6 BULLETIN 526, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
RESULTS OBTAINED. 
As these experiments were largely demonstrational, it is of chief 
importance to consider their economic phases. While more detailed 
reports of the flower counts, boll counts, branch measurements, etc., 
would be of interest from the standpoint of a scientific consideration 
of the factors involved, these data are treated only incidentally in 
this report. The interest at this time lies in knowing whether 
single-stalk culture increased the yield of seed cotton, whether it 
had any effect on the percentage of lint, and whether the quality 
of the lint was in any way affected. 
YIELDS OF SEED COTTON. 
The experiments are herein discussed by States, in the following 
order: Louisiana, Arkansas, North Carolina. In presenting the 
yields of seed cotton obtained, each experiment is first considered in 
detail, apart from the others. A summary table, bringing together 
the total yields of all the experiments, is then presented to facilitate 
comparisons. 
Louisiana. 
The nine different experiments conducted in Louisiana, all under 
boll-weevil conditions, are considered by parishes, as follows: Pointe 
Coupee, in the south-central part of the State; Madison, in the north- 
eastern part; Bossier and Caddo, in the northwestern part. 
POINTE COUPEE PARISH. 
Two experiments were conducted in Pointe Coupee Parish, on the 
farms of Messrs. John Hebert and Alfred Kobillard, near Yentress. 
They were about a quarter of a mile apart. Both are located on 
sandy soil, typical of that drained by the Mississippi Biver in this 
part of Louisiana, and in each instance the cotton was planted on 
low beds in rows 4J feet apart. Unfavorable weather influenced 
both crops early in the season, wet weather during March being 
followed by drought. 
The Hebert experiment. — Mr. John Hebert planted Sugarloaf cotton 
on May 10, which was considered unusually late in this section. 
He planted at the rate of 25 pounds per acre, which was heavier 
than usual. Germination was good, and an almost ideal stand was 
secured. Single-stalk culture was compared with the usual method 
in alternate rows, there being 14 rows of each. 
The old-method rows were thinned on May 25, when the plants, 
3 to 4 inches high and with 2 to 3 leaves, were spaced about 18 
inches apart. When the single-stalk rows were thinned on June 6, 
the plants were 10 to 12 inches high and had 6 to 8 leaves. They were 
spaced 6 to 10 inches apart. Had the thinning of the single-stalk 
rows been done a little earlier, it is likely that it would have been 
