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To Produce More Cotton
In a Shorter Period
Best Method to Resist 801 l Weevil and to Improve the
Backward State of What Has Been a “Sure Crop’’ In
dustry. To Control the Formation of the Vegetative
Branches is Keynote of New System.
Washington. The need of shorten
ing the growing season of notion has
been recognized an flit best means
for securing protection against Injury
from the boll weevil, ami the i h
Department of Agriculture has been
recommending a system of cotton cul
ture which alms to secure the produc
tlon'of more cotton in a shorter pe
riod of time. The system Is also Im
portant for regions where the crop
Is limited by drought or by short sea
eons as In the northern districts and
should help to remedy the backward
state of what has been considered in
the past e "sure-crop'' Industry. The
Department's Farmers’ Bulletin (No.
601), entitled “A New System of Cot
ton Culture and Its Application,” has
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The Danger.
The danger of injury from the boll
weevil is greatest under conditions
teat favor the luxuriant growth of t.ia
young plants and Induce the forma
tion of large numbers of vegetative
branches, which produce no bolls.
The suppression of these branches
avoids Injurious crowding of the
plants and also makes It possible to
leave more plants In /the rows than Is
now customary. The most Important
consideration which the new system
requires is the placing of pi mts closer
‘ogether, during the earlier stag<»
of growth, until the stalks have
grown beyond the stage where vege
tative branches are produced.
Sure Rewards.
It is particularly true of the cotton
industry that the more intelligent and
skilful the farming the larger the ma
terial reward. And yet. cotton nas
so long been considered a “sure
crop” th.it often it Is cultivated under
most car-less methods. This Is one
of the chief reasons for the backward
stale of the Industry today. The
Invasion of the boll weevil pest, has,
however, been forcing upon cotton
raisers the necessity of mere Improv
ed methods. Cotton Is ever, year be
coming less a “sure-crop.” The rapid
expansion of cotton culture In foreign
countries is an additional reason why
more careful methods must be adopt
ed In tnie country to attain the maxi
mum results.
The first step Is to secure the atten
tion oT the Intelligent farmer and con
vince him of the truth of the principle
upon which the new system is found
ed. He may then observe and experi
ment. for himself with rows of cotton
thinned to different dlstancs nnd at
different stages of growth and may
see for himself the reunions of the
habits of the plants to cultural prob
lems.
More Productive.
Many Intelligent farmers are aware
of the Tact that rows of cotton acol
dentaly left without thinning are
Sometimes much morn productive
flian rows that were thinned in the
usual manner and have reflected on
the possibility of securing larger
crops by closer planting, but the un-
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derlying principle has not been un
derstood- The behavior of cotton un
der different conditions is so variable
j that any larmer might well hesitate
j to adopt a method of culture suggest
led by an occasional occurrence like
j the production of a larger crop on an
' unthinned row.
Left Closer Together.
In each cotton growing community
there are usually some farmers wfio
| believ that cotton snould be left
closer together in the rows, but the
■ tendency in recent years has been to
' ward wider spacing, owing to a gen
eral recognition of the evil effects of
I having the plants too close together,
' (-specially under conditioi.s that favor
luxuriant growth. Those who use
narrow spacing may boast bf phenom
enal yields in some seasons, but in
other years they appear at a disad
vantage with their neighbors. Too
possibility of making a safe? combina
tion of the two conflicting methods
seems not to have been suggested.
The same conilct is shown in the re
sults of formal experiments to deter
mine the best planting distances as
in, the popular opinions of the sub
ject. Wide simclng In the rows se-m
--ed hetetr in some case* and narrow
spacing in others, so that no definite
conclusions could bo reached.
Wide Planting.
The theory of wider planting has
Its limitations as well ait that of
closer planting. To reduce the num
ber of plants by wider spacing hi the
rows means that longer period c 1 time
required to produce a crop. This is
true because largo luxuriant plants
do not begin to produce flowers and
bolls as early as plants of more re
stricted growth. It may seem more
logical to many that the plants mak
ing the most rapid growth must pro
duce the earliest and largest croy, hut
this is not true. Large 1 uxurlant
plants are late in setting and matur
ing a crop because the young plants
of luxuriant growth develop limbs
producing no bolls at the expense of
the lower fruiting branches necessary
to the production of an early crop.
The limbs of a cotton plant which
produce no flowers or bolls are call
ed "vegetative branches,” or “wood
Minim,” to distinguish them from the
fruiting branches.
The row- rather than the Individual'
plant must be considered as the unit
under the system as recommended.
The form of the row demands first
attention and through improving It
come the advantages of the new
method. More plants are left la the
rows, and yet injurirrffs crowding is
avoided. Plants that have numerous
vegetative branches are more crowl
cd at 2 or 3 feet than plants with
single stalks at Bor 10 Inches. With
the vegetative branches controlled,
the spacing Is no longer a question
of feet, but <>T Inches. Rows spaced
at 6 Inciies have usually given better
results than those at 12 inches or any
greater distance.
Narrower.
fly avoiding the development of the
large wood limbs the rows are kept
narrower and more hedgelike, so
that the fruiting branches receive
sunlight throughout the season. Tills
provides much more favorable condi
tions for the rl] enlng of the crop.
When the vegetative branches are al
lowed to shut olf the light by grow
Iflg up between the rows, most of the
bolls on the lower fruiting branches
fall to reach normal maturity. Fields
of large luxuriant plants often pro
duce very small crops because only
the upright growing ends of the
stalks and vegetative branches have
access to the light. This undesirable
condition Is avoided by restricting the
development of the vegetative
branches In the earlier stages of
growth.
The number oT vegetative branches
Is also Influenced by teinp<frature and
soil conditions. If the weather re
mains cool, or If the soil Is very dry,
not many vegetative branches will
develop, even when the young plants
are widely separated. But If the
conditions favor a luxuriant develop
ment of the young plants, early thin
ning will result in the development
of a large number of vegetaaive
branches, and tne subsequent crowd
ing will he great. Even In the ab
sence of any disease or insect pests
the crop may he ruined by crowding
alone.
Vegetative Branches.
“Suppress the vegetative branches,"
Is the advice of the Depart
ment to farmers desiring to experi
ment with the new system. Practi
cal experiments must be undertaken
by those desiring to understand the
method; merely reading about the
experiments of others is not suf
ficient.
How long the thinning should be
delayed to suppress the vegetative
branches and now long the plants
should be left in the rows are ques
tions that the skilful farmer should
learn to determine for himself, since
the actual conditions must be taken
Into account to secure the best re
sults. If the farmer does not took
Into the subject far enough to grasp
the underlying principle, he is not
likely Xo be able to appreciate the
new method or to use it to the best
advantage.
The two features of the new sys
tem —deferred thinning and closer
spacing- must be properly combined
In order to Insure a favorable result.
Most farmers believe that either of
these changes will injure the crop,
and the uanger Is that they will try
one change without the other Instead
of making a complete break with
previous theories and methods. Until
the principle of brnnch control Is
understood tt is difficult to believe
that two apparently Injurious changes
can have a beneficial result.
Actual results of experiments are
given in the new bulletin and the in
telligent cotton raiser who is sincere
ly desrous to better conditions ts ad
vised to send for the pani; hlet. In
the Departments News letters for
March 11th and April Ist mention
has already been made of the new
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