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The discovery of several new types of cotton is reported by 

 O. F. Cook, J. W. Hubbard, and F. C. Baker, members of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, who returned recently form a three months' exploration 

 trip in the West Indies and South America. Some of these 

 cotton plants have characters that may be of value in practical 

 cotton-breeding work in the United States. 



One of the new types has bracts that are open or turned 

 back from the buds and young bolls so that little protection 

 is afforded for boll weevils or other pests and diseases. Such 

 cotton could also be picked with less "trash" or broken bract 

 material and the grades would be improved. 



Because of the recent spread of the destructive wilt of maples 

 in various parts of the country it is thought advisable in future 

 plantings, in limited localities where the wilt is prevalent, to 

 substitute other kinds of trees for maples, says the United States 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Maple wilt, which was first reported in the United States 

 II years ago, is now known in spots in the region extending 

 from North Carolina and Tennessee to Canada and westward 

 to Wisconsin. This disease has been noted principally upon 

 Norway and sugar maples, according to Department Circular 

 382-C, "Maple Wilt." 



The fungus, which frequently gains entrance to healthy trees 

 through wounds, can be carried from tree to tree by insects and 

 by pruning tools, though there are various other ways for its 

 spread. The rate of spread of the wilt varies greatly. 



