. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. MARKETING COTTON SEED EOR PLANTING PURPOSES. 7 Delinting effects an econonw in the use of cotton seed, as planting ma- chines will distribute a smaller quantity per acre more uniformly. It -will eliminate the necessity of a force feed in planting machines and facilitate the single-seed distribution and the planting of cotton seed in hills. The thin uniform stand, made possible by the use of delinted seed, also may help to simplify the culture of cotton by what is known as the single stalk method 5 which, repeated exper
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. MARKETING COTTON SEED EOR PLANTING PURPOSES. 7 Delinting effects an econonw in the use of cotton seed, as planting ma- chines will distribute a smaller quantity per acre more uniformly. It -will eliminate the necessity of a force feed in planting machines and facilitate the single-seed distribution and the planting of cotton seed in hills. The thin uniform stand, made possible by the use of delinted seed, also may help to simplify the culture of cotton by what is known as the single stalk method 5 which, repeated experiments show,6 produces the highest yields and earliest Fig. 2.âA type of machine used in delinting cotton seed. COST OF DKL1NTING. I he <o-t of delinting, which on first thought may be expected to be excessive, is small per unit. It necessarily varies with the capacity of the plant and the quantity of seed handled or the number of days the plant is operated during a season. A plant may be installed in ;i dealer's warehouse and operated separately or installed and oper- ated in connection with a ginnery. The, kind of machine used is the same as that for delinting eotton seed for oil manufacture and is '<'ââk. 0, I-'.: A New System of Cotton CultUl'e and its Application, U. S. hepm- â¢nl â â f Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 601. 1014. 'Cardoo, P. V.: Experiment! with Single-Stalk Cotton Culture in Louisiana, Arkansas, and North Carolina, U. 8. Departmeni of Agriculture, Bulletin 526. mis. Meade, ft. M.: Mngli Stalk Cotton Culture ai San Antonio, U. B. Departmeni of Agriculture, Bulletin 279. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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