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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD. 



SELECTED QUALITY COTTON SEED 



Directions for Planting and Cultivating Cotton. 



Thoroughly break and .;, 

 prepare your land early, 

 having- the rows 31/2 to 

 4 feet wide, and hill 12 

 to 14 inches apart in 

 drill. When the cotton 

 comes up it should be 

 off-barred deep while it 

 is small, in order to let 

 the heat of the sun 

 strike through the beds. 

 As it gets larger shallow 

 down, and towards the 

 last cultivate very shal- 

 low. Always keep the 

 top crust of the ground 

 broken in dry weather, 

 a,s it prevents it from 

 losing its forms. Never 

 stop plowing for wet 

 weather until the ground 

 turns in slices; then 

 quit immediately until it 

 dries off. Never lay-by 

 until the middle of 

 August. The most suc- 

 cessful time we have 

 ever had in planting for 

 a big yield was on the 

 5th and 6th days of 

 April; in fact, the first 

 week in April is the best 

 time for planting cotton 

 for good results. One 

 bushel of cotton seed is 

 required to plant an 

 acre. 



All Of our Cotton Seed 

 is grown in Georg-ia, and 

 is free from Boil Weevil. 

 These are all good vari- 

 eties which have been 

 thoroughly tested and 

 recommended by Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and 

 Experiment Stations of 

 the Southern States. 



EXPRESS COTTOMT. — The Experimental 

 Station at Starkville, Miss., recommends it 

 above all others. It has been planted for 

 several years and has been found prolific, 

 early maturing, and much sought after by 

 the cotton buyers. It is a fine character of 

 cotton, a strong 1 3-16 inch staple, always 

 commanding a good liberal premium. 

 1 lb., 40c., postpaid; bu. 30 lbs., $3.00, not 

 prepaid. 



SEA ISZiAND COTTON. — Extra long 

 staple; lint 1% or 1% to 2 inches. Seed 

 black and lintless. Plant % bushel to acre 

 in row — 5 foot rows, 3-foot drill. The 

 famous Sea Island Cottons are known all 

 over. 1 lb., 50c., postpaid; bn. 40 lbs., $5.50, 

 not prepaid. 



SIMPKIN'S EABI.Y FBOI.IFIC COT- 

 TON. — (Short Staple.) — The superiority of 

 this, cotton over all others consists of its 

 extreme earliness and heavy fruiting; has 

 long limbs, which come out at the ground. 

 1 lb., 40c., postpaid; bu. 30 lbs., $3.00, not 

 prepaid. 



KING'S EARLY IMPROVED COTTON.— 



This short staple Cotton has wonderfully 

 increased in popularity. It is extra early, 

 wonderfully prolific, long limbed, seed 

 small, lint 36 to 40 per cent. 1 lb., 40c., 

 postpaid; bu. 30 lbs., $3.00, not prepaid. 



Express Cotton. 



ALLEN'S IMPROVED COTTON.— (Long 



Staple.) — Runs full li/^ to 1%. Considered 

 by the mills as the most desirable cotton 

 raised in the United States, Sea Island ex- 

 cepted. 1 lb., SOc, postpaid; bu. 30 lbs., 

 $4.50, not prepaid. 



BANK ACCOUNT COTTON. — (Short 



Staple.) — Early for boll weevil lands. 

 While some very extravagant claims have 

 been made in certain quarters for this cot- 

 ton, it is in all truth one of our best types 

 today. 1 lb. 40c., postpaid; bu. 30 lbs., 

 $3.00, not prepaid. 



WANNAMAKER CLEVELAND BIG 



BOLL. — Plant vigorous, thrifty, with low 

 close-jointed basal fruit limbs; large bolls 

 easily picked, medium size seed, grayish to 

 greenish, 34 to 38 per cent lint, 1% to 1% 

 inches long, fine and strong. Earliest and 

 most prolific at experimental stations. Es- 

 pecially recommended for sections where 

 the boll weevil is present. 1 lb., 40c., post- 

 paid; bu. 30 lbs., $3.00, not prepaid. 



Special prices on large quantities of any 

 of the above Cotton Seed. 



