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The Journal of Heredity 



Bee Keeping May Increase the Cotton Crop 



{See article on page 282) 



Table I. — Comparison of percentages of bolls developing from open pollinated and hand pollinated 

 flowers in Acala and Diirango cotton, San Antonio, Tex., 1913 



Durango cotton 



Hand pollinated row 



Open pollinated row 



Date of 

 flowering ^^ ^j 



flowers 



Per- 

 centage I No. of 

 . , of bolls 1 flowers 

 ^^"^"S produced 



No. of 

 bolls 



Per- 

 centage 



setting °^ bolts 

 ^ produced 



No. of 

 bolls 



Difference in Average diflFer- 



favor of hand cnce in favor 



pollinated of hand pol- 



row linated row 



Acala cotton 



June 27 



28 



July 1 



2 



3 

 5 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



5.31 



2.45 



