‘LIBRARY, campus. A92-1030‘-12,500-L180 TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION A. B. CONNER, DIRECTOR COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS BULLETIN NO. 417 NOVEMBER, 1930 DIVISION OF AGRONOMY Varieties 0f Cotton for North Texas AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS T. O. WALTON, President STATION STAFFT ADMINISTRATION: A. B. CoNNER, M. S., Director R. E. KARPER, M. S., Vice-Director CLARIcE MixsoN, B. A., Secretary M. P. HOLLEMAN, JR., Chief Clerk J. K. FRANcKLow, Assistant Chief Clerk CHEsTER HXGGS, Executive Assistant C. B. NEBLETTE, Technical Assistant CHEMISTRY: G. S. FRAPs, Ph. D., Chief; State Chemist S. E. AsBURY, M. S.. Chemist J. F. FUDGE, Ph. D., Chemist E. C. CARLYLE, B. S., Assistant Chemist WALDo H. WALKER, Assistant Chemist VELMA GRAHAM, Assistant Chemist T. L. OGIER, B. S., Assistant Chemist ATHAN J . STERGES, B. S., Assistant Chemist JEANNE M. FUEGAs, Assistant Chemist RAY TREIcHLER, M. S., Assistant Chemist RALPH L. ScHwARTz, B. S., Assistant Chemist C. M. PoUNDERs, B. S., Assistant Chemist HORTICULTURE: S. H. YARNELL, Sc. D., Chief -——i——~——, Horticulturist RANGE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY: J. M. J0NEs, A. M., Chief B. L. WARwIcK, Ph. D., Breeding Investigations STANLEY P. DAvIs, Wool Grader ENTOMOLOGY: F. L. TH0MAs, Ph. D., Chief; State Entomologist H. J. REINHARD, B. S., Entomologist R. K. FLETcHER, Ph. D., Entomologist W. L. OWEN, JR., M. S.. Entomologist J. N. RoNEY, M. S., Entomologist J. C. GAINEs, JR., M. S., Entomologist S. E. JONEs, M. S., Entomologist F. F. BIBBY, B. S.. Entomologist CEcIL E. HEARD, B. S., Chief Inspector OTTo MAcKENsEN, B. S. Foulbrood Inspector W. B. WHITNEY, Foulbrood Inspector AGRONOMY: E. B. REYNoLDs, Ph. D., Chief R. E. KARPER, M. S , Agronomist P. . MANGELsDoRF, Sc. D., Agronomist D. T. KILLoUcH, M. S., Agronomist H. E. REA, B. S., Agronomist B -—, Agronomist C . C LANGLEY, B. S., Assistant in Soils SUBSTATIONS N 1, Beeville, Bee County: o. R. A. HALL, B. S., Superintendent o. P N 2, Troup, Smith County: . R. JonNsoN, M. S., Superintendent No. 3, Angleton, Brazoria County: R. H. STANsEL, M. S., Superintendent No. 4, Beaumont, Jefferson County: R. H. WYcHE, B. S., Superintendent No. 5, Temple, Bell County: _ HENRY DUNLAvY, M. S., Superintendent B. F. DANA, M. S., Plant Pathologist H. E. REA, B. S., Agronomist; Cotton Root Rot_ Investigations _ SIMoN E. WOLFE, M. S., Botanist; Cotton Root Rot Investigations No. 6, Denton, Denton County: P. B. DUNKLE, B. S., Superintendent No. 7, Spur, Dickens County: _ R. E. DICKSON, B. S., Superintendent -i-—————-—, Agronomist N0. 8, Lubbock, Lubbock County: D. L. JoNEs, Superintendent FRANK GAINEs, Irrigationist and_Forest Nurseryman No. 9, Balmorhea, Reeves County: J. J. BAYLEs. B. S., Superintendent Teachers in the School of Agriculture Carrying Cooperative Projects on the Station: G. W. ADRIANcE, Ph. D., Horticulture S. W. BILsING, Ph. D., Entomology V. P. LEE, Ph. D., Marketing and Finance D. ScoATEs, A. E., Agricultural Engineering A. K. MAcKEY, M. S., Animal Husbandry *Dean School of Veterinary Medicine. **In cooperation with U. S. Department of Agriculture. PUBLICATIONS: A. D.-JAcKs0N, Chief VETERINARY SCIENCE: *M. FRANcIs, D. V. M., Chief H. ScHMIDT, D. V. M., Veterinarian F. P. MATHEws, D. V. M., M. S., Veterinari W. T. HARDY, D. V. M., Veterinarian F. E. CARRoLL. D. V. M., Veterinarian ’PLANT PATHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY 5 J. J. TAUBENHAUS, Ph. D., Chief . W. N. EzEKIEL, Ph. D., Plant Pathologist K W. J. BAcH, M. S., Plant Pathologist ‘ B. F. DANA. M. S., Plant Pathologist FARM AND RANCH ECONOMICS: L. P. GABEARD, M. S., Chief W. E. PAULsoN, Ph. D., Marketing C. A. BoNNEN, M. S., Farm Management —-————i, Assistant ——————, Assistant RURAL HOME RESEARCH: JEssIE WHITAcRE. Ph. D., MARY ANNA GR1MEs, M. S.. ELIZABETH D. TERRILL, M. A., Nutrition SOIL SURVEY: **W. T. CARTER, B. S., Chief E. H. TEMPLIN, B. S., Soil Surveyor T. C. REITcH. B. S., Soil Surveyor A. H. BEAN, B. S., Soil Surveyor BOTANY: V. L. CoRY, M. S., Act. Chief SIMoN E. WOLFF, M. S., Botanist SWINE HUSBANDRY: FRED HALE, M. S., Chief _. DAIRY HUSBANDRY: f _ O. C. COPELAND, M. S., Dairy Husbandman - POULTRY HUSBANDRY: k R. M. SHERWOOD, M. S., ' ‘ AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING: H. P. SMITH, M. S., Chief MAIN STATION FARM: G. T. McNEss, Superintendent APICULTURE (San Antonio): . B. PARKs, B. S., Chief A. H. ALEX, B. S., Queen Breeder FEED CONTROL SERVICE: . D. FULLER. M. S., Chief D J. H. RocERs. Feed Inspector K. L. KIRKLAND, B. S., Feed Inspector _ W. D. NORTHCUTT, JR., B. S., Feed Inspect '~ SIDNEY D. REYNoLDs, JR., Feed Inspector P. A. MooRE, Feed Inspector E. J. WILs0N, B. S., Feed Inspector '11 No. 10, College Station, Brazos County: R. M. SHERWOOD, M. S., In charge L. J. McCALL, Farm Superintendent No. l1, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County: H. F. M0RRIs, M. S., Superintendent **No. 12, Chillicothe, Hardeman County: J. R. QUINBY, B. S., Superintendent I **J. C. STEPHENs, M. A., Assistant Agronomi No. l4, Sonora, Sutton-Edwards Counties: W. H. DAMERON, B. S., Superintendent ——————'—-———, Veterinarian W. T. HARDY, D. V. M., Veterinarian **O. G. BABcocK, B. S., Entomologist O. L. CARPENTER, Shepherd No. l5, Weslaco, Hidalgo County W. H. FRIEND, B. S., Superintendent SHERMAN W. CLARK, B. S., Entomologist W. J. BAcH, M. S., Plant Pathologist No. 16, Iowa Park, Wichita County: I . H. McDowELL, B. S., Superintendent C No. 17, ——————- a ——?————, Superintendent l N0. 18, ——————-—————-—-— T ————?—-—, Superintendent No. 19, Winterhaven, Dimmit County: E. MoRTENsEN, B. S., Superintendent -—-———i, Horticulturist No. 2o, ————-——--——- -———-i——, Superintendent J. S. MQGFQRD, M. S., Agronomy F. R. BRisoN, B. S., Horticulture W. R. H0RLAcHER, Ph. D., Genetics J. H. KNOX, M. S., Animal Husbandry TAs of November 1, 1930. In tests of 179 varieties and strains of cotton at Substation No. 6, Denton, Texas, during the 17-year period, 1913 to 1929, inclusive, Half and Half made the largest average yield, 283 pounds of lint per acre. It was followed by Sunshine, New Boykin, Harper, and Cliett Superior, with average yields of 248, 239, 238, and 236 pounds of lint per acre, respectively. While Half and Half had the highest average yield and also the highest gin turn-out, 41.5 per cent, it has certain objection- able features, such as small bolls and a short staple averaging only i‘ inch, which makes it untenderable on future contracts. On the other hand, the better-staple varieties, such as Sun- shine, New Boykin, Harper, and Cliett Superior are big-boll, storm-proof varieties with a gin turn-out ranging from 34 to 39.4 per cent, and produce staple of tenderable length, averag- ing 31/32 m 1 inch. ' The selection of a variety of cotton for North Texas will depend largely on the system of marketing and prices paid. If cotton is bought on the “hog-round,” or average basis, and no more is paid forstaple cotton than for short and untender- able cotton, such as Half and Half, then Half and Half, on account of its higher yield, would be the most profitable variety to grow. If suitable differences in prices, however, can be obtained to compensate for the lower yield, then Sunshine, New Boykin, Harper, and Cliett Superior, which produce lint of tenderable length, 31/32 to 1. inch, would be more profitable to grow than Half and Half. CONTENTS . Page . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . . . . . . . 5 i_ l Weather Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 u Method of Conducting Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . 6 Classification of ~ Varieties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . 8 = Experimental Results by Years . . . . . . . ». . . . . .; . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 a Results in 19-13. . . . . . .~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 § . Results in 1916 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 10 . Results in 1917 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 » Results in 1918. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1' Results in 1919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ' Results in 1920 . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Results in 1921... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14 Resultsin1922 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Results in 1923 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Results in 1924 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 16 Results in 1926.......l.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - . .. 16 Results in 1927 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '. . . .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Results in 1928 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Results in 1929..l...._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 Summary of Yields of Lint . . . . . . . . .~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Percentage of Lint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Length of Lint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Earliness of Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 Size of Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Varieties Tested and Source of Seed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 .BULLETIN NO. 417 t NOVEMBER, 1930 'VARIETIES 0F CQTTON F OR NORTH TEXAS P. B. DUNKLE t i Varieties of cotton have been tested at Substation N0. 6, Denton, Texas, since 1913, with. the exception of 1914-, when the station was being moved to a new location, and 1915, when the new location was not yet prepared for experimental work. This . work on variety testing at Denton is part of the more compre- hensive and extensive study of varieties of cotton conducted by the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in the various agri- cultural regions of the State. The results obtained -with varie- ties of cotton at the experiment stations at Angleton, Lubbock, Chillicothe, College Station, Nacogdoches, Temple, and Troup have been reported in Bulletins 354,- 364,366, 369, 384, 399, and 406. The results obtained at Substation No. 6, Denton, from 1913 to 1929, inclusive, are published in this Bulletin, which forms the eighth- of the series of bulletins 0n varieties of cotton. Substation No. 6 is located in central north Texas five miles west of Denton, Denton County, forty miles northwest. of Dallas, and forty miles north and slightly east of Fort Worth in the Fort Worth Prairie. Denton is served bythe Texas & Pacific and the M. K. & T. Railroads. The elevation is approximately 600_feet above sea level. Ingeneral the Fort Worth or Grand Prairie region is undulating to gently rolling and is dissected by a large number of streams. The prairies are treeless with the exception of narrow strips of timber along the larger streams. The soils of the region are, in general, prevailingly grayish or" brownish in color with reddish subsoils. The soils of the Denton and San Saba series are the most extensive soils of the region, especially in Denton County. The surface soils of the Denton" series are brown and the subsoils are brown or yellowish brown. The soils of the San Saba series are black in color, the subsoils ranging from black through brown or even yellow. The San . Saba clay is naturally productive and considered one of the best farming soils of the region. _ The _variety tests with cotton at Denton have been conducted onSan Saba clay. Since this soil is one of the most extensive soils of the region, the results of the variety test are probably applicable to the region as a whole. 6 BULLETIN NO. 417, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION WEATHER CONDITIONS The average annual rainfall at Substation No. 6, Denton, Texas, for the 12 years, 1918 to 1929, inclusive, was 32.64 inches (Table 1). The yearly rainfall ranged from 49.93 inches in 1920 down to 19.62 inches in 1924. It is interesting to note that the average yields of cotton were not in proportion to the annual rainfall nor to the total rainfall of the growing season (Table 1). The yields were affected more by the distribution of rainfall, especially during July and August, the critical months, than by the total rainfall. Usually the rain- fall of the region is sufficient in quantity for satisfactory cotton production, but it is not always favorably distributed. In some years the excessive rainfall or continued, rainy, show- ery weather during July and August is conducive to heavy in- festation of boll weevil and bollworm, resulting in low yields. The yield of cotton is also reduced considerably in some years by prolonged dry weather during the growing season. The average length of the frost-free period for the twelve years was 235 days. occurred in 1921, while the longest, 274 days, occurred in 1922. The average date of the last killing frost in the spring Was March 27, and the average date of the first killing frost in the fall was November 10. The latest killing frost on record in the spring was April 17, 1921, and the earliest killing frost in the fall was October 24, 1929. METHOD OF CONDUCTING TESTS Prior to 1920 a large number of varieties, as many as 52 in 1917 and 45 in 1919, were included in the tests. Since 1920 only the leading commercial varieties have been grown in the tests. The elimination of the less desirable varieties made it possible to give the others more thorough tests. Each year planting seed was secured direct from the respective breeders. The varieties were grown in rows three feet apart and the plants spaced as near as possible a uniform distance of ten inches in the row. Each variety was used two to three times in the test to insure more accurate results. No commercial fer- tilizers have been used in the variety tests. a Unless weather conditions prevented, the cotton in the variety tests was planted between the 10th and 20th of April, all varieties being planted on the same date and in the same manner. As a general practice, the cotton was planted on lister beds, which left the seed on or slightly above the level. All varieties were cul- tivated uniformly on the same dates and as frequently as neces- sary to keep down grass and weeds. The shortest frost-free period, 207 days, _ .. \L.>iQfl_< <1“ ........._.;.., , m. , “A. ' VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS 5N2 E ma: he wohobwfi. 063001000002». .8052‘. Ea 8a 5m 21h. 3m S. 00.0 S...“ 2. Q4 8.0 S. Q; . . . . . . . ..00QE000O ooN Q; £4 mo. mm. mm; MN. owmN $6 mN. 31A 5.». 8.0 .....$QE0>oZ 0&4“ 00mm mmN hNQ 00.0 mm.» 00. wm N. 2: 2. 2.0 00.2 3b . . . . 1.59500 8 N 3 N 2. 8.0 “w; i: mN.m EA hm. E N~.m $1M Nw.m ....:5E@E@w 0&0 mm. 0.01m 20. 3m fie N~.N i; MK. w: Ea 3e mm. . . . . . . $203» 0mm $4 2: 2e 9Q 0m. B. S. 0m. SN 05m 2e S. . . . . . . . . . . . . :23 0mm m0. Ea 5a 2.», 3. S Eb 8.0 Ra 0.0.0 0mm N2“ . . . . . . . . . . . . .205. 00 w $0 woe m0. 9.0+ 0.0+ ohA ww. 00¢ NmN 5.: 004w wNN . . . . . . . . . . . . .4222 2.0mm EN 2.», 94m AKMN fie mmN 00.0 E0 00¢ NwA nwN 00.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 1:54 %_ 0m; 2. Nh; firm mo. 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A sample of lint from each variety was obtained at ginning time to determine the grade and length of staple. The classing Was done by oflicial and licensed classers of the Department of Textile Engineering, A. and M. College of Texas. CLASSIFICATION OF VARIETIES The term “variety” is used to refer to each separate cotton tested and does not imply that each cotton reported on in this Bulletin is a separate and distinct type possessing measurable differences. Many of the so-called varieties are really strains of a parent variety which have been selected and developed by individual breeders. Planting seed for the variety tests are secured direct from leading breeders each year, and each lot of seed is given a separate Texas Station number (T. S. No.). On the sheet bear- ing this number is recorded the name of the breeder, varietal name given by the breeder, and the available history of the seed. Classification of some cotton varieties Type Parent variety Current trade name Mebane Cliett’s Superior Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harper Blue Wagon Mebane or Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kasch - _ Qualla New Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Boykin Ferguson Triumph 406. . . . Ferguson Triumph 406 Rowden Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunshine Belton Truitt . . . . . . . _ . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . Truitt Lone Star Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Lankart Bennett Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acala , Half and Half Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . .. Western Wonder Summerour EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS BY YEARS The results secured in the variety test are discussed by indi- vidual years. The varieties tested each year are given in sepa- VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS 9 rate tables and are listed ineorder of yield of lint, the highest- yielding varieties appearing at the top of the table. The tables also give the yields of seed cotton, percentage of lint, and, when available, the size of bolls, length of lint, and earliness. Results in 1913 Forty-four varieties were included in the test of 1913, the results of which are shown in Table 2. Owing to a drouth which damaged cotton, especially during August, the yields in 1913 are 10W. Webber, with a yield of 103 pounds of lint per acre, was the only variety that produced as much as 100 pounds of lint per acre. Union Big Boll, Half and Half, Edgeworth, and Rowden, in the order named, were the next highest-yielding varieties. Table 2.—Varieties tested in 1913, arranged in order of yield of lint. Acre yield, pounds T- 5-* Variety i} Per_ cent No. _ Seed lint Lint cotton 466 Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 318 32.4 135 Union Bi Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 285 34.2 443 Half and alf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 228 42.2 129 Edgeworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 255 34,8 77 Rdwden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 249 33.6 487 Dongola . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 216 37. 9 483 Columbia . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 273 29.7 79 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8O 216 37.2 7 Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8O 246 32.3 28 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 228 34.81 15 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 234 33.8 118 Long Staple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 249 31.6- 474 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 237 33.2‘ 14 Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 234 33.0’ 414 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 240 31 . 6- 472 Peterkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 195 37. 1 486 Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 201 35.8i 480 Culpepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 201 35.22 402 Mortgage Lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7O 216 32.5 48:) Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 204 34.0 16 Crowder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 207 35.0 446 Simpkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 198 32.6 121 Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 195 33.3 413 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 189 34.4 3 Columbia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 201 31.7 479 Toole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 180 35.3 470 Sunflower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 222 28.2 < 481 Keenan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 201 30.4 415 Huffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 177 34.5 412 Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 216 27.9 444 Haagsfs Extra Long Staple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 153 38.3 130 Bank Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 177 33.2 A 19 Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 159 35.7 169 Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 171 32.6 l1 . Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 54 159 34.0 481 Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 153 35.1 78 Hendricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 144 33.6 445 Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 156 29.4 475 Texas Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 105 37.5 74 Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 117 34. 5 ‘ 496 BroadwelYs D. J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 126 30.6 l0 Mit Affifi. . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 31 114 27.3 477 Webber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 84 34.0 340 Black Rattler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 75 25.8 *Texas Station Number. 10 BULLETIN NO. 417, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Results in 1916 The varieties tested in 1916 showed a wide range in yield. Sunbeam made the highest yield, 246 pounds of lint per acre, but the yields ranged down to 49 pounds for Sea Island, as shown in Table 3. Table 3.——Varieties tested in 1916, arranged in order of_yield of lint. Acre yield, pounds T. S. Variety Per cent No. _ ‘ Seed lint : Lint cotton 2 1849 Sunbeam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 542 45.4 924 o0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . 242 604 40.0 804 Mcbane Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 573 36.7 1822 A—711 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 575 36.8 1817 Ferguson’s Round Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 569 33.8 1819 Mebane Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 521 35.4 1833 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 508 35.4 1820 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 540 32.8 1821 Rowden Ladd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 534 32.8 1816 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 476 35.4 1827 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 526 31.6 1848 Matchless E. Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 491 33.4 1830 Wannamaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 481 33.4 1852 Bank Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 520 30. 6 1818 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 459 34.4 1826 Cleveland Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 493 31.8 1847 Mprtgage Lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 466 33.2 1828 Rowden’s Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 466 32.6 1823 Early King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 480 31.8 1825 Hawkins E. E. Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 533 28.4 1861 Ideal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .< . . . . . . . . . . . 150 493 30.4 1851 Union Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 489 30. 6 1834 Simpkin’s Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 483 30.0 1800 Wooten’s Columbia B. B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 4-51 29.4 1889 Storm-proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 388 33.2 1850 Hastings Upright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 405 31.2 1815 Allen’s Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 485 25.6 1835 “iebber No. 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 438 28.2 1846 Sure Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 384 30.4 1829 Long Staple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 457 24.4 1836 Hartsville No. 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 358 28.8 1838 Webber N0. 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 365 27.8 1853 Yuma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 91 311 29.4 1837 Keenan-Goodson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 265 26. 6 1824 Sea Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 204 24.0 Results in 1917 The growing season in 1917 was favorable for cotton produc- tion and all except 11 of the 52 varieties made more than a half bale of cotton per acre (Table 4). Wannamaker-Cleveland ranked highest, with a yield of 390 pounds of lint per acre. Mebane Triumph was second with a yield of 362 pounds. VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS 11 Table 4.—Varieties tested in 1917, arranged in order of yield of lint. Acre yield, pounds T. S. —€——~———————— Per cent Length No. Variety Seed lint of lint, Lint cotton inches 2474 Wannamaker Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 894 43.6 7/8 2470 Mebane Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 1029 35.2 7/8 2473 Holdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 955 36.6 1 1/16 2482 Matchless E. E. Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . 347 958 36.3 7/8 2498 Moneymaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 969 35.6 7/8 2477 Cook No. 919 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 860 40.0 3/4 2492 Jackson’s Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338 986 34.4 7/8 2483 Union Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 1003 33.5 1 2504 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 923 35.6 7/8 2459 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 914 35. 6 1 804 Mebane. . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 898 35.7 7/8 2479 Mortgage Lifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 993 32.2 7/8 2464 F. G. No. 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 319 850 37.5 7/8 2471 Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 833 38.2 . . . . . . . . . . 2491 Mebane Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 893 34.9 7/8 2461 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 867 34.6 1 1/16 2486 Cleveland’s Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 886 34.4 7/8 2465 Kasch’s Improved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 791 38.4 1 2494 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 965 31.3 1 1/16 2469 Ferguson’s Bound Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 912 33.0 7/8 2499 Broadwell’s D. J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 896 33.6 3/4 2488 Early King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 301 900 33.4 7/8 2500 Mexican Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 834 35.5 7/8 2457 Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 836 35.3 1 2493 King’s Extra Early . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 889 33.2 7/8 2462 Improved Champion . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 294 807 36.5 7/8 2497 oole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 831 35.4 1 2456 Chisholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 846 34. 5 1 2481 Bank Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 872 33.3 7/8 2468 Texas Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 876 33.0 3/4 2505 Peterkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 819 35.3 . . . . . . . . . . 2478 Surecrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286 800 35.8 3/4 2487 Simpkin’s Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 879 32.4 7/8 2472 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 834 34.0 1 1/16 2496 Hitefs Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 808 34.1 7/8 2466 Cook’s Silk L. S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 851 32.3 1 2485 Haw kins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 848 32.2 1 2501 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 872 30.9 1 1/16 2463 Vandiver’s Heavy Fruiter . . . . . . . . . . 269 804 33. 5 7/8 2489 Simpkin’s Ideal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 766 33.3 7/8 2495 Wannamaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 698 36.1 3/4 804 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 687 34.7 7/8 2490 Rowden's Choice Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . 235 692 34.0 1 , 2458 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 697 33.0 1 2484 Allcn’s Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 913 25.1 1 1/16 2480 Hasting’s Upright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 672 34.1 7/8 2460 Harvell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 657 33.7 1 2502 Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 803 26.7 1 1/8 2503 Trice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 824 25.3 1 1/8 2475 Cleveland’s N0. 641 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 604 34. 5 3/4 2476 Kingfs X Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 610 31.2 . . . . . . . . . . 2467 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 685 27.5 1 1/4 Results in 1918 The results of 42 varieties for the year 1918 are given in Table 5. The hot dry weather of July and August reduced yields far below the average and produced inferior quality of staple, the yields ranging from 151 pounds per acre for F. G. No. 33 to 50 pounds for Snowflake. The staple was unusually short and weak, the length being considerably under the average for the respective varieties grown. l2 BULLETIN NO. 41_7, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Table 5.—Varieties tested in 1918, arranged in order of yield of lint Acre yield, pounds T- $- _ —————-— —— Per cent Length _,No. Variety Seed lint of lint, Lint cotton inches 3000 F. G. N0. 3_3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 151 409 - 36.9 5/8 3035 Mebane Triumph . . . . . .1 . . . . . . . . . . 132 359 36.8 3/4 3047 Sirnpkin’_s Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 370 31.9 1/2 2995 Union Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 377 31.0 1/2 3066 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 334 33.5 5/8 2994 Texas Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 333 33.0 3/4 3048 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 284 38.4 7/8 804 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 303 35.6 , 7/8 3078 Broadwell’s Double Jointed... . . . . . . 106 336 31 .5 3/4 3077 Money Maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 321 33.0 3/4 3004 Webb_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 299 35.1 3/4 3038 Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 275 38.2 1 3064 Toole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 322 32.0 3/4 3030 Cook’s No. 931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 262 38.5 1/2 3046 . Early King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 318 31.8 5/8 3079 Hite’s Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 298 33.5 3/4 3062 Express. . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 374 26.5 1 1/16 3065 Mexican Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 3.15 31.4 1/2 3036 Lone Star. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 270 36.3 1 3044 Cleveland’s Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 316 30.6 7/8 I 3003 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 303 31.7 7/8 4 3034 Ferguson Round Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 275 33.5 15/16 2997 Matchless Extra Early Big Boll. . . . . 91 259 35.1 5/8 3001 Chisholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 271 33.2 15/16 3025 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 271 32.8 7/8 3020 Sure Crop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 282 31 .2 1/2 3026 Cook’s Silk Long Staple . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 279 31.5 5/8 3063 Trice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 324 26.2 1 3061 Durango. .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 84 318 26.4 .1 1/8 . 3022 Bank Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 263 30. 8 1/2 1 2989 King No. 580 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 252 30.6 3/4 § 2484 Allen’s Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 286 26.6 7/8 t 3029 Kin X Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 223 34.1 5/8 ? 2473 Hol on . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 218 34.4 7/8 ‘ 2998 Vandiver’s Heavy Fruiter . . . . . . . . . . 72 223 32.3 3/4 3023 Wannamaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 207 33 .8 1/2 3028 Cook’s No. 588 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 199 35.2 5/8 3056 Llmproved Champion. . 70 198 35.4 5/8 3021 Mortgage Lifter . . . . . . . 66 204 32.4 7/8 3033 Simpkins Ideal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 207 30.4 5/8 2996 Hastings Prolific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 182 29.7 5/8 2990 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 172 29.1 7/8 Results in 1919 The test included 45 varieties in 1919 (Table 6). The ex- cessive rains and moisture conditions, however, resulted infair yields of lint with a good staple. Boll weevils and bollworms were exceedingly numerous and caused a vast amount of damage to the crop. However, seven varieties produced more than one- half bale per acre. Yields ranged from 145 pounds of lint per acre for Snowflake up to 305 pounds for Mebane Triumph. VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS 13 Table 6.——Varieties tested in 1919, arranged in order of yield of lint A Acre yield, Lbs. Weight T. S. Variety —-—————~——€ Per cent Length of 100 N0. _ Seed lint of lint, bolls, in Lint cotton inches grams 3634 Me_bane Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 793 38.5 7/8 765 3074 UIllOIl Big Boll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 867 34.3 3/4 553 3643 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 781 36.2 1 666 3636 Mebane Triumph No. 406 . . . . . . . . . . 265 709 37 .4 1 751 3676 Mebane Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 683 37.8 1 723 3635 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 685 37.7 1 638 3647 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 744 34.1 1 666 3642 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 708 34.5 1 1/16 610 804 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 632 37.0 1 695 3663 F. G. No. 33 . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . . . .. 231 611 37.8 1 581 3633 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 230 625 36.8 1 1/16 808 3660 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 627 36.5 1 666 3654 Willis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 592 38.3 1 702 3668 Foster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 224 696 32.2 1 1/8 653 3659 Acala No. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 579 38.2 1 1/16 695 3677 Mebane Triumph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 563 39.1 7/8 751 2472 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 594 36. 9 1 1/16 794 3653 Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 620 35.3 1 1/16 765 3646 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 637 34.1 1 1/16 638 3645 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 591 36.5 1 751 3639 Webb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 627 33.7 7/8 588 3658 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 211 607 34.8 1 1/8 695 3655 Ferguson’s Round Nose . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 576 35.9 1 1/16 737 3673 Cleveland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 563 36.2 1 599 3675 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 531 37.7 1 454 3669 Kekchi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 589 33.8 1 1/8 652 3637 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 479 41.5 1 8222 3661 Chisholm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 589 33.4 1 645 3644 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 522 37.7 1 1/16 610 3150 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 543 36.1 1 780» 3657 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 195 551 35.4 1 1/16 617 3664 Gilstrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 547 35.6 1 808 3640 Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 191 505 37.8 1 1/16 936 3666 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 191 571 33.5 1 1/8 581 793 Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 190 559 34.0 1 1/16 780 3656 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 543 35.0 1 1/16 659 3632 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 492 37.8 1 900 3667 Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 576 32.1 1 1/8 532 3638 Boykin (New) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 468 38.4 7/8 737 3650 Rowdcn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 520 33.6 1 1/16 _ 836 3649 Holdon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 475 36.0 1 744 3651 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 476 34.8 1 1/16 808 3662 Harvell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . 108 448 35.3 1 780 3665 BuckelewlBigjBoll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 151 418 36.1 1 1/16 836 3670 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 491 29.5 1 3/8 560 Results in 1920 - The results of 11 varieties tested in 1920 are shown in Table 7. Continued rains in the spring delayed planting until late in May, and throughout the summer and fall continued rains prevented proper cultivation and harvesting. During the month-of August boll weevils were numerous and practically destroyed the cotton crop. ' The season was the wettest on record at Denton and was considered by the older inhabitants as the most unfavorable year for cotton in the history of the county, resulting in a crop failure. 14 BULLETIN NO. 417, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Table 7.—Varieties tested in 1920, arranged in order of yield of lint Acre yield, pounds T. S. Variety —————i————————— Per cent Length N0. Seed lint of lint, Lint cotton inches 4131 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15.9 42.3 37.6 1 1/8 4120 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.7 24.7 39.2 7/8 804 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.6 20.6 36.9 . . . . . . . . . . 3150 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6.1 17.6 34.6 1 1/16 4114 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5.9 18.3 32.2 1 3/16 4119 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4.4 12.6 34.9 1 1/16 793 Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4.3 12.9 33.3 1 1/16 4117 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3.6 9.3 38.7 3/4 4118 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.0 10.7 28.0 1 1/4 4115 Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.5 6.6 37.8 1 1/8 4116 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.0 6.0 33.3 1 1/16 Results in 1921 Table 8 gives the results 0f the variety test in 1921. Yields were reduced by cloudy, showery Weather conditions, which were favorable to boll weevils during July, and by hot dry Weather in August and September. Bennett’s Lone Star made the highest yield, 270 pounds of lint per acre, and Was followed by Lone Star with 239 pounds, and Truitt With 231 pounds. Bennett’s Lone Star, Mebane, and Lone Star had the largest bolls and Durango and Snowflake the smallest. All varieties except Kasch and Truitt produced a staple which measured one inch or more in length. Table 8.—Varieties tested in 1921, arranged in order of yield of lint Acre yield, Lbs. Weight T. S. _ » ii—— Per cent Length 0f 100 No. Variety _ Seed lint of lint, bolls, in Lint cotton inches grams 5994 Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 270 696 38.7 1 1/16 733 5995 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 628 38.0 1 1/16 720 5990 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 630 36. 7 15/16 604 5986 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 646 34.8 1 1/8 650 5984 T Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 635 35.3 1 1/8 665 5988 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 217 638 34.0 1 1/16 580 5989 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 509 38.5 1 725 5992 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 474 39.4 7/8 708 5987 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 172 554 31.0 1 3/16 455 5993 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 163 471 34.6 1 1/8 662 5991 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 424 28.7 1 3/8 500 Results in 1922 The results of 13 varieties for the year 1922 are presented in Table 9. The yields of lint ranged from 217 pounds of lint per acre for Mueck-Harper down to 92 pounds for Snowflake. As may be seen in Table 1, the summer rainfall Was very low, being only .26 inch for July, .78 inch for August, and .57 inch for September. All varieties produced staple shorter than normal. VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS 15 Durango, Lightning Express, and Snowflake were the only varie- ties that produced staple of one inch or longer. Table 9.——Varieties tested in 1922, arranged in order of yield of lint. Acre yield, Lbs. f5 2%? a q; 44¢: —————— Length s33 5 Weight T. S. Variety Per cent of lint, g Q_E Q of 100 . . w: N0. Seed lint inches g3 f‘? ‘E. bolls, Lint cotton :- 32 g- o grams gessé 6568 Mueck-Harper . . . . . . . . . . . 217 584 37.2 5/8 5.68 454 804 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 193 563 34.3 7/8 6. 5 425 6573 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 468 39.5 5/8 2.90 510 6563 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 480 37.9 7/8 4.89 567 6566 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 495 34. 7 3/4 13.60 510 6574 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 463 34.3 7/8 4. 99 538 6571 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 475 33.0 7/8 23 34 340 6565 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 421 37.1 7/8 13 38 482 6572 Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 399 38.3 3/4 2 18 510 5984 Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 394 33.7 3/4 12 91 454 6567 Lightning Express . . . . . . . . 121 438 27.6 1 41 25 312 6564 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 324 29.6 1 25 22 284 6575 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 339 27.1 1 1/16 1 65 482 Results in 1923 In 1923 the yields of the varieties were approximately equal to the average for the eleven-year period, 1918 to 1929, inclusive (Table 10). Continued dry weather during July, August, and September checked a 10 per cent infestation of boll weevil noted after a 53-inch rain on June 10. Cliett’s Superior, Mebane, Ben- nett’s Lone Star, Rowden, New Boykin, and Truitt each made more than one-half bale per acre. Cliett’s Superior ranked first with a yield of 282 pounds of lint per acre. Durango and Snow- flake, long-staple varieties, produced the lowest yields. Table 10.—Varieties tested in 1923, arranged in order of yield of lint | ‘ F‘ 2532a Acre yield, Lbs. u, 28¢? g3 W _ ht N -'-< ,_, elg T. S. ——?—?—— Per cent 3Q 3.5% of 100 No. Variety _ Seed lint g3 g9 ‘a bolls, Lint cotton :- cS-E g- o grams gessi 6807 Cliett’s Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 687 41.0 37 39 677 6780 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 265 666 39.8 27 74 668 6784 Bennett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 698 37.8 29 07 861 6797 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 630 41.9 24 71 620 6786 New Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 702 36.9 45 17 507 6803 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 708 35.3 32 55 609 6783 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 628 37.9 30 12 623 6810 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 654 35.6 32 42 633 6782 Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 640 35.3 26 52 530 6796 Lightning Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 196 664 29.5 65 43 334 6802 Hallmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 577 27.9 28 02 409 6564 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 452 34.0 29 O8 500 6787 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 416 32.2 18 78 376 16 BULLETIN NO. 417, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERlMENT STATION Results in 1924 The results obtained with the 13 varieties in the test in 1924 are given in Table 11. The season was favorable for the growth of cotton, and nine of the thirteen varieties produced a half bale or more per acre. Half and Half led with a yield of 307 pounds of lint per acre, but it produced one-half inch staple, while Star and Lone Star, which were only slightly lower in yield, produced a staple measuring 1 1/16 and one‘ inch, respectively. None of the varieties produced less than 200 pounds of lint per acre. Only five varieties produced staple under one inch. Table 11.——Varieties tested in 1924, arranged in order of yield of lint é 85E w Acre yield. Lbs. ,,, Q-Su: W! "Es 5 Length g 9,5 Q T. S. Variety Per cent of lint, g? a) B, No, ‘ Seed lint inches 3 m» c. o Lint cotton ‘C33 5 E B m'U Q 0+9 7468 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 734 41.8 1/2 30.96 7384 Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 739 39.9 1 1/16 38.55 7386 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 771 38.0 1 37.54 7385 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 706 40.2 15/16 28.87 7408 Mebane. . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 738 37.4 5/8 28.90 7388 New Boykin._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 699 37.5 1 41.61 7459 Cliett’s Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 648 40.0 7/8 33.33 7387 Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 721 35.5 1 1/16 35.57 7383 Startex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 753 33.2 1 50. 67 7409 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 677 36.2 1 47.46 6314 Burnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 695 31.8 5/8 44. 54 7391 Rowdcn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 600 36.0 1 29.34 7411 Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 551 36.5 1 28.84 Results ‘in 1925 No results are available for 1925, since the cotton in the variety test in 1925 was totally destroyed by hail on August 13. Results in 1926 Sixteen varieties were included in the tests in 1926, the re- sults of which are given in Table 12. Weather conditions were favorable for the production of cotton and resulted in the high- est yields during the 11 years of the experiment. Yields ranged from 645 pounds of lint per acre for Half and Half down to 170 for Snowflake. Half and Half produced a half bale more per acre than the next highest variety. It was the only one of the 16 varieties that produced lint less than one inch, measuring only % inch. This is the only year in which Half and Half has ' been so outstandingly ahead of other varieties in yield of lint, although it led in yield in 1918 and 1924. yielding varieties, in order, were Half and Half, Harper, and Cliett’s Superior. The five highest- Sunshine, Truitt, -'_-mm= A :.._ .45.‘... ._.-¢x...- _ _ .._'........_¢_..-_.1..~>___.. VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS i 17 Table 12.—Varieties tested in 1926, arranged in order of yield of lint A55: Acre yield, Lbs. é :31; , . ‘h! _ _ ——————i— Length a“; 35% T. S. Variety Per cent 0f lint, g3 g5 B, NQ_ _ Seed lint inches -_—; w»; g-Q Lint cotton 3% u.) :- B m Q 0-H 8604 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645 1514 42.6 5/8 7.82 8596 Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . 377 1011 37.3 1 1/32 10.16 8610 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 1006 34.9 1 5.68 8607 Harper . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 892 39.0 1 12.80 8584 Cliett’s Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 924 36 . 7 1 3.29 8585 asch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 866 36.7 1 2.73 8600 ualla._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 836 _37. 1 1 ~1/16 10.22 8593 Lankart. . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 834 36.8 1 1/8 7. 56 8599 New Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 811 34.4 1 1/16 7.80 8609 Acala (Rogers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 804 34.2 1 3/32 7.35 8606 Acala (Watson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 751 35.7 1 1/8 7.11 I 8588 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 768 34.9 1 1/16 6.06 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 733 34.1 1 3/16 12.13 91 Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 243 715 34.0 1 13.18 8613 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 649 35.6 1 6.23 8595 Snowflake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 586 29.0 1 1/2 6.76 Results in 1927 Most of the varieties tested in 1927 produced yields smaller than the average during the four years, 1926 to 1929, inclusive. Heavy rainfall during June and July aided the increase of boll weevils and at the beginning of August all cotton was heavily infested with weevils. However, very light rainfall in August and several days of very hot, dry Weather checked the damage by boll weevils and aided in the fruiting and maturing of cotton. Table 13.—Varieties tested in 1927, arranged in order of yield of lint age; Acre yield, Lbs. Q85 a “Es 5‘ —-————————— A umah Qqoiu T. S. Variety Per cent of lint, ‘"3 f‘? '5, N0. Seed lint inches m ~ O- 9 Lint cotton ‘cg-Q 5 E 3 m"U Q 0-4-9 9608 New Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 1055 34.4 1 34.10 9612 Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 361 i 968 37.3 1 1/16 31.65 9594 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 775 42.6 3/4 19.02 9617 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 758 35.6 1 23.44 9615 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 713 34.9 1 28.73 9607 Cliett’s Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 649 36.7 1 l/32 30. 89 9618 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 683 34.1 1 33.33 9614 Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 226 616 36.7 1 1/16 31.13 9604 Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 556 39.0 1 24.19 9586 Lone Star (Bennett) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 601 34.1 1 28.44 9625 Red Leaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 549 37.0 15/16 10.20 9601 Qualla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 539 37.1 1 26.19 9616 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 570 34.2 1 3/16 20.23 9602 Anton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 501 37.9 1 22.07 9605 Lankart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 467 36.8 1 25.21 9611 Mebane . . . , . . . . . ..' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 168 481 34.9 1 23.31 ' ducing less than 300 pounds of lint per acre (Table 14). 18 BULLETIN NO. 417, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION Yields ranged from 168 pounds of lint per acre for Mebane to 363 pounds for New Boykin. New Boykin, Sunshine, and Half and Half each yielded more than 300 pounds of lint per acre. Red Leaf and Half and Half were the only two varieties having lint less than one inch long. Results in 1928 Twenty-one varieties were included in the variety test for 1928 and the average yields were among the highest obtained during the eleven-year period, Startex being the only variety pro- New Boykin, Half and Half, Wacona, and Ferguson 406 each pro- duced more than 400 pounds of lint per acre, New Boykin lead- ing with 425 pounds. The staple was shorter than usual, 17 of the 21 varieties producing less than an inch staple. Half and Half had the shortest lint, % inch. Table 14.—Varietics tested in 1928, arranged in order of yield of lint. 455; Acre yield, Lbs. 1285i?» w - ... Leii ui w" 95% wei ht T. S. Variety Per cent of liéiit, 35% ‘a of 1%O No. _ Seed lint inches é S»; go bolls, Lint cotton 5e 8 16E grams 10089 New Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . .. 425 1212 35.1 15/16 56.76 610 10097 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 986 42.8 3/4 45.69 525 10072 Wacona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 1117 36.4 1 37.39 630 10088 Ferguson N0. 406 . . . . . . . . 403 1141 35.3 7/8 58.72 500 10077 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 1122 34. 8 7/8 53.32 565 10070 Lone Star (Bennett) . . . . . . 376 980 38.4 15/16 31.05 625 10093 Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 948 39.6 7/8 32.72 650 12574 Lightning (Koincr) . . . . . . . 369 952 38.8 15/16 44.59 720 10087 Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 937 39.2 15/16 36.22 635 10104 Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 363 1093 33.2 15/16 48 29 610 10076 Kasch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 355 889 39.9 7/8 4o 39 700 10102 Qualla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 900 39.2 15/16 33 11 685 5984 Belton N0. 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 978 35.9 1 1/32 32 17 690 10103 Cliett’s Superior . . . . . . . . . 351 884 39.7 15/16 44 19 670 10470 Anton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 937 37.0 15/16 4.) 58 675 10079 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 1004 33. 5 1 l/16 4O 22 600 12573 Delfos (Long, W; S.). . .. . . 335 1004 31.8 1 1/8 33 60 480 10073 Lankart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 331 831 39.8 15/16 21 87 710 10090 lVlebanc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326 816 39.9 15/16 28 46 670 10092 Rowdcn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 311 881 35.3 1.3/16 31 19 600 7000 Startex N0. 296 . . . . . . . . . . 290 842 34.4 15/16 26 06 545 Results in 1929 Of the 29 varieties in the test in 1929, seven produced above 300 pounds of lint per acre, Kasch (Sims) leading with a yield of 337.6 pounds, followed in order by Harper, New Boykin, Kasch (Atwood), Cliett’s Superior, Lone Star (O’Connor-Hasselfield), and Qualla (Table 15). Despite the unusually dry summer, 1929 was about an average year for cotton with respect to yield. VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS 19 The length of the staple was below the average for the eleven years, 1918 t0 1929, inclusive, only 6 of the 29 varieties having lint more than one inch long. The longer-staple varieties made the lowest yields, while 18 of the medium-staple varieties pro- duced more than Half and Half, a short-staple variety. Table 15.—Varieties tested in 1929, arranged in order of yield of lint ages Acre yield, Lbs. gas; t; 133w ' w"? Length 51m 3.5% T. S. Variety Per cent of lint, g3 g9 ‘a N0. Seed lint inches ;-_1 an» Q o Lint cotton 3%’ E E 3 {L} Q 0-H 13104 Kasch (Sims) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337.6 889.1 38.0 7/8 35,6 13097 Harper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322.5 802.9 40.2 7/8 49.9 13019 New Boykin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 321.6 918.5 35.0 7/8 42.7 13092 Kasch (Atwood) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318.2 805.5 39.5 7/8 46,6 13094 Cliett’s Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316.5 785.7 40.3 15/16 41,2 13089 Lone Star (O’Connor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313.4 835.2 37.5 15/16 20,3 13023 Qualla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 300.6 741.4 40.5 15/16 33.6 13017 Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 299.8 767.4 39.1 15/16 27,8 13037 Okla Triumph No. 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299.2 895.0 33.4 7/8 43.4 13096 Lankart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 294.5 735.5 40.0 15/16 19.6 13020 Ferguson No. 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 .4 827 .2 35.3 15/16 46.2 13016 Kasch (Ed.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 289.7 709.1 40.8 15/16 38.3 13033 D. P. L. No. 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 284.2 833.8 34.1 15/16 48.0 13090 Lone Star (Gorham) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.9 779.1 36.4 7/8 27.1 13077 Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.4 753.8 37.1 7/8 28.9 13022 Anton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279.4 746.9 37.4 7/8 29.3 13021 Blue Wagon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 699.9 38.7 7/8 38.1 13066 Rowden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.6 790.5 34.2 15/16 19.4 13071 Half and Half . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 269.3 705.4 38.1 13/16 34.6 13068 Truitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.6 764.5 34. 6 15/16 26.5 13093 Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262.8 838.5 31.3 15/16 22.7 13035 Lone Star (Bennett) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261.7 687.5 38.1 15/16 26.9 13098 Greer Wichita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260.0 713.9 36.4 1 1/16 36.0 13095 Wacona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.3 716.1 34.4 1 28. 7 13025 Delfos, 6102-911 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.5 785.7 30.1 1 1/32 52.7 13086 Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 216.5 675.0 32.1 13/‘16 44.4 13091 Acala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202.7 624.0 32.5 1 1/32 37.8 13027 Delfos, 631-910 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.4 671.3 29.8 1 1/32 39.3 13064 Wild’s No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 193.6 622.2 31.1 1 1/16 17.8 SUMMARY OF YIELDS OF LINT Since it is not possible to make a direct comparison between varieties that were not grown during the same years, percentage ratings and relative yields have been computed. Four varieties, Lone Star, Kasch, Mebane, and Rowden, appeared each of "the eleven years and the average yield of these four varieties affords a satisfactory basis or standard by which the other varieties may be compared. The percentage rating of a variety is found by dividing its average yield for the years grown by the average yield of thefour standard varieties for the same period of years. The relative yield of a variety is found by multiplying its per- centage rating by 212, the average yield in pounds of lint of the four standard varieties for the eleven years. It is a coincidence N O I T A T S T N E m R E P X E m R U T L U C I R G A X E T 7, 1L 4 0. N N n E L L U B ;20 a . i: hflw h mom wmm m2 wwm . . . . . . . . . . . . Th; 2m m}: m2 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .m_we< w $2 wAm .~.... Em . . . . I mvm 5m wmm m»; wmm m9 o2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . defiem Z b2. 0mm w 3N Cm EN Amm 2m Em m»; hwi. .0 m i: we. 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A summary of the yields 0f lint of the varieties that were grown three or more years during the eleven-year period, 1918 to 1929, inclusive, is given in Table 16. l The varieties are listed according to their relative yields of lint per acre. It will be noted that there are 10 varieties above 100 per cent, and five below. Half and Half led with a yield of 283 pounds of lint per acre, followed by Sunshine with 248, New Boykin with 239, Harper with 238, and Cliett’s Superior with 236 pounds per acre. While Half and Half made the largest relative yield, it is un- desirable on account of its short staple, averaging less than % inch in length, which is not tenderable on future contracts. If no difference in price, however, is paid on the local market for the better-staple varieties than is paid for Half and Half, then under the present system of marketing it would be more profitable to grow Half and Half on account of its high yield. If an adequate premium can be obtained for the better-staple varieties to offset their slightly lower yield then they should be grown in preference to the shorter-staple varieties. ' PERCENTAGE OF LINT The percentage of lint of individual varieties varied from year to year. For instance, the percentage of lint of Mebane ranged from 34.9 in 1926 to 39.9 in 1928 (Table 17). Similar variations occurred in some of the other varieties. Five varieties, Mebane, Lone Star, Rowden, Kasch, and Truitt, appeared each of the three dry years, 1921, 1922, and 1923, and each of the three wet years, 1926, 1927, and 1928. While the average yield of lint was higher for the wet years, the percentage of lint was higher during the dry years. The average percentage of lint for the five varieties during the three dry years was 37.4, and 36.1 for the three wet years. This variation in percentage of lint appears to be due largely to environmental causes. Half and Half had the highest percentage of lint during the four years, 1926 to 1929, inclusive, with an average of 41.5. During this four-year period, five other varieties, Harper, Qualla, Kasch, Lankart, and Cliett’s Superior, averaged above 38 per cent, while the lowest four varietiesihad percentages between 34 and 35. LENGTH OF LINT During the four years, 1926 to 1929, inclusive, Half and Half was the only variety in the test that produced lint of untender- able length, averaging only 1i- inch for the period (Table 18). Acala had the longest lint, averaging 1 3/32 inches for the four BULLETIN NO. 417, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 22 ... . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . ..€ooBm$€m.mM .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . ...........oS|3m@morwfi . . . . . . .. . .. .. ..........3@|No3@m.¢.:@Q ... . . . . . .. 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Mebane, Lone Star, Sunshine, Lankart, and Qualla pro- duced one-inch staple, while the lint of the other varieties aver- aged 31/32 inch in length. EARLINESS OF MATURITY Earliness is expressed as the percentage of the total crop har- vested in the first two pickings. A seven-year average, 1922 to 1929, was secured 0n four varieties; a four-year average, 1926 to 1929, 0n 13 varieties; and a_two-year average, 1928 to 1929, inclusive, on 18 varieties (Table 19). Lone Star was the earliest variety in the seven-year average, while New Boykin was the earliest in the four-year average, and Ferguson 406 in the two-year average. In the four-year aver- .age, 1926 to 1929, New Boykin, Harper, Cliett’s Superior, Kasch, and Truitt were the earliest maturing varieties producing 35.3, 30.8, 29.9, 29.4, and 28.6 per cent, respectively, of their total crops in the first two pickings. SIZE OF BOLL Data on the size of boll were obtained in five of the eleven years of the test (Table 20). The size of boll is expressed as the weight in grams of ‘100 well-opened bolls. (One pound is equal to 453.6 grams.) The size of boll was determined on all of the varieties grown in 1928 and such of these varieties“ as were grown in 1919, 1921, 1922, and 1923. Lightning (a strain of Mebane) and Lankart produced the largest bolls in 1928. Dur- ing these five years in which Lightning and Lankart were not included for the entire period, Bennett’s Lone Star and Kasch produced the largest bolls, 100 well-opened bolls averaging 733 and 675 grams, respectively. Table 20.—Size of bolls, arranged in order of average weight _ Weight of 100 bolls, in grams Average Average Variety for five for years 1919 ' 1921 - 1922 1923 1928 years grown .,-Lone Star (Bennett) . . 936 733 510 861 625 733 . . . . . . . . . . . . Kasch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822 708 510 633 700 675 . . . . . . . . . . . . Mebane . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695 725 567 668 670 665 . . . . . . . . . . . . Rowden. . . . . . . . . . . . . 808 662 538 620 600 646 . . . . . . . . . . . . Lone Star . . . . . . . . . . . 666 720 482 623 650 628 . . . . . . . . . . . . Belton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 665 454 530 690 624 . . . . . . . . . . . . iTruitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 604 510 609 565 591 . . . . . . . . . . . . Acala. . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . 659 580 340 _ . . . . . . . . 600 . . . . . . . . 545 4 years New Boyk1n..... . . . . 737 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 507 610 . . . . . . .. 618 3 years Cliett’s Superior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677 670 . . . . . . . . 674 2 years Har er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 . . . . . . . . 635 . . . . . . . . 545 2 years Hal and Half . . . . . . . 454 . . . . . . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525 . . . . . . . . 490 2 years Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720 . . . . . . . . 720 1 year Lankart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . .. ...... 710 . . . . . . .. 710 1 year ~Qualla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685 . . . . . . . . 685 1 year Anton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675 . . . . . . . . 675 1 year Wacona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630 . . . . . . . . 630 1 year Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610 ‘ . . . . . . . . 610 1 year Startex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545 . . . . . . . . 545 1 year Ferguson 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 . . . . . . . . 500 1 year 26 BULLETIN NO. 417, TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS t, Credit is due for valuable Work in evaluating these data to Dr. E. B. Reynolds, Chief, Division of Agronomy, and to Mr. D. T. '1 Killough, Agronomist in Cotton Breeding, and to Mr. T. W. Buell, I Superintendent, who conducted these experiments from 1913 to 1915; to Mr. V. L. Cory, Superintendent in 1916; and to Mr. C. H. McDowell, Superintendent from 1917 to 1922. SUMMARY One hundred and seventy-nine varieties and strains of cotton were tested at Substation No. 6, Denton, Texas, during the seventeen-year period 1913-1929, inclusive. Half and Half made the highest average yield, 283 pounds of lint per acre. Next in order of yield were Sunshine, New Boy- kin, and Harper, with yields of 248, 239, and 238 pounds per acre, respectively. Half and Half produced g-inch lint, which is untenderable on future contracts. Sunshine, New Boykin, and Harper, the next three high-yielding medium-staple varieties, produced staple of tenderable length, 31/32 to 1 inch. The longer-staple varieties were not as productive as the medium-staple varieties. Half and Half, Harper, and Kasch had the highest percentages of lint or gin turn-out, averaging 41.5, 39.4, and 38.5 per cent, respectively. A high percentage of lint, however, was not al- ways associated with high yields of lint per acre. For example, Sunshine and New Boykin, two of the highest-yielding varieties, averaged only 35 per cent lint. The size of boll was measured by the weight in grams of 100 Well-opened bolls. Bennett’s Lone Star ranked first with 733 grams to the 100 bolls (62 to the pound) ; Kasch second with 675 (67 to the pound); Mebane third with 665 (68 to the pound); and Rowden fourth with 646 grams (70 to the pound). Earliness was measured by the percentage of the total crop harvested in the first two pickings. On this basis New Boykin, Harper, Cliett’s Superior, Kasch, and Truitt were the earliest- maturing varieties, producing 35.3, 30.8, 29.9, 29.4, and 28.6 per cent, respectively, of their total crop in the first two pickings made at approximately weekly intervals. The selection of a variety of cotton for North Texas will de- pend largely on the system of marketing and prices paid. If cotton is bought on the “hog-round” or average basis, and no more is paid for staple cotton than for short and untenderable cotton such as Half and Half, then Half and Half, on account of VARIETIES OF COTTON FOR NORTH TEXAS i 27 its high yield, would be the most profitable variety to grow. 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