land used and to supply fiber, oil, and food for animals and humans. To accomplish this goal, the cotton breeder must select and develop plants that have the traits that result in superior cultivars.
The development of new cotton cultivars requires the evaluation and selection of parents and the crossing of these parents. The lack of predictable success of a given cross requires that a breeder, in any given year, make several crosses with the same or different breeding objectives.
The cotton flower is monoecious in that the male and female structures are in the same flower. The crossed or hybrid seed is produced by manual crosses between selected parents. Floral buds of the parent that is to be the female are emasculated prior to the opening of the flowerA state representative from southwestern Ohio was found passed out in his vehicle at a McDonald’s drive-thru with a loaded firearm Sunday morning.

Wes Retherford, R-Hamilton, was arrested by Butler County sheriff’s deputies and faces charges of operating a vehicle while under the influence and improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle.

He was still in the Butler County Jail on Sunday afternoon, according to the jail’s website.

>> UPDATE: Rep. Wes Retherford, found passed out at McDonald’s drive-thru, released from jail

The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Retherford's arrest came the morning after the Butler County GOP's Lincoln Day Dinner, which Retherford attended along with several other state lawmakers and 2018 statewide contenders.

"While it is wise to be patient and allow the legal process to work itself through, our Party