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As an indication of the importance of continued and care- 

 ful experiments with these cottons before final conclusions 

 are drawn the following extracts are taken from bulletin 

 No. 65 issued by this Station June, 1895. The Department 

 sent out to the cooperative seed test experimenters some of 

 these foreign cotton seeds before they were acclimated at 

 this station and the reported results of one season's cultiva- 

 tion are tbus given : 



Franklin County. — "Bamieh, Egypt. Yield 600 lbs per 

 acre; quality good; growth vigorous and large, but bolls are 

 too small for a desirable cotton." 



Perry County. — "India Cotton No. 1. Quality poor; 

 growth large stalks; yield very poor; staple short, and is 

 inferior to any of our native varieties." 



Madison County. — "Afifi, Egyptian. Lint, cream colored, 

 medium length and very fine and silky. Appears to be 

 hardy as to cold; was not injured by spring frosts when 

 other varieties were damaged. Grows from six to ten feet 

 high. Yield about 300 lbs per acre. 



Bihh County. — "Egyptian cotton. Yield per acre very 

 poor; quality inferior; lint short and yellow." 



Tallapoosa County. — "Egyptian cotton. Yield about 600 

 lbs per acre. Lint very long and strong. Another varie- 

 ty is worthless on account of the smallness of bolls and be- 

 ing so few on the stalk." 



Pickens Comti^?/.— "Egyptian cotton. Yield per acre about 

 200 lbs. Quality of product, fine strong fibre, dingy color. 

 Stalk large, bolls small, does not pay for cultivating." 



[The expression "fine strong fibre" seems to contradict 

 this hasty conclusion.] 



Morgan County. — "Egyptian cotton. Yield about 200 lbs 

 per acre. Lint very fine and weak. Stalks from 3 to 6 feet 

 high, very few limbs and bolls." 



Chilton County. — ^"Egyptian cotton. Yield about one-third 

 bale per acre. Lint short, bolls scattering, very large 

 growth." 



Etoivah County. — "Egyptian cotton. Complete failure." 



