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98 FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
meeting the onslaught of the pestiferous boll weevil, that Mexican
insect bandit that preys on cotton fields. Dr. W. D. Hunter, plant
insect specialist of the U. S, Bureau of Entomology, asserts that
Georgia's preparedness to keep out this enemy is better than that
of any other Southern state. The Georgia department is success
fully developing several highly specialized varieties of cotton,
with extra long fibre and greater yield per acre. One of these,
known as "Dixafin," is an upland staple, that brings from three
to five cents a pound more than the common variety. The "services
of this department are at the command of farmers whenever
needed.
In addition to the cotton fibre of commerce there is a valuable
secondary product known as linters—the very fine lint obtained
from the seed after it is ginned. Of linters, Georgia produces
from 50,000 to 110,000 bales a year.
Xne Royal Consort—Queen Cotton Seed
About thirty years ago it was discovered that cotton seed,
which, previous to that time, except for planting purposes, was
thrown into discard heaps or used for fertilizer, was in itself a
source of great wealth. Therewith the cotton seed oil industry
"UPRIGHT" COTTON ON BASTING'S FARM. TROTTE COUNTY