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The Bulletin. 



Tlie varieties of cotton that have given good results in the' piedmont 

 section during the past several years are King's Improved (native, 

 that is, seed grown on the Test Farm), King's Improved, Russell Big 

 Boll, Thigpen's Prolific, Simpkins' Prolific, and Brown ISTo. 1. Others 

 have done well but these have been the leading varieties during the 

 last four to six years. 



With the exception of the Russell Big Boll, these are all small boiled 

 cottons of the Sugar Loaf or King type and seem to be adapted to the 

 rather short growing season and the red clay soils of this part of the 

 State. 



The varieties that made the highest yields at the Edgecombe Test 

 Farm during the past four to nine years were the Webber, Hodge, 

 Russell Big Boll, Edgeworth, Shine's Early, and Culpepper's Im- 

 proved. 



NO. I— RESULTS OF VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON AT EDGECOMBE FARM IN 1910. . 



Variety 



GO 





Bradbury's Improved 313 



Russell Big Boll 1 262 



Cook's Improved 295 



Hawkins 331 



Climax 325 



Toole's Early 323 



Shine's Early 306 



Brown No. 1 317 



Mass. Improved _.. 327 



Thigpen's Prolific 300 



Edgemont 302 



Lewis' Long Staple * 292 



Sug&r Loaf... 272 



Rosser No. 1 303 



Williams 259 



Ninety Day 305 



King's Improved 338 



Bank Account 264 



Morgan's Climax 256 



Exclesior 293 



OS 



o 



81.0 

 59.0 

 66.0 

 74.0 



73.0 

 78.0 

 72.0 

 76.0 

 65.0 

 60.0 

 65.0 



57.0 



55.5 



58.0 



50.0 



49.0 



54 



49.0 



45.0 



1480 



Yield per 

 Acre 



I 

 1620 ' 35 65 



1180 49 51 



1320 41 59 



35 65 

 66 



1400 34 



1560 31 69 



1440 33 67 



1520 30 70 



1300 36 



1200 37 



1300 34 



64 

 63 



63 

 65 

 68 

 62 

 63 

 68 

 64 

 72 



567 



578.2 



541.2 



518 



496.4 



483.6 



475.2 



456 



468 



448 



424 



421.8 



385.5 



371.2 



380 



362.6 



345.6 



352.8 



252 



1063 



601.8 



778.8 



962 



963.6 

 1076. 4 



964.8 

 1064 



832 



752 



858 



718. 2 



734.5 



788.8 



620 



617.4 



734.4 



627.2 



648 



S56. 70 

 57.82 

 54.12 

 51.80 

 49.64 

 48.36 

 47.52 

 45.60 

 46.80 

 44.80 

 42.40 



414.8 805.2 41.48 



42.18 

 38.55 

 37.12 

 38.00 

 36.26 

 34.56 

 35.28 

 25.20 



$ 8.85 

 5.01 

 6.49 

 8.01 

 8.04 

 8.97 

 8.04 

 8.86 

 6.85 

 6.26 

 7.15 



6.71 



5.98 

 6.12 

 6.57 

 5.12 

 5.14 

 6.12 

 5.22 

 5.40 



m a) |T3 s o 



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o o » 



S65. 55 

 62.83 

 60.61 

 59.81 

 57.68 

 57.33 

 56.36 

 54.46 

 53.65 

 51.06 

 49.55 

 62.20 

 48.19 

 48.16 

 44.67 

 43.69 

 43.12 

 41.40 

 40.68 

 40.50 

 30 60 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



\ 48. 19 I J 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 



*At 10c a pound Lewis' Long Staple ranks 12. 

 .4t 15c a pound Lewis' Long Staple ranks 3. 



