MARKETING COTTON" SEED FOE PLANTING PURPOSES. 



Table 1. — Sources from which farmers obtain planting cotton seed and estimated 

 normal percentage and quantity obtained from each source. 



State. 



Total quantity 



required for 



planting. 



Produced on farm 

 where used. 



Obtained from 

 other farmers. 



Pounds. 



Per 



cent. 



Pounds. 



Per 



cent. 



Pounds. 



Obtained from 

 dealers. 



Per 



cent. 



Pounds. 



Virginia 1, 755, 000 



North Carolina : 54, 64S, 000 



South Carolina 100, 695, 000 



Georgia.. , : 163,614,000 



Florida , 2, 626, 000 



Missouri 4, 736, 000 



Tennessee 29, 664, 000 



Alabama 93, 786, 000 



Mississippi 99, 792, 000 



Louisiana 50, 470, 000 



Texas , 314, 400, 000 



Oklahoma ' 66, 360, 000 



Arkansas 100, 170, 000 



Arizona 4, 470, 000 



California 2, 980, 000 



United States 1,090,436,000 



825,000 



37, 707, 000 



80, 556, 000 



130,891,000 



893,000 



1,089,000 



20,765,000 



71,277,000 



79,834,000 



38,357,000 



176.064,000 



30,526,000 



70,119,000 



1,280,000 



268,000 



281, 



9, 290. 



13, 090, 



19,634. 



394: 



616, 



3, 856. 



10, 317. 



9. 979, 



6, 561, 



40, 872, 



13, 272. 



23,0391 



521. 



179, 



649,000 

 7,651,000 

 7,049,000 



13,089,000 

 1,339,000 

 3,031,000 

 5,043,000 



12,192,000 

 9,979,000 

 5,552,000 



97,464,000 



22,562,000 

 7,012,000 

 2,939,000 

 2,533,000 



740,451,000 



151,901,000 18 



198,084,000 





The percentage shown as obtained direct from other farmers is 

 considered commercial seed and is included in all references to com- 

 mercial seed in this discussion. The quantities given in the table 

 are based on the 1920 acreage and the reported average rate of seed- 

 ing per acre in each State. 



SELECTION OF SEED STOCKS. 



The production of planting cotton seed is so closely allied with the 

 marketing of it that a line of demarcation between the two activities 

 is difficult to draw. The agricultural value of the finished product 

 sold depends in a large measure on the growing crop and the stock 

 seed from which it is produced. The stock seed should compare 

 favorably with the " ideal." It should come direct from the origina- 

 tor of that particular variety, or the conditions under which it has 

 been handled and propagated since leaving the originator's hands 

 should conform with approved methods of growing and selecting 

 cotton seed for planting purposes. 1 The dealer should maintain close 

 cooperation with the grower and have direct supervision over the 

 growing crop. To this end advance growing contracts may be ad- 

 vantageous. Rogueing the fields one or more times prior to and dur- 

 ing blossoming time is desirable in order to remove all barren, dis- 

 ■ i-'d. and off-type plants. 2 



The cotton from which seed is selected should be well-matured and 

 dry when picked. Seed from the top bolls on the plants and from 



1., trlbutlon ol Cotton Seed in 1021, U. s. Department of Agriculture Circular LSI. 

 1920. 



• Cook, 1 Cotton s<i-<-i i..n on the Farm by the Characters "i the Stalks, Leaves, 



and Bolls. Bureau •>( Planl [ndustrj Circular So. 66. 1010. 



