GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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DIRECTIONS FOB PLANTING AND CULTIVATING COTTON 



For the benefit of every one directly interested in the growing of this most valuable staple of com 

 merce, we submit the following directions in brief and concise form : 



Thoroughly break and prepare your land early, having the rows 3V2 to 4 feet wide, and hills 12 to 14 

 Inches apart in drill. When the cotton comes up plow it 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 plough very 

 shallow with wide sweeps. Always keep the top crust of the ground broken in dry weather, as it pre- 

 vents it from losing its forms, bnt plough very shallow. Never stop ploughing for wet weather until 

 the ground tnrns in slices, then quit immediately until it dries off. Never lay-by until the middle of 

 August. The most successful 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 required to plant an acre of land. 



Petit Gulf $0 75 per bushel of 30 pounds. 



Peterkin 125 " 30 " 



Allen, Long Staple 2 00 " 30 " 



Boyd's Prolific 1 50 " 30 " > 



Peerless 2 00 " 30 " 



Sea Island 2 50 " 40 " 



Hagermen 1 50 " 40 " 



Russell's Big Boll 2 0© " 30 



King's Early Improved 2 00 " 30 '* 



Hawkins' Extra Prolific 2 00 " 30 



PETERKIN IMPROVED COTTON— We recommend the Peterkin Cotton as one that will not disap- 

 point the grower. It is a vigorous grower, a good producer, withstands dry weather better than th« 

 common seed. Prolific, open growing or branching, excellent staple 'arge bolls, small seed and yields 

 full forty per cent of net lint cotton. "*f; 



RUSSELL'S BIG BOLL PROLIFIC COTTON— This Cotton was among the first in point of yield out 

 of twenty-five varieties tested in 1900, making 2,091 pounds seed cotton to the acre. The stalks grow 

 from 4V2 to 7 feet high, producing large, long limbs at the bottom and shorter ones up the stalk. From 

 36 to 40 bolls weigh one pound, and 40 to 10C bolls grow on each stalk, w* <&% 



KING'S EARLY IMPROVED COTTON- This short staple Cotton, which was originated by Mr. T. J. 

 King, of North Carolina, has wonderfully increased in popularity. Mr. King claims for it that is "extra 

 early," wonderfully prolific, long limbed, seed small, lint 36 to 40 per cent. Mr. King's locality being in 

 the extreme northern portion of the Cotton belt, is an advantage in maintaining his claim for earliness 

 —naturally seeds from latitudes north of us come earlier when planted here. ijfiVfcail^MBP 



HAWKINS' EXTRA PROLIFIC COTTON— Earliest, most prolific, easiest picked, most superior lint 

 and finest staple, tall grower, long tap root, resisting drought, from two to four limbs near the surface 

 branching, two short limbs together all the way up to the top, all literally covered with bolls, large boll, 

 small seed, lightly grey or dark green, yielding from 39 to 4f per cent. 



CHUFAS.— This nut is splendid for fattening hogs; it 

 has a fine flavor. The nut sends up a single spire so much 

 like Coco it might deceive even an experienced eye at 

 first appearance. Around this spire a multitude of others 

 form rapidly. At the foot of each spire is a nut never 

 more than two inches in the ground. Price, 46c. per 

 pound, ,$1.75 per peck, $5 00 per bushel. 



JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE — This tnber is well 

 known and requires no further description. It is used 

 for the table, also for stock feed. It does better 

 in a rich loam, and should be planted and cultivated 

 like potatoes. They yield very hea?ily. Price per bushel, 

 $2.50; per gallon, 35e. ; $5 per barrel. 



STECKLER'S WHITE MAMMOTH PEANUTS.— This 

 is the largest Peanut ever introduced. The pods meas- 

 ure on an average 2% inches in length and 114 inches in 

 diameter. Thick shelled and deeply ridged. The kernels 

 are of light coler, 1% inches long and V2 inch in diameter, 

 which would easily be mistaken for small pecans. Al- 

 though of wonderful size, its bearing qualities are still 

 more wonderful. It i,s known to yield on an average one 

 gallon of peanuts to one kernel planted, making it the 

 most prolific and largest peanut known. Sold in quart 

 packages only, 15c. 



SPANISH PEANUTS.— Can be cultivated entirely with 

 a plow, and are easily gathered, as all the peas hang 

 close to the roots. The stems when harvested make a 

 good hay. The fruit is smaller than the Virginia or Ten- 

 nessee, but the plants yield heavier. A good feed for 

 fattening hogs . Price per pound, 15 cents ; by mail, pre- 

 paid, 25c ; per peck, 65c. ; per bushel, $2.25. 



Have also the white Virginia and Red Tennessee Pea- 

 nuts iu stock. Thev are larger in size than the Spanish 

 kinds. They are of a spreading habit, and are cultivated 

 in ridges like sweet potatoes. Price of White Virginia is 

 10 cents per pound. Price of Red Tennessee is 10 cents 

 per pound ; if by mail, 9 cents extra must be added. 



AMOUNT OF PEANUTS REQUIRED TO PLANT AN ACRE— Planting Peanuts in three feet rows, 

 twenty to twenty-four inches in drill requires about a bushel per acre ; this is varied by circumstances. 

 Some double drop or put two in a place and use more, Dut one bushel per acre is about the correct 

 amount. 



Steckler's White Mammoth Peanuts. 



When You Buy from us you get the^Best. 



