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houses or garden. Price, per 100-lb. bag, 
$1.50; 50-lb. bag, $1.00; 25-1b. bag, T5c.; 
10-lb. package, 50c.; 5-lb. package, 30c.; 
single pound, 10c. 
STEGKLERS 
STECELER’S LEAF MOULD.—Admirably 
adapted for raising Seedlings, Cuttings and 
general Conservatory and framework, in- 
ereases the size of the flowers, gives sub- 
stance and enduring qualities, insures 
brilliancy and intensity of color. Specially 
suited for hanging baskets, because of its 
lightness and freedom from drip; less fre- 
quent watering required. Bedding out 
plants grown with Leaf Mold will resist 
long continued drought. Cliean to handle, 
and therefore specially suitable for window 
boxes and for growing flowers at home. 
Per pound, single bag, 125 pounds, 3c.; 25 
pounds, $1.00; 10 pounds, 50c.; 5 pounds, 
30c.; 1 pound, 10c. 
DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING AND CUL- 
TIVATING COTTON. 
Thoroughly break and prepare your land 
early, having the rows 3% to 4 feet wide, 
and hill 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 plow very shallow with wide sweeps. 
Always keep the top crust of the ground 
broken in dry weather, as it prevents it 
from losing its forms, but plow very shal- 
* medium 
low. 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 plant- 
ing 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 of land. 
Try the following formula and see if it 
does not improve your crop: 
a1.) Piow:your  tand- Sst tas 
possible. 
2. Before planting fertilize each acre 
with 100 lbs. Muriate of Potash, 100 lbs. 
Cotton Seed Meal, 100 lbs. Nitrate of Soda. 
and 200 lbs. of 16 per cent. Acid. If your 
land is thin, repeat this fertilization along 
in July. 
3. Don’t lay by your crop too early. 
All of our Cotton Seed is grown in 
Georgia, and is free from Boll Weevil. 
These are all good varieties which have 
been thoroughly tested and recommended 
by Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 
deep as 
Stations of the Southern States. 
SEA ISLAND COTTON.—Extra long 
staple; Tine 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 off the South 
Carolina-Georgia coasts are known all over 
the world. We get our seed there. Pro- 
duct of this cotton is usually 350-pound 
bales on 25 aeres. Tall bush; yield about 
30 pounds lint for 100 pounds of seed. 
This lint usually brings about three times 
the price of short staple. Highest-priced 
cotton lint in the world. 3.50 per bushel 
of 40 pounds. 
MEBANE’S EARLY TRIUMPH BIG 
BOLL COTTON.—(Short Staple).—For Boll 
Weevil Lands.—Originated in Texas. Big 
boll; in fact, an immense boll, 46 bolls 
making one pound of seed cotton. TEarlier 
than most big boll cottons. 
cent. of lint at the. gin. Seed fuzzy, 
in size, brownish and greenish- 
with some green seeds, showing its 
hybrid character. Storm resistant. This 
variety has been especially satisfactory in 
regions infested with the boll weevil. $1.75 
per bushel of 30 pounds. 
About 39 per 
white, 
SIMPEINS’ EARLY FROLIFIC cCOoT- 
TON.—(Short Staple).— Resembles the 
King’s, but is earlier by ten days, and bolls 
are larger, and it gives much larger yields 
both in field and at the gin. The superi- 
ority of this cotton over all others con- 
sists of its extreme earliness and heavy 
fruiting; has long limbs, which come out 
at the ground; has close joints and small 
seed, and yields 40 per cent. lint at the 
gin. $1.75 per bushel of 30 pounds. 
TOOLE COTTON.—(Short Staple).—Low 
bush; shapely height; plant close; 87 bolls 
to 1 pound seed cotton. Can be planted 15 
to 18 inches in row and 2 stalks to hill. 
Three large limbs near roots parallel with 
the — ground. Magenificently productive. 
Comes early and holds on fruiting until 
late. Fine results on poor land. No other 
cotton so prolific in field or at gin. $1.75 
per bushel of 30 pounds. 
EING’S EARLY IMPROVED COTTON. 
This short staple Cotton has wonderfully 
