456 



EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



I;.. 17, p. L6). These experiments were made on a light sandy soil, which produced 

 eowpeas in 1903. The cowpea stubble was plowed under, the land treated with 100 

 lbs. each of acid phosphate and muriate of potash mixed with 10 tons of barnyard 

 manure and swamp muck per acre, and wheat, oats, rye, vetch, and other crops grown 

 for grazing. These crops were pastured and later turned under. Before the cotton 

 was planted the land was again fertilized, as has just been described. The following 

 yields per acre were secured : 



Variety and soil test with cotton. 



Variety. 



King 



Russell Big Boll.. 

 Willel Red Leaf.. 

 Berry Big Boll.... 



Peterkin 



Crossland ...- 



Culpepper 



Excelsior Prolific. 

 Mixed seed 



Seed COt- 

 tOll. 



Pounds. 

 1,290 

 1,340 

 1,290 

 1.600 



750 

 1,250 

 1,100 

 1, 240 



970 



Lint. 



Seed. 



Pounds. 



150 

 470 



(I Ml 

 520 

 280 



180 

 390 

 420 

 350 



Founds-. 



840 

 870 

 890 



1 , oso 

 170 

 770 

 710 

 820 

 620 



Lint at Seed at 

 10 cts. per 70 cts. per 

 lb. 100 lbs. 



S45 

 47 

 40 

 52 

 28 

 18 

 39 

 12 



$5. 88 

 6.09 

 6.23 

 7.56 



3. 29 

 5.39 



4. 97 

 5.74 

 4.34 



Brief notes are given <>n each variety and on the slight disease attack observed in 

 the experiment. The value of clean culture was brought out in a trial in which dif- 

 ferent amounts of cultivation were given. 



The commercial cotton crop of 1903-4, J. L. Watkins (U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Bur. Stat i.<. Bnl. 34, j>p. 101). — Statistics for the commercial cotton crops for 5 years, 

 1899-1900 to 1903-4, are summarized. 



The distribution of the crop from the different States and Territories for every year 

 of the period is shown and the number of bales shipped in the different States from 

 the various railway stations is recorded. The distribution of the Sea Island cotton 

 of the crop of 1903-4 is also given, together with miscellaneous statistics for a series 

 of years hearing on the acreage, yields, prices, and values of the crops; exports and 

 imports; the cotton-spinning industry; and the cost of picking. The world's con- 

 sumption and production of cotton is shown in tables and briefly discussed, and the 

 imports and exports are given for different foreign countries. 



The commercial crop of 1903-4 was greater than the crop of 1899-1900 by over 

 900,000 bales, but smaller than any other crop since that season. During the last 5 

 years the crop in Arkansas showed an extreme fluctuation of 336,728 bales; in Georgia, 

 326,619; in Mississippi, 379,264; and in Texas, 1,088,094. In Alabama and the Caro- 

 linas the output has been comparatively steady, while, with the exception of the 

 unfavorable season of 1903-4, the crop in Indian Territory, Louisiana, and Oklahoma 

 has steadily increased. In 4 years the increase in Indian Territory was 234,836 bales; 

 in Louisiana, 194,680, and in Oklahoma, 111,447 bales. The average commercial 

 movement from the cotton States and Territories for the 5-year period was approxi- 

 mately 10,200,000 bales, as compared with an average of 9,657,000 bales the previous 

 5 years. 



This bulletin is the last in the series dealing with the commercial movement of 

 cotton issued by the Bureau of Statistics of this Department, this line of work having 

 been transferred to the Bureau of the Census. 



The color of hemp seed, C. Fruwirth (Fuhling's Landw. Ztg., 54 (190,5), No. 10, 

 pp. Sfio-330). — The results of investigations show that of light gray and light and 

 dark-grayish brown fruits of hemp, those light gray in color were low est in weight 

 and germination. The color of the fruit was transmitted to the larger proportion of 

 the fruits of the progeny, and it was observed that in the same plant the fruits were 

 quite uniform in color and shape. 



