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strength; in other words, it Avonld-seem that the length of the fiber 

 is completed considerably before that of the matnrity of the seed. 

 Those fibers are generally most mature and regular in form that have 

 been subjected directly to the desiccating influences of the sun and 



Table II— GIVING THE YIELD, LENGTH AND TENSILE STRENGTH 



UPLAND 



Yield in Pounds of Seed -cotton j 

 per Acre. j 



Edgecombe 



Varieties. 



Edgecombe 

 Farm. 



1904. 



RusseH's Big Boll 1,941 



Excelsior Prolific 1,761 



Cook's Improved 1,818 



1905. 



Moss' Improved 



Tool's Early Prolific 



Shine's Extra Early Prolific 



Peterkin's Improved (Craig's) - 



Black Texas Wood 



Culpepper's Improved 



Edgewood 



Hodge 



Webb 



Averages 



1,288 

 1,667 

 1,728 

 1,534 

 1,544 

 2,031 

 1,733 

 1,757 

 1,780 



2,096 

 1,757 

 1,747 

 1,605 

 1,668 

 1,850 

 1.496 

 1,747 

 1,983 

 1,841 

 1,905 

 1,688 



Iredell Farm. 



1904. 



835 

 790 

 695 

 500 

 575 

 825 

 670 

 525 

 790 

 760 

 805 

 920 



1905. 



Length of Fiber in mm." 



1904. 



1905. 



802 



938 



i 

 706 j 



819 I 



! 



927 i 



785 



806 ; 



974 



873 



1,082 i 



946 



21.6 



21.1 



21.8 



22.5 I 



22.2 i 



22.1 j 



21.7 



22.7 ; 



24.3 



23.3 



21.4 



22.3 



22.3 



19.5 

 20.4 

 18.8 

 20.4 

 20.8 

 20.0 

 18.8 

 19.8 

 20.0 

 19.8 

 19.4 

 20.4 



Average. 



I 



20.6 



20.8 



20.3 



21.5 



21; 5 



21.1 

 20.3 

 21.3 

 22.2 

 21.6 

 20.4 

 21.4 



19.8 



21.1 



' The figures given for 1904 and 1905, for all the varieties at the different farms, are each 



" One inch is equal to 25.4 mm. 



•' One ounce is equal to 28.4 grams. 



presence in lint is not only a constant source of annoyance in spin- 

 ning, but a prolific cause for imperfect dyeing, resulting in a finished 

 product of irregular appearance and diminished commercial value. 



Table III— SHOWING THE COMBINED EFFECT OF LOCATION, 



Varieties. 



Russell's Big Boll 



Culpepper's Improved 



King's Improved 



Peterkin's Improved - 



