EXPERIMENTS WITH SINGLE-STALK COTTON CULTURE. 
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Table XIV. — Row yields of the , 
ment with cotton conduct 
first picking obtained in a single-stalk culture experi- 
ed in 1915 by W. R. Felton, Conetoe, N. C. 
Row. 
Yield of seed cotton 
(pounds). 
Row. 
Yield of seed cotton 
(pounds). 
Single 
stalk. 
Old 
method. 
Single 
stalk. 
Old 
method. 
No. 1 
52 
40 
40 
44 
44 
42 
38 
38 
38 
30 
36 
46 
44 
40 
36 
40 
36 
36 
No. 10 
42 
44 
42 
38 
40 
38 
No 2 
No. 11 
42 
No. 3 
No. 12 
38 
No 4 
No. 13 
32 
No. 5 
No. 14 
46 
Total 
No. 7 
582 
42 
8 
540 
No 8 
No. 9 . 
Increase per cent . . 
SAMPSON COUNTY. 
Three experiments were conducted in Sampson County, all in the 
immediate vicinity of Ingold, on sandy-loam soil. The writer directed 
the thinning of the single-stalk rows in the latter part of June, when 
it was found that had thinning been done a week or 10 days earlier 
it would have been far more favorable. Still, fairly satisfactory 
comparisons of the new with the old system of culture were possible. 
The Sloan experiment. — Mr. H. D. Sloan planted Prolific cotton, 
of the King type, on April 20, and a good stand was secured in spite 
of unfavorable weather. The old-method rows were thinned on May 
25 and the single-stalk rows not until June 28. The plants in the 
former rows were 3 to 4 inches high with 3 to 5 leaves, and they were 
spaced 18 inches apart. In the latter rows the plants were 8 to 10 
inches high with 6 to 10 leaves, and they were spaced 6 to 8 inches 
apart. 
There were 30 rows in the experiment, 20 in which the systems of 
culture were compared in alternate rows and 10 in which com- 
parison was made in adjoining blocks of 5 rows each. Only one 
picking was made. The yields reported by Mr. Sloan are given in 
Table XV. 
Table XV. — Row yields of the first picking obtained in a single-stalk culture experi- 
ment with cotton conducted in 1915 by H. D. Sloan, Ingold, N. C. 
Row. 
Yield of seed cotton 
(pounds). 
Row. 
Yield of seed cotton 
(pounds). 
Single 
stalk. 
Old 
method. 
Single 
stalk. 
Old 
method. 
Alternate rows: 
No. 1 
46 
44 
44 
45 
47 
46 
48 
47 
48 
46 
41 
38 
36 
42 
38 
36 
39 
42 
38 
40 
Adjoining blocks: 
No. 11 
48 
49 
48 
46 
47 
37 
No.2 
No. 12 
41 
No. 3 
No. 13. . 
39 
No. 4 
No. 14 
37 
No. 5 
No. 15... 
38 
No 6 
Total 
No.7 
699 
117 
20 
582 
No. 8 
No. 9 
Increase per cent . . 
No. 10 
