
cure. Mis mental despair can better
be imagined than described.
In a recent letter he says : “About
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four years ago I contracted a severe
case of contagious blood poison, and
it was not long before I was m a
terrible condition. I immediately
placed myself under trea'menr, of
two of the best physicians in Wash*
ington city. Their treatment, which
took faithfully for six months.
cost me just three hundred dnl nrs,
anJ ~,ft ,ne worse than when I began
condition canbest be appre
ciat(>(l when I state that my throat
and mouth were full of sores and my
tongue was almost eaten away ; Iliad
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Jones’ Re-improved |8 96 I ■ss 35 345 03
Jones' Improved. 4 2tl 1,1 52 4 67' 36 19
Duncan's Mammoth 8011. ]3 95 37 36 5 24 42 69
I Truitt s Improved .4 00 31 6! 4 71 39 3a
- Hunnicutt's Choice 4 18 31 >V 4 40 36 09
Lowry's Prolific OO 31 52 4 63 86 13
Hawkins’ Jumbo 4 25 ] 84 72 4 37 39 OC
Dioluon's Improved .. . 4 00 29 12 4 19 33 81
1 Sutohlns'n’s St'rm Prolif. 3 17 38 7*), 5 31 48 87
Brooks’ “No Name” 4 41] 30 64 ; 4 12 34 76
Bates' Improved 4 43 85 92 4 01 39 9S
Bllerbe’s Prolific 4 44; 29 76 3 91 33 (R
Bllerbe’s Big Stalk 4 341 32 56 4 14 36 79
Bllerbe’sChoice 4.08] 28 96] 3 82 33 78
King’s Improved 8.68] 40 88; 4 96; 45 84
Knight’s small Seed 4.13‘ 82 24' 4 24; 30 49
Dearing’s Small Seed 4 00] 33 28] 3 84; 87 12
Jones’ Wonderful 5 26 24 00] 3 44 27 44
Averages 4 14 <33 16 54 41 337 84
In section 3 of the table the names of
varieties are repeated, and then follows,
in ragard to each variety: Average
height f stalks at maturity value of
total yield of lint per acre, at 8c; value
of total yield of seed per acre, .it 100 per
bushel; total value of lint and seed, per
acre, at those prices.
In Table No. 8 the design is to com
pare the several varieties, giving the
order of rank in report of the several
points of merit. (1) The name; (2)
Average Height of Plants; (3) Yield of
Seed Cotton; (4) Yield of Lint Cotton;
(5) Yield of Seen; (6) Yield of Lint
compared to seed; (7) Size of bolls, or
weight of Seed Cotton produced in each
boll; (8) Size of Seed; (9) Ear!mess; (10)
Value of total product of Lint and Seed.
Column No. 11 shows the percentage of
the total yield that was harvested by
September 25, and is the basis of the
figures in column 9, indicating compara
tive earliness.
For convenience it is assumed that
large size, or “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. 8,
will enable any farmer to determine
which variety excels in the greater num
ber of points, as well as which excels In
the most important point—the sum total
of valuable products, far it must be ad
mitted that the variety which yields the
greatest combined value of lint and seed
must be considered the most desirable.
King’s Improved stands 2d in Ear
liness; 4th in Smallness of Seeds; 18th
in Largeness of bolls; 3d In percentage
of Lint to Seod Cotton; 4th in yield of
Seed; 4th in yield of Seed Cotton and
first in value of total products.
Jones’ lie-improved (a seloction from
Jones’ Improved grown on tho Farm in
1894) stands Ist in yield of Seed; Ist in
yieliof Seed Cotton; 2d Jjj yield of Lint;
The Curse of Mankind!
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ones, it is a hindrance to marriage and a destroyer of happiness.
Scrofula and other blood diseases are always due to a
heriditary transmission of tainted blood. It is due to posterity,
tnerefore, that the system be cleansed of this vile disease.
S. S S. is the best blood remedy on earth, and though
powerful in >ts effect, is absolutely harmless, it is guar
anteed purely vegetable, and one thousand dollars reward
is offered fot proof that it cm-
rains a particle of Mercury, Potash
or any other product of the chemist’s
shop.
S. S. S. builds up instead of tearing
down the system.
only 9th in perrouMge of Lint, but 2d in
value of total products. It is also 2d in
size of b >lls.
Ilu'eh'nson's Storm-prolific, new to the
F;,i.n, is quite promising variety,
standing 2d in yield of Seed Cotton; 2d
in size of b >lls; 2d in yield of Seed; but
owing to low percentage of liut, taking
8d nlnoe in value of total pr bluets.
This variety was remakable for the
early and vigor ms growth and devel
opment of tho plants, being far in ad
vance of nl' ether varieties—except
Jones' Wonderful —at date of August 1;
but measuring less in height at final ces
sation of growth than any.
Duncan's Mammoth BoH Truitt's Im
proved and Hut h nson’s S orm-prol{fic
are of similar typo and probably had the
same origin.
ICing's Improved is the most, distinct
ive type of any of the 18 varieties, pos
sessing peculiar botanical characters ap
parently derived from Gossyplum Bar
badense (which includes Sea Island and
other foreign varieties.)
Taking it for granted that the 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), largo yield of lint per
cwt. of seed cotton; (2). largo size of
bolls; (3), large size of seed ; (4), earli
ness. Tho differences, although signifi
cant, are not very striking, and there
may bo frequent exceptions. Indeed
we havo exceptions in the tests now un
der consideration, King's Improved has
both small bolls and small seeds, and
yet it is the be.s. ; while immediately
followed by four varieties, Jones' lie
improved. Hutchinson's Storm-prol{flc,
Dun ■■ ans M B 11. and (skipping over
on>‘) Truitt s Improved, all having large
b Is and large seeds. King's exrein
each of tho four in earliness 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 seod. and the several char
acters and peculiarities that have just
been discussed gre to be considered only
ns helpful guides in tho absence of the
final test, in ihe selection of soods for
planting.
CONCLUSIONS.
The “Results” are so fully set forth
in the two tables and the foregoing com
ments that every farmer may draw his
own conclusions. In selecting a variety
the latitude and elevation of tho sec
tion in which tho crop is to be planted,
and to some extent, tho character and
condition of the soil should be consid
ered. In a high latitude an early va
riety, not inclined to grow large
"weed” should bo selected. Lowlands,
fresh lands, or a northern exposure, also
suggest earliness as a primo factor, es
pecially when tho latitude or elevation,
or both, are high. Asa rule, early va
rieties of cotton require closer planting.
Everyone knows the ravages of
this terrible disease. Descending®
from one generation to another,
blighting the lives of many innocent
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REWARD!
Tabl* No. 111.
A Comparison of the Characters of the Sev
eral Varieties of Cotton.
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King’s Improved. 368 4 1 4313 4 2 1 58
Jones’ Re-imp 396 1 3 1 0 2 U 4 3 Of
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Storm Prolific.. 317 2 4 2i12 217 8 3 45
Duncan’s M. 8011. 395 3 3| 814 514 3 4 ft£
Bates' Improved 44310 514 1142 16 5 40
Truitt’s Imp . 400 5 7 311 415 7 6 4t
Hawkins’ Jumbo. 4.25 ] 69147 tlB 7 4f
Bearings’B. Seed. 4.00 13] 8 16‘ 2152 15 8 4S
Efieflbev B. Stalk 434 12' 912 5 910 9 0 44
Knight's S. Seed 4.18 1110 10] 0,18 114 10 4S
Jones’ Improved. 420 6lt 0 IS' 118 18 11 31
Lowry's Prolific.. 4 OC* 7; 121 7(17(10 8 1 It 6S
HtmnlcuU'sCii’io 418 911 8,13 12 10 5 18 51
Brook's ’No N'm’ 44113 14 18| IS 4 9 14 44
Bllerbe’s Prolific. 444 ft 15 19; 6:10 4 0 15 44
Dickson’s Imp... 4 Off 14 10 11,lit] 17 4 6 16 46
illorbo’s Gholoo. 4031717 IT 0 810 l7 44
Jones' Woml’rful 5 tlB 18 13] 19 1 0,10,17 14 34
WHERE TO GET SEED.
The Station cannot supply seed, but
can only give tho following list of
names and addresses of whom seeds of
the several varieties were purchased.
Jones’ Improved, J. F. Jones, Ho
gansville, Ga.
King’s Improved, J. H. Alexander <&
Cos., Angusta, Ga.
Duncan’s Mammoth 801 l Prolific,
Mark W. Johnson Seed Cos., Atlanta,
Ga.
Dearing Small Seed, J. J. Dearing,
Covington, Ga.
Hawkins’ Jumbo, B. \V. Hawkins.
Nona, Ga.
Ellerbe’s Choice, 0. A. Ellerbe, Ha
good, S. 0.
Elerbo’s Big Stalk, C. A. Ellerbe, Ha
good, S. O.
Ellberbe’s Prolific, 0. A. Ellorbo, Ha
good, S. 0.
Knight’s Improved Small Seod, W.
G. Knight, Saudersvillo, Ga.
Brooks’s “No Name,” S. L. Brooks,
Washington, Ga.
Truitts’ Improved, G. W. Truitt. La-
Grange, Ga.
Bates’ Improved Prolific, 11. Bates.
Jackson Station, S. C.
Dickson’s Improved, Capers I kson
Oxford, Ga.
Hunnicutt’s Choice, Profes., >r .las. B
Hunnicutt, vthens, Ga.
Jones’ Wonderful, J. Hurt Jones,
Herndon, Ga.
Hutchinson’s Storm Prolific. J. N.
Hutchinson, Salem, Ala.
Lowry’s Prolific, J. G. Lowry, Car
lersvillo, Ga.
It certainly is disheartening to a
patient to find that the treatment he
is given for a disease is more disas
trous than the disease jtself. Such
is the case, however, with the usual
treatment given for diseases of the
blood
Notwithstanding the great prog
ress made in many branches of med-
icine, the doctors have failed abso-
niudy to find a successful treatment
lor blood poison, and the many dis-
eases having their origin in the
blood. They give but one kind of
medicine, they know but one treat-
ment, and whether in the form of
powder, pill or liquid, the doctor’s
prescription is always the same—
potash or mercury.
Too much cannot he said of the
harmful and disastrous eirccts of these drugs. The doctors are unable to
rid the system of the poison, and direct their efforts toward covering up
the symptoms from view. There is but one effect to be obtained from pot
ash and mercury—they bottle up the poison and dry it up in the system,
b it it must be remembered that they dry up the marrow in the bones at
the same time, gradually consuming the vitality. Those disfiguring rop
per-colored splotches are but indications of worse results to follow •No
sooner lias the system taken on the full effect* of this powerful drug than
that suppleness and elasticity of the joints giveaway to a stiffness, fol
lowed by the racking pains of rheumatism. The form gradually bends,
the bones ache, while decrepitude nnd helplessness prematurely take pos
session of the body. Under this treatment, it is but a short step from
vigor and health to a pair of crutches. With this wreck of the system
often comes falling of the hair and eyebrows, loss of finger nails, and de
cay of the bones—a condition most horrible, This is no overdrawn pic
ture, for the world to-day is full of these hobbling murcurial wrecks.
Contagious Blood Poison is the most horrible of all diseases, and haa
been appropriately called the curse of mankind. Until the discovery of
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Our books on blood a" 1 air : i dise.is t.- be matiod tree i-O any ad
dress. Swift Specific Company, A ‘ laora, -ieorg ta,
Mv Also wma mmHik
One winter’s day the late lam an tad
king of tramps, Harry Villier, mat 1
woman in the streets of Bangor, loaded
With a valise and evidsutly in a very
miserable framy of mind. She looked
so woebegone that he doffed his hat and
accosted her ki his usnal oourtly fash*
ion. She told a story of hanger, lose of
poeitlon through sickneee and of evic
tion from her own poor room beoaaee
she oonld Dot pey the rent. All that e
flted Harry's ready eympathy. “If I
Were rich, my dear madam, ” said he,
*l would assist yon in the rich man's
fashion—perhaps give yon a dollar, per
haps paae by on the other side. But I’m
• tramp, and I’H have to help yon in
tramp fashion. ”
He begged a warm corner for her in
an engine room, hunted np some food
at neighboring back doors, and when the
poor woman was warmed and fed he
Shouldered her valise and told her to
follow him. Bho did so. He marched
straight into the country for half a doz
en miles, then approached a farmhouse
where he wa.i known and solioited em
ployment for the woman, gltlog her a
glowing recommendation. She wm
hired and for many years was a hard
working and trnsted member of the
household. “And didn’t I get glorious
feeds when I sauntered along that way!”
said Harry. “My friends, the Asters,
used to envy me when I told ’em abont
it”—Lewiston Journal.
Wig She Was Offended.
“No, we don’t speak now,"said the
girl in gray.
“Why not?” asked the girl in dark
blue.
“She showed me her new bloomer*
yesterday, ami while I admired them
and said they were very pretty bloom
ers I told her tlmt nothing in tho world
could ever induce mo to wear aucb
things. ”
“And what did she say?”
■!:• just !•• iked .if my feet and said
she < hi in i nr ilnm if she were in
tuy place ”- ... . Pout
• jniu is hi coming important a* •
mauui.ioturing • having 59,591
m.. . •inrijj,;: h;. a ho make a prod
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er '. Min and i; suitor, and the
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S. S. S., it was incurable. It has
always baffled the doctors, and it is
in this disease that the evils of mer
cury and potash are most common,
because these drugs are given in
such large doses in an effort to
counteract the poison. While they
succeed in bottling up the poison
in the system, it always breaks
forth again, attacking some delicate
organ, frequently the mouth, and
throat, filling them with eating
sores. 8. 8. 8. is rhe only kncjyvn
cure for this terrible disease.
It is the same in other diseases
of the blood Scrofula, Eczema
Cancer. Rheumatism, all are given
the same treatment by the physi
cians—mercury and potash, ami the
result as above set forth is always
the same
We offer a remedy purely vege
table, powerful in its effect, yet
harmless m every way. For fifty
yar ■ .-v >. has been curing blood
d:e*i-e-. from ilit* most violent to
the ’• ildeu raf, after all other
trean: r.t ''ailed It is g'larantctl
|>ti *ly veretnh'e, and • e vl '’••.■.anJ
;c.i - ward is of .• *1 *-r proo #