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COTTON SEED SELECTION OF OTMOST
IMPORTANCE TOJOOD PRODOCTION
Bight Variety And Good Seed Necessary In Fight Against 801 l Weevil,
Says Board of Entomology
Atlanta, August, (Special)—There
if a big difference between improved
cotton seed and just “cotton seed.”
Experiments conducted by the Geor
gia State Board of Entomology have
proven beyond question that tile dif
ference in value is as great as that
between pure bred bogs, such as the
Durocs and Berkshires, and the
plney woods "razor-back.”
Many fanners have learned the fra
portance of this difference. They have
found from actual experience, involv
ing losses, that it Is not safe to plant
t he ordinary varieties of cotton 6eed.
So important is this problem of
g red selection, that the board feels
it must strongly urge every farmer
to make effort this year to improve
his cotton seed by mass selection at
least. In mass selection the best
siaiks are selected and picked togeth
er. This cotton is carefully ginned
and the seed planted next year for
the seed patch. Enough stalks should
be selected To plant for a bale or at
least half a bale.
Pedigreed Breeding
Then, a few farmers in each coun
ty should take up the work of pedi
greed breeding or individual selection.
I'nder this plan a number of the best
and most resistant plants are chosen
and the seed of each plant saved to
itself. The next season a short row
is planted from each stalk. Planted
side by side, the opportunity is given
for easy comparison, and ascertain
ing which is the most resistant and
has the strongest transmitting power.
This Is important to determine, for
plants, • like ani'mals, transmit their
good as well as their had qualities to
their progeny.
The seed from the row showing the
greatest resistance to disease and the
greatest yield, is saved and planted
next season in a multiplying patch.
The seed from this in turn is saved,
and the following season as many
acres as possible should be planted
with it. Thus, from one stalk, in
three years, a very large quantity of
seed may be secured.
In individual selection great care
must be used in securing the best
plants. It is often noticed that plants
vary greatly in the same field. In
making selections study the follow
ing characteristics: Resistance to
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wilt, rootkuot and anthracnose; fruit
fulness and earliness; percentage,
length and strength of lint; type of
plant and distribution of fruit on
plant.
Watch The Type Of Plant
Stalks of the predominating type in
the row or field, should be chosen, if
equally resistant and well fruited as
others. Get the form of the ideal
stalk well fixed in your mind, and
look for it. Remember the type from
year to year, and don’t change unless
you should change to a different
strain or seed variety.
Select from stalks having long fruit
ing limbs close to th§ ground, and
with Joints close together. Get those
with fewer large stalked branches, but
with the fruiting branches most nu
merous. Asa rule it Is best to select
the plants that have most of the
fruit on the lower part of the stalk,
for these begin fruiting early.
Maintain the fruiting and resistant
qualities by “roguing.” Do this both
in the progeny rows and in the field.
This means cutting out the diseased
and stunted stalks about July 1 and
August 1, so as to prevent crossing
with the fruitful and resistant plants.
Get The Right Variety
Every farmer should begin by get
ting the variety of cotton that
he wishes to grow, the variety best
adapted to his locality, and then stick
to it. Write for Bulletin No. 46 of
the Georgia State Board of Entomolo
gy on “Cotton Variety Tests;” this
will assist you in selecting your va
riety. Selection and planting of the
right variety for your locality, is half
the fight against the boll weevil.
The board of entomology has gins
both in Atlanta and at Thomasville.
(Send your individual seed selections
to the board at either place, properly
numbered and sacked, and they wdll
be ginned and returned to you free
of charge. The per cent of lint each
stalk makes will be determined and
mark ed on each sack. Send your seed
in as soon as possible after the cot
ton is picked, so that it may be gin
ned without delay. Address it to the
Georgia State Board of Entomology,
either Atlanta or Thomasville, which
ever place is nearest you. Write .also,
for any other information you may
wish.
PHONE 28
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THE DARTOW TRIBUNE-THE CARTERSVILLE NEWS, SEPT. 13, 1917.
PROPER STORE HOUSE
FOR IRISH POTATOES
The problem of keeping Irish pota
toes through the winter without In
Jury from getting too cold or too hot
and the still greater problem of keep
ing them through the summer with
out injury from severe sprouting or
shrivelling is practically solved when
a store house in which an even tem
perature may be maintained is pro
cured. Fall grown potato; j make ex
cellent seed for the following spring
and fall crops, when carried through
the winter in good condition, and in
order to prevent all waste of an ex
cellent food crop more attention
should be paid to storing than ever
before, urges the Horticultural De
partment of the State College of
Agriculture. r
Specifications for special buildings
may be secured from this department
and advice as to changing buildings
already on the farm.
To keep in the best condition Irish
potatoes should be kept at an even
temperature. They will have to pass
through a heat or sweat at first so they
should not be stored in very large
piles. A special storage house Is
better of course, and more convenient,
but any barn or out building with
tight walls can be converted into a
storage place. The walls should be
sufficiently tight, to prevent cold
winds from blowing in and to keep
out cold to some extent. The floor
should be very tight, if not it should
be covered with an inch or two of
dry dirt and the potatoes piled on
this. They may be stored in a base
ment but. should be put in barrels or
boxes or placed in slatted shelves.
There is usually danger of a base
ment getting too warm and, if this is
the case, it should be avoided.
They should be kept at a tempera!up
of 33 to 45 degrees during the win
ter. If the weather is very cold they
may be covered with straw or sacks
and a little dry dirt. They should not
be unoevered during a w'arm spell.
If Irish potatoes are to be kept
through the summer for fall planting,
they should be removed from their
winter quarters in the spring when
they show signs of sprouting, and he
placed in a light airy place. An
empty loft is am ideal place if it has
plenty of light. They should be
spread out thinly and should not. be
allowed to come in contact with soil.
They may be placed outside in di
rect sunlight for a few w r eeks before
planting. When kept in the above
manner they will form short, green,
tough sprouts, which do not injure
the vitality of the potato. If left in
a dark, moist place, long white
sprouts will be formed which are in
jurious to the potato and will have
to be removed at. planting time.
A storage house 20x40 feet will hold
3,000 bushels of potatoes easily. The
cost of such a house will vary from
$250 to SSOO, according to the kind
of material used.
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