90 COTTON 



Important Varieties of Group: 



Allen's Improved Doughty 



Allen's Hybrid Griffin 



Matthews Cobweb 



Cook Moon 



SELECTING A VARIETY 



You must exercise care and judgment in select- 

 ing a variety of cotton for seed purposes. A 

 variety which yields well in one place may not do so 

 well with you where perhaps it may have a differ- 

 ent soil and climate. A variety may stand at the 

 very head one year in a comparative test with other 

 varieties, but fall toward the foot the very next 

 season. Seasons are not all the same, and they 

 materially affect the yield of the same variety from 

 year to year. You must bear this fact in mind and 

 not jump at conclusions hastily. 



It is the largest quantity of seed cotton you are 

 seeking, and a variety that yields uniformly well 

 from year to year is a great deal better than a spec- 

 tacular one that shines meteor-like when the 

 season is just right. 



An honest, average yielder is always safe and re- 

 liable, and can be improved by selection and care 

 to suit your soil and climate and environment. In 

 the end, too, it will become better and better because 

 it has had time to adapt itself to the home life you 

 have provided for it. It will reward you for this 

 attention by obeying every reasonable demand you 

 make. And these demands you have in mind 

 should include : 



(1) A longer staple; (2) uniformity in length of 



