134 J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 



COTTON SEED. 



DIBXiCTIONS POR 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 plo\^ 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- 

 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 

 successful 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. 



All Of our Cotton Seed is grown in 

 Georg-ia, and is free from Boll Weevil. 

 These are all good varieties which have 

 been thoroughly tested and recommended by 

 Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- 

 tions of the Southern States. 



SEA ISLAND COTTON. — Extra long 

 staple; line 1% or 1 34^ to 2 inches. Seed 

 black and lintless. Plant y^ bushel to acre 

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

 famous Sea Island cottons ofC the South 

 Carolina-Georgia coasts are known all over 

 the world. $3.50 per bushel of 40 pounds. 



MEBANE'S BABLT TRIUMPH BIG 

 BOLL COTTON.— (Short Stable.)— Earlier 



than most big boll cottons. About 39 per 

 cent of lint at the gin. This variety has 

 been especially satisfactory in regions in- 

 fested with the boll weevil. $2.25 per 

 bushel of 30 pounds. 



SIMPKINS' EARLY PROLIFIC COT- 

 TON. — (Sbort 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. 

 $2.25 per bushel of 30 pounds. 



TOOLE COTTON.— (Short Staple.)— Mag- 

 nificently productive. Cames early and 

 holds on fruiting until late. Fine results 

 on poor land. No other cotton so prolific 

 in field or at gin. $2.25 per bushel of 30 

 pounds. 



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. $2.25 per 

 bushel of 30 pounds. 



ALLEN'S IMPROVED COTTON. — (Long- 

 Staple.) — Runs full 1% to 1%. Considered 

 by the mills as the most desirable cotton 

 raised in the United States, Sea Island ex- 

 cepted. $2.75 per bushel of 30 pounds. 



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 

 to-day. $2.00 per bushel 30 pounds to 

 bushel. 



MORTGAGE LIPTER.— (Short Staple.) 



Big boll type. Thirteen per cent open by 

 September 1st. Price, $2.00 per bushel, 30 

 pounds to bushel. 



Special prices on large quantities of any 

 of the above Cotton Seed. 



PEANUTS. 



PEANUTS OR GOOBERS.— Goobers seem 

 to do best on a fairly dry, light, sandy soil. 

 They are pre-eminently the "hog feed" for 

 sand hill and high pine land, though they 

 will do well on most any land. Plant in 

 rows 3% or 4 feet apart, and about 10 

 inches apart in the rows, at any time from 

 March 1 to June 1, when the ground is 

 moist enough for planting corn. Cultivate 

 the same as Spanish Peanuts, which they 

 resemble in growth. Let the hogs into 

 them when the leaves turn quite yellow. 

 On new ground, drop the goober or peanut 

 in every other furrow as you break the land, 

 and they will make a good crop without 

 cultivation. 



Have also the White Virginia and Red 

 Tennessee Peanuts in stock. They are 

 larger in size than the Spanish kinds. 

 They are of a spreading habit, and are cul- 

 tivated in ridges like sweet potatoes. Price 

 of either kind is 10c. per pound. If by 

 mail, 5c. extra. 



SPANISH PEANUTS.— Peanuts are a 

 benefit in many ways to the farmer. They 

 not only produce enough tubers to pay a 

 handsome profit to the grower, but they 

 enrich .the soil. And not only that, but 

 they provide enough hay from the vine to 

 pay for the cost of growing them, including 

 seed and cultivation, so that the nut crop 

 itself is clear profit. 



Spanish Peanuts can be cultivated en- 

 tirely with a plow, and are easily gathered, 

 as all the peas hang close to the roots. 

 The fruit is smaller than the Virginia or 

 Tennessee, but the plants yield heavier. 

 Price, per pound, 15c.; by mail prepaid. 

 25c.; per peck, 60c.; per bushel, $2.00, meas- 

 ured bushel. 



Steckler's White Mammoth Peanuts. 



STECKLER'S WHITE MAMMOTH PEA- 

 NUTS. — This is the largest peanut ever 

 introduced. The pods measure on an aver- 

 age 21/4 inches in length and 1% inches in 

 diameter. Thick shelled and deeply ridged. 

 The kernels are of light color, 1% inches 



When You Get It From Steckler's It's Good. 



