no FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRICULTURE. 



come separated from the seed at maturity, leaving the 

 surface of the seed perfectly smooth, except a little 

 area at the small end. When we view a fiber under 

 the microscope we find it to be a collapsed tube approxi- 

 mately 1/1500 of an inch in diameter, and somewhat 

 spirally twisted. These characters give it spinning 

 qualities. The value of the lint depends primarily 

 upon its length, fineness and strength. The Sea Island 

 fiber is one and a half inches or more in length and 



SEEDS WITH FIBER ATTACHED; LONG SEEDS WITH FIBER ATTACHED; 

 STAPLE COTTON. SHORT STAPLE COTTON. 



forms a class by itself. It sells for about three times 

 as much as middling short staple. It is grown on the 

 coast line and outlying islands of South Carolina and 

 Georgia and cannot be successfuly grown in the in- 

 terior. 



Long Staple Upland Cotton has lint from one and 

 a quarter inches to one and five-eighth inches in length 

 and constitutes a second class. The Black Rattler, 

 the Bender, Allen's Long Staple, Flora Dora and Grif- 

 fin are among the best varieties. These are cultivated 

 mostly in the rich alluvial lands. Allen's Long Staple 



