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VARIETIES OF COTTON RESISTANT TO WILT.
. . By Prof. J. F. Dutfar.
WILT OR BLACK ROOT in cot
ton Is the most troublesome
disease to which cotton is sub
ject It is not so wide-spread in its
occurrence as is boll rot, or anthrac
nose, but on the farms where it oc
curs and has become widely dis
seminated it Is a pest which for that
particular farm is almost as disas
trous as the boll weevil..
The best method of dealing with
this disease consists in so rotating
the crops that cotton will not be
grown on the land more frequently
than' one year in every three or four
"and in such a way as to exclude from
the land any succulent-rooted crop
subject to the -disease known as root
knot :, '. - .
The worms causing the root-knot
disease of cotton and" of many other
plants are not the cause of cowpea
wilt , but they may be indirectly the
means of increasing it This is be
cause where these worms are numer
ous in the soil the roots- of the next
. crop of cotton are more 'generally in
jured by these worms, and through
these mechanical injuries it is now
thought that the germs of black oot
much more readily gain access to
the cotton plant than would be pos
sible if the roots of cotton were un
injured. This implies that it is only
injurious as regards cotton wilt to
grow crops susceptible to -root-knot
when there are present in the soil
both the root-knot worms and the
germs that cause cotton wilt
The writer has recently examined
a number of diseased cotton plants
grown on stiff lime prairie soil.
These had many of the resemblances
to wilt or black root and were believ
'ecTin he locality where found, to be
this disease. However, an examina
tion of the cut made across the stem
showed the absence of the symptoms
that characterize black root; namely,
(1) the darkening of the layer im
mediately below the bark, and (2)
black specks or blackened threads
throughout the central -part of the
stem. The plants . examined, if dead
or dying, showed some discoloration
near the center of the stem, but this
dark layer was not' in the position
where it is usually found in cotton af
fected with black root Moreover,, in
the case of these suspected, plants, the
young bud leaves in the top, of the
plants had not died. Every indica
tion pointed to this being an unusual
ly severe form of rust -
. PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAZUXTE.
htiM th itceiilty of planting the ' Editorial Oomment . ia eottci
btit iedi obtainable. - corn, and othr such farm pianta t&'
HowTthey art to be had is a vital individual is the result of male an J
question. female ' parents.-. The-male and f.
By. actual test, during' the past-male elements' may originate in the
year, there was a slight difference in same, plant, but intermingling of the
the yield and size of bolds from seed, male and female elements of differ
all out of the same boll. .This led enfplants Is common. c . "
er small bolls. Recent selections of me to conclude that seed In certain Difference in-seed can not be held
t!ie latter variety are quite promising Panxof &MYxst cotton were better responsible for . all the differences in
in productiveness- Unfortunately than in a. different part I submit plants, even when grown near each
tnis tnougni ioz your comment.
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The Only Known Way of Fighting This Disease, Aside?, From
Rotation of Crops, is by the Planting of Resistant Strains--
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neither of these resistant varieties is
early, and doubtless early resistant
stra'ns must be bred for use in the
presence of the boll weevil. Parties
growing these varieties this year
should save every seed for planting
on desirable land next year.
Recently it has been found Jin
Georgia that a strain of Excelsior is
quite resistant to cotton wilt. Ex
periments are in progress at the Ala
bama Station,, and doubtless at other
Stations, to discover and , improve
still other resistant kinds, . , . .
The main purpose of this article is
to urge farmers to do some work
along similar lines. . Wherever a
thoroughly healthy and productive
plant is found growing in the midst
of diseased plants, its seed should be
saved and planted next year' on wilt
infected land, with the hope that it
may be able to transmit to its off
spring this resistant quality. '1 f
The policy to be pursued in, select
ing cotton to avoid this disease is ex
actly the opposite of that suitable for
reducing the injury from boll rot. In
the former case selections" must be
made on diseased land, while in the
case of boll rot care should be taken
that none of the seed for planting
should come from a badly, diseased
field and none from plants on. which
much boll ' rot occurs. :
other and on land exactly simn a "
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far as the human eye can detect.
THE SELECTION - OF SEED FROM
BEST STALKS.
Messrs. Editors: Perhaps there
has not been a year since cotton has
been cultivated in the South that
stalks in favorable places have not
made a phenomenal' yield. The ques
tion naturally arises: "Why not.every
stalk in the , field as good as the
best one?" '
There is no effect without a cause.
Either the seed is not as good, or the
soil on which they grow is wanting
in depth and plant food. It can "not
altogether, be the latter; for many
stalks, Just as favorably situated, fail
to yield Satisfactory returns. This
forces us to charge it to the seed;
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Tt fthould be remembered that these
remarks apply only to stiff prairie
soil where the writer believes cotton
wilt has not generally beenjlissem
inated, but which soils are very sus
ceptible to rust. .
, In sandy regions in the southern
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Carolinas, where black root is well
known, there is less danger that even
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