COTTON-SPACING EXPERIMENTS 1é 
TABLE 6.—Comparative yields in cotton-spacing experiment B (unthinned, 6-inch 
and 12-inch spacings), Greenville, Tex., 1923 
The rows, which were 150 feet long, were planted May 8 and thinned June 9 (when the plants were 5 to 
8 inches high and bearing four or five true leaves). The first picking was Aug. 28 and the second one 
Sept. 22 
2 Cen | Yield of seed cotton (pounds) 
rae faeOW RNGMDOE bers | 5 |) ee 
Spacing No. | of plants| First Second Total 
picking | picking | 
Saal S UEEEEEEEEEEEEEnEE ERE 
Ms 963 | 2.6 3.9 | 6.5 
einchimed’ (leek i}... Se ees) 3 I Sn Herd eases ne 
4 861 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 6.1 
Li) ae Se A OE Ae ae Ra ae eee _on---- 3,596 | Bibl 2S 4a 22.7 
if Et ay 86 digi rates 
Gish (Pinca eee ek be (CLE eres: gm ere a pees 2) 
ise. 44 291 3.9 | 3.3 | 7.2 
Ratule wee hed ek Pa a ee P10 epee a 1 25.6 
({ 2} we) 33a)  23[ 56 
zinc (i lode eee see SSS ea Het ia ihe deierpoel sabeseugdlet ike acealy Seaeanege 
4] 152 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 5.1 
GT SY et eee ee ee a | 641 | 13.9 | 9.6 | Pale 
1 | 778 | AUG) eee 7.2 
unthinned (Bleck) 2 sea g\c Spor e-gold Boo | ope 
4 | 823 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 6.6 
Bayer eee Ts Sate ak ee ee a ee te SuOo | 15.5 13 26.8 
Lee le sae 6.1 
2 2 | 265 : 5 5. 
fn i a) oe 88 ae) eee 
4) 232 | ates 2.6 | ial 
TC) ae we Ee eee | 1,151 18. 4 | 6.7 | 25.1 
| 1 147 | 4.0 | 1.4 | 5.4 
: | 187 3.8 | 2.1 5.9 
12-inch (block 6)--------------.--~----------------------- F169 Pas ee oae 6.0 
| 4 | 161 3.9 | 1.0 4.9 
LG) cies is SS Ba pe rid ead Sateen ls Lee ane een vee 664 15.6 | 6.6 222 
| 1 801 5.0 | 2.6 7.6 
Unthinned (block 7-8 eh eS Socorro | ee ee 
| 4 746 AG es 22 6.7 
Rote ees 2 oo ere EE beans 2,801! 17.7 | 9.1 26.8 
| 1 325 aa ate 5.6 
2 | 8 5, 
Biupe(ilook ee Se eed oe erie 58 
4 308 4.7 | 1.8 6.5 
Mile epep ee S22 tte ee a I ee (Cho 1;2565(> == 1720) | 6.8 23. 8 
I> 13 { 894.4 | 1.6 | 6.0 
ieinebn (piace eee ee ; Pe cg Cee ee peonerene 
4 133 2.9 | fen) | 4.4 
akditee ee ue ay ee Oe 599 | 15.4 6.0 | 21.4 
— | a 
1 955 | 4.3 | 3.2 | Be 
‘ 2 
Piutbinnes fbleek nO) 8. 0.2222. Teles = es re ire eae es Meira Det, eos 
4 902 | 3.3 2.8 | 6.1 
TITRE 2 ea a a aeere [SSRI et aac Poe 24.8 
(sa 330 rere ie Gee ena 6.0 
SSE (IGE: se Se Se oe LS ae rae eee 
I|..4 287 5.5 1.9 | 7.4 
{TOE ie oSH opt ea a i eae oeee 1, 233 19.1 6.7 | 25. 8 
Teas 139 3.8 | Te Bed 
TENG L IC 4 (0) 0 AA aa ae a nea raneT | sal ps eee 
i 4] 146 3.4 1.0 4.4 
inner See 2 ees esc 608 15.2 | 6.0 a 
