COTTON 



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A plan suggested by Dr. Webber of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, shows the simplicity 

 of breeding cotton, and is illustrated in the diagram 

 below : 



1st year CD (Individual plant first selected) 



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Diagram Illustrating Method of Selecting Cotton 

 PEDIGREED STOCK 



The Sea Island planters on the islands off the 

 coast of South Carolina follow a method of selec- 

 tion almost exactly like the plan advised by Dr. 

 Webber. 



When first introduced into this country from the 

 West Indies, Sea Island cotton was a perennial and 

 quite unsuited to our climatic conditions. A plan 

 of selection, faithfully executed with the purpose of 

 using only early-maturing plants, has resulted in 

 making the Sea Island variety thoroughly at home 

 in its new environments so much so that to-day 

 this variety stands foremost in length and fineness 

 of staple. 



Cotton bred with a definite purpose in the breed- 

 er's mind; selected from year to year because of 



