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Earlij PUuiliiui Alone is A'o/ linoiufh. More- tliiiii^s 

 arc involved in making a good crop of cotton early 

 tluin moroly early |)lanting of the seed. That alone 

 is not enough to secure success. It is not so much a 

 ((uestion of any dale on the calendar or of "planting 

 extra early," as it is of reducing as much as possihle 

 the time hetween the lirsl formation of s([uares and 

 the developmeul of an ahundance of holls to a size at 

 which they are i)raclically resistant to weevil attack. 

 With most varieties of cotton weevils cannot puncture 

 and successfully dejxjsit eggs in holls that are more 

 than Iwo-thirds grown. The thicker the hull the earlier 

 in its gi-owlh does it hecome immune to attack. 



Vdriclics of (]<>U()n For Weevil (loiiditions. — First ot 

 all we may emphasize the fact that there is no "one hest 

 variety" of cotton for all conditions- There are many 

 good varieties and from this list the cotton ])lanter 

 should select such as hest suit his conditions. The real 

 hasis linally is that of actual experience, of the dem- 

 onstrated ahilily of a variety to produce the hest yields 

 under the hest agricultural conditions that the farmer 

 is able to maintain. 



Will Resislauee of Firsl Importanee in Some See- 

 tions. Wherever cotton wilt or black root occurs com- 

 monly the (juality of "wilt resistance" must be the first 

 considered in selecting cotton seed for wait territory. 

 Several very good varieties have been developed l)y 

 individuals and by state and government agents. Write 

 the Director, Alabama Experiment Station, Auburn, for 

 information about these. 



On soils giving naturally a small plant, it does better 

 to use varieties of cotton which arc naturally of larger 

 than average growth. On such soils these varieties 

 may be hastened in maturity and will not produce such 

 heavy foilage as to favor weevil multiplication as they 

 are likely to do on rich soils. Among these varieties 

 are such as Triumph. C.ook's Improved, Wannamaker's 

 ('develand, and others of similar type. 



For Hieli Lands. — Here we would choose some of the 

 smaller growing, more i)rolific types of cotton which 

 will not produce too large a weed with its dense shade, 

 while the size of the bolls is somewhat increased. 

 There are many of these so-called "early maturing," 

 ])rolific varieties from which choice may be made. 

 King's Improved and many selections from original 

 King stock such as Simpkins, Broadwell, etc. etc. 



