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FOUR 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 DO YOU FEEL SLUGGISH ? 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TALBOTT 511 Leonard Building Phone 8057 been Issued to give the details to those who may profit by it. 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- LACIES LISTEN ■MMHMMHnMMnHMMMnBrnri) For Experienced Hairdressing Phon 2621-J or 928. Save yous combings nnd do not send your work out of the city Have work done by one of most experienced lady linlr dressero In South— Mrs J Will Frgle. 502 West Avenue. North Augusta, 8. C All work sent for and deliver ed. Satisfaction guaranteed. REAL ESTATE FORJALE For s*.f>oo. Ssl Telfair street Two-story house with 11 rooms modern and up-to-date conveni ences Servant's house and necessary outbuildings. One block from new Government Building Property bound to Increase in value. Splendid home, attrac tive Investment. 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For $3 000.—On Fills street between Kollock and Marhury, a two-story • - room house on a lot 30x160 test 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 system. Stops Neuralgia—Kills Pima Sloan s Liniment gives instant re Her from Neuralgia or Sciatica. It goes straight to the painful part— Soothes the Nerves nnd Stops the Lain. It ts also good for Rheum* Usm, Sore Throat, Chest Pains and Sprains. You don't need to rub—lt penetrates. Mr. J. R Swinger, Louis ville, Ky., writes: "I suffered with quite a severe Neuralgic Headache tor four months without any relief. 1 used Sloan's IJnlinent for two of three nlghis and 1 haven't suffered with my head since." Get a boltle today. Keep In the house all the time for pains and all hurts. !Se. 500 and SI.OO, at your druggist. 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