102 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [May, 



15.6, 20 millimeters ; average, 18.3 millimeters. Resistance to rupture : 

 15.730, 13.996, 16.490, iS.ioo grammes; average, 15.826 grammes. 

 Although the average resistance is low^, still the strands were of uni- 

 form strength, and with higher fertilization the jblant may be made to 

 produce excellent cotton. 



Number iS, Ellsworth, fertilized in the same way. Diameter of 

 fibre, o. 01 3 to 0.024 millimeters. Twist good. Length, 21.6, 31.6, 



31.2, 20 millimeters; average, 21. i millimeters. Resistance to 

 rupture: 20.330, 22.050, 20.6S5, 20.83S grammes; average, 20.976 

 grammes. 



Number 19, Georgia, ordinary upland. Sent to me by W. W. 

 Gordon & Co., commission merchants of Savannah, Ga. Character 

 of fertilizer not known. The fibre was received in a ginned condition, 

 and the number of seed to boll and weight of staple could not be de- 

 termined. Diameter of fibre, 0.012 to 0.016 millimeters. Twist 

 medium. Length of fibre could not be accurately determined, because 

 the cotton was sent to me ginned. Resistance to rupture : 19.038, 17-- 

 597, 21.965, 13.650 grammes ; average, 1S.0S3 grammes. 



Number 30, Peterkin. Obtained from farm of Experiment Station. 

 Character of fertilization —i ,000 lbs. compost per acre, in the drill. 

 Diameter of fibre, 0.008 to 0.016 millimeters. Twist medium. Length, 

 22, 25.2, 23.2, 22.4 millimeters; average, 33.3 millimeters. Resist- 

 ance to rupture: 30.757, ^4-43^? 11.490, 30.649 grammes; average, 

 16.S34 gi'^mmes. 



Number 21, Southern hope. Fertilized like Peterkin. Diameter 

 of fibre, 0.016 to 0.030 millimeters. Twist good. Length, 27.2, 23.2, 



33.3, 34 millimeters; average, 34.4 millimeters. Resistance to rup- 

 ture: 13.363, 31.453, 39.903, 33. 93S grammes ; average, 21.912. 



Number 22, Bailey. Obtained from the Bailey Cotton Co., of 

 Raleigh, N. C. The sample was ginned, and hence, lengths of strand, 

 number of seed to boll, and weight of fibre were not determined. Di- 

 ameter of fibre, 0.019 millimeters. Twist poor. Resistance to rup- 

 ture : 18.683, 15-413' 12.066, 18.687 grammes ; 'Average, 16.212. 



Number 23, sample obtained from Mr. W. N. Brandon, of Coffee 

 Springs, Alabama. The name of the variety was not furnished me, 

 but the plants were thrifty and healthy, and averaged three feet in 

 height ; well fruited. The fertilizer used was 1,200 pounds to acre of 

 stable manure, with pine straw and leaves, and 125 lbs. of guano to 

 acre in the furrows before bedding, and 75 pounds to acre about the 

 last of May. Diameter of fibre, 0.024 millimeters. Twist medium. 

 Length of strands, 21.6, 16.8, 19.2, 20.8 millimeters; average, 19.6 

 millimeters. Resistance to rupture: 14.303, 34.556, 35.173, 17.500 

 grammes ; average, 30.383 gi'ammes. 



Number 34. Sea Island No. i, obtained from P. D. Duflin, com- 

 mission merchant, Savannah, Georgia. Diameter of fibre, 0.016 milli- 

 meters. Twist average, with weak places. Length averages 37 milli- 

 meters, but this is only approximate, as the sample sent me was ginned. 

 Resistance to rupture : 16.462, 23.726, 16.968, 9.606 grammes ; average, 

 18.602 grammes. 



Number 25. Sea Island No. 2, obtained from W. W. Gordon & Co., 

 commission merchants of Savannah, Georgia. Mr. Gordon states that 

 this sample is not genuine Sea Island, but that its quality has been 



