9 



Hence the comparison below is between seed of the same 

 original stock grown for only one year in different localities. 

 The yields per acre were as follows : 



Seed from different latitudes. 



Plot No. 



1 and 7 



2 and 6 



3 

 4 

 5 



Seed from 



Goldville, S. C. . 

 Abbeville, Ala. 

 Auburn, Ala. . . . 

 Dillburg, Ala. . 

 Stillwater, Okla 



Yield of 



seed cotton 



per acre. 



9.50 

 922 



028 

 948 

 928 



The differences are too slight to show any effect due to 

 latitude or climate. Indeed, one year is doubtless too short a 

 time for a seed to be modified by change of climate. A repeti- 

 tion of this test with seed grown for a longer time in different 

 latitudes is planned. 



Old Versus New Seed. 



This is a repetition of an experiment conducted in 1896- 

 In the test of the present year seed from the crop of 1896 is 

 designated as fresh seed, that from the crop of 1895 as one- 

 year-old seed, and that from the crop of 1894 as two-year-old 

 seed. It will be understood that seed spoken of as one year- 

 old is really when planted about a year and a half old, and so 

 on for seed of other ages. 



With favorable weather just after planting, a good and 

 uniform stand was secured on all plots. No differences in 

 germination were observed. The following table gives the 

 average results of three experiments in two years : 



