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 EXTRACTS FEOM EEGULAE COERESPONDEI^CE. 



TRIALS OF DEPARTMENT SEEDS. 



Stanley County, JSF. C— The Egyptian cotton seed received from tlie 

 Dei^artment has had a fair trial. It fails to come up to the high promise 

 of its early growth. The weed grew thriftily, forming a large high 

 bush, full of yellow blossoms and a deeply divided foliage, which re- 

 mained green when everything else around was withering from heat 

 and drought. At this time, however, when other varieties have yielded 

 nearly all their crop, the abundant bolls of the Egyptian cotton hang 

 green on the stalk. Only a few bolls ox^ened fully ripe amid a large 

 proportion of faulty and decaying ones. Those that were fairly ripe 

 yielded a long snow-white lint, finer than silk, out of which, being 

 picked by hand, the women can spin a very slender thread without 

 much previous preparation. The extreme lateness of maturity will be 

 a serious objection to the introduction of this variety into this part of 

 the country. We will give it another trial with earlier planting. The 

 bolls, though numerous, are smaller than those of the other varieties, 

 averaging but three partitions to the boll, and the contents of 100 bolls 

 are one-fourth lighter. 



Choican County, N. C. — The Egyptian cotton will not suit our climate. 

 It grows beautifully, but does not bear more than one-third as much as 

 the Peeler cotton. 



Randolph County, N. C. — The Egyptian cotton seed was planted on 

 mulatto clay soil, about 1,200 feet above the level of the sea, a table- 

 spoonful of guano to the hill. The plant is three to six feet high ; 

 average number of bolls ; the bloom is yellow; boll smaller than com- 

 mon cotton, inclined to be long and tapering ; the lint has rather a yellow 

 tint, but very fine and large. If planted earlier it will do better. 



Walton County, Ga. — The Egyptian cotton seed received from the 

 Department is likely to be of little value here. It fruits well, and resists 

 drought, but the fruit is entirely too small and too late in maturing. 



Clark County, Miss. — The Egyptian cotton seed sent from the De- 

 partment will not answer for this climate. The summers are not long 

 enough for it ; it stands dry weather well. The plant is still green and 

 blooming, while the common cotton of the country, where the leaves 

 have not been destroyed by worms, are yellow and almost entirely shed 

 off. 



Kemper County, Miss. — The Egyptian cotton seed was planted as 

 other cotton.. The leaf is large and the bloom j'ellow; too stalky and 

 very little fruit; does not lint out well; unless it does better after accli- 

 mation it is worthless. 



Culpeper County, Ya. — From three quarts of the Touzelle wheat, 

 received from the Department, sown on one-tenth of an acre, I harvested 

 five bushels, weighing 60 pounds per bushel. It ripened June 1, about 

 eight days earlier than other varieties. 



Cumberland County, Va. — The Touzelle wheat received from the 

 Department last year has proved very prolific. From one quart I siived 

 one bushel and seven gallons. 



Dixon County, Xeh.—^he Arnautka spring wheat received from the 

 Department yielded four bushels per acre more than other wheat 

 cultivated here. Its growth is vigorous, and it appears to be well 

 adapted to this part of the country. If it has any fault it is that 



