Hesartment of Farm Crops 
COTTON 101 
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: 
Ist year G) (ndmdual plant first selected) 
2nd year el —— 
\ 
: 5 Aci 
Sed year poe coli hte 
G 1 : 
; eneral crop 5 
4th year ne -— 
\ 
\ 
General crop Be: [500 | 
5th year i) res 500 |... meet 
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 
i 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 
