44 BULLETIN 1473, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Flower counts for different years have shown the same tendency 
toward the more determinate flowering in the closer spacings and to 
later flowering in the wider spacings, unless the flower buds were 
destroyed by the boll weevil. Although the rows with close-spaced 
plants produce more flowers daily, it is to be understood, of course, 
that fewer flowers per plant are produced than in the wider s pacings. 
RELATION OF SPACING TO BOLL AND LINT CHARACTERS 
The length of lint does not appear to be affected by the distance 
between plants. Many determinations of length of lint from the dif- 
ferent spacings were made during the years ‘that these experiments 
were conducted, but no consistent differences were found. It appears 
that the close- spaced plants produced fiber of as good length and 
quality as that from wider spaced plants. These experiments, how- 
ever, were conducted during very dry years in which the lint from all 
spacings was shorter than the ey would produce under more 
favorable conditions. 
TABLE 20.—Comparative boll and lint data from i0-boll samples of cotton from 
unthinned rows and rows with one plant every 12 inches, Greenville, Tex., 1925 
Weight (in grams) of | pers | Jeals ee peur 
Goa | Row eae etiee Sa Eee | cent- ‘Length 
Spacing | Nos. c age of | Gnch) | | 
: cotton | Seed |) lant yaaa : eee ine: 
Section 1: ri | 
Thuis ee ee (r2] G4) wg) ms ge vy aes) as 
One plant every 12 inches______-__- | 34 aoe oe 4 3 37 y 1 { rae | oo 
Tithe Pe eee (22) 2) wey mo) sry cee) ie 
One plant every 12 inches..___.... Kaa lcona|. anal 2301 shel) nee | eee 
i auaiae ny tc 30 fea] a) mo) Be) mea ee) 
One plant every 12 inches... Kea] es7| or2| 208! aro FH aa] ae 
Section 2: ei | Rak isssaea 
pg eae {sal cie| aa7| aco) asst| 14 feel oer 
One plant every inches... (P| BO) He ald May ig 2 
iii (oa) ea) Ba) as) aoa aa) ate 
Oue plot every 12inches...{ 44] 4) M2) BE af 38 
ppm Per eer n (22) Be) mr) are) aa alae) ge 
One plant every winches... } 82) BE) BT af ea) ap 
Section 3: Lea A i 
Vath ee cece Cty Sele eke ae eee 
One plant every 12 inches... Aga] coa| 3o2| 262) dous) A teal ter 
Catia eect fiz) 3) Be) Bs) ea a) oe 
One piantevery inches... {P2] 8) H8) Ho] lf tea 
Patino ee ele Weaee pale ratte EMEC Ry oc 
Oweplantevery ine St] BE) 2] EL BK el 
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