. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. §1 o .s O -5 a; ^ O == .5 1 ?< ^. W oo O COTTON 101 A plan suggested by Dr. Webber of the U. of Agriculture, shows the simplicityof breeding cotton, and is illustrated in the diagrambelow: 2nclyearliw] 1^ T 4tl^ year5th year 5 Acres \ T General crop 500 I > [Y <? 5 Acres —r \ 500 ] ^ General crop 5 Acres 500 —— — m Diagram Illustrating Method of Selecting CottonPEDIGREED STOCK The Sea Island planters on the islands off thecoast of South Carolina follow a method of selec-tion almost ex
. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. §1 o .s O -5 a; ^ O == .5 1 ?< ^. W oo O COTTON 101 A plan suggested by Dr. Webber of the U. of Agriculture, shows the simplicityof breeding cotton, and is illustrated in the diagrambelow: 2nclyearliw] 1^ T 4tl^ year5th year 5 Acres \ T General crop 500 I > [Y <? 5 Acres —r \ 500 ] ^ General crop 5 Acres 500 —— — m Diagram Illustrating Method of Selecting CottonPEDIGREED STOCK The Sea Island planters on the islands off thecoast of South Carolina follow a method of selec-tion almost exactly like the plan advised by When first introduced into this country from theWest Indies, Sea Island cotton was a perennial andquite unsuited to our climatic conditions. A planof selection, faithfully executed with the purpose ofusing only early-maturing plants, has resulted inmaking the Sea Island variety thoroughly at homein its new environments—so much so that to-daythis variety stands foremost in length and finenessof staple. Cotton bred with a definite purpose in the breed-ers mind; selected
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