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good price to compensate the seedsman or grower for his extra care 

 and expense. The seed should possess strong vitality, for seed of low 

 vitality produce a poor stand of stunted plants that do not produce 

 as large yields as good seed when grown under identical conditions of 

 soil, fertilization and cultivation. It will be remembered, however, 

 that stunted cotton will give larger proportional yields than will corn. 

 It is common to see cotton only a few inches high bearing one, two 

 or more small bolls per stalk, while corn that only reaches three or 

 four or five feet high will frequently produce not much more than a 

 spindling stalk, small shuck and cob. 



SOURCES OF VARIETIES OF COTTON TESTED. 



The seed used in the variety test of cotton at the Edgecombe and 

 Iredell farms this year were received from the following sources : 



Bigham's Improved J. N. Bigham, R. F. D. No. 5, Charlotte, N. C. 



Black Texas Wood Martin McKinnon, Red Springs, N. C. 



Braswell's Cluster J. R. Pitt, Rocky Mount, N. C. 



Broadwell's Double-jointed John B. Broadwell, Crab Apple, Ga. 



Brown's No. 1 M. L. Brown, Decatur, Ga. 



Butler's Early Prolific J. M. Butler, St. Pauls, N. C. 



Cook's Improved J. R. Cook, Schley, Ga. 



Culpepper's Improved Red Springs Test Farm, Red Springs, N. C. 



Double-header R. H. Smith, Monticello, Ga. 



Dozier's Improved W. D. Dozier, Camden, N. C. 



Drake's Defiance Drake Bros., Philomath, Ga. 



Edgeworth J. C. Little, Louisville, Ga. 



Hawkins' Extra Prolific B. W. Hawkins, Nona, Ga. 



King's Improved Iredell Test Farm, Statesville, N. C. 



King's Improved (native) J. W. Sherrill, Statesville, N. C. 



Little's Improved J. C. Little, Louisville, Ga. 



Mortgage Lifter H. G. Hastings & Co., Atlanta, Ga. 



Moss' Improved B. D. Moss, Norway, S. C. 



Red Rust Proof Ira Lennon, Whiteville, N. C. 



Russell's Big Boll Edgecombe Test Farm, Rocky Mount, N. C. 



Russell's Big Boll, Improved H. J. Webber, Washington, D. C. 



Shine's Extra Early Prolific J. A. Shrine, Faieon. N. C. 



Simpkins' Prolific W. A. Simpkins, Raleigh, N. C. 



Texas Big Boll F. D. Wilson, Littleton, N. C. 



Webb Dr. C. L. Killibrew, Rocky Mount, N. C. 



Wilson's Matchless F. D. Wilson, Littleton, N. C. 



RESULTS OF DISTANCE TESTS OF COTTON. 



These results are found in Tables XIII and XIV, which follow: 



