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



Directions for Planting and Cultivating 

 Cotton. 



For the benefit of every one directly 

 interested in the growing of this most 

 valuable staple of commerce, we submit 

 the following directions in brief and 

 concise form: 



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 tov/ards the last plow very shallow 

 with wide sweeps. Always keep the top 

 crust of the ground broken in dry weath- 

 er, as it prevents it from losing its forms, 

 but plough very shallow. Never stop 

 ploughing for v/et weather until the 

 ground turns in slices, then quit immedi- 

 ately until it dries off. Never lay-by un- 

 til 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 required to plant an acre of 

 land. 



Petit Gulf $1 25 per bush, of 30 lbs. 



Peterkin . . .. 1 50 per bush, of 30 lbs. 

 Allen, Long 



'Staple 2 00 per bush, of 30 lbs. 



Boyd's Prolific 1 50 per bush, of 30 lbs. 



Peerless 2 00 per bush, of 30 lbs. 



Sea Island ... 4 50 per bush, of 40 lbs. 

 Hagermen .... 1 50 per bush, of 30 lbs. 

 Russell's B i g 



Boll 2 00 per bush, of 30 lbs. 



King's Early 



Improved . . 2 00 per bush, of 30 lbs. 

 Hawkin's Extra 



Prolific . . .. 2 00 per bush, of 30 lbs. 

 Little Brannon. 2 00 per bush, of 30 lbs. 

 Herlong 1 75 per bush, of 30 lbs. 



Special prices given on large quanti- 

 ties. 



Peterkin Improved Cotton. — We recom- 

 mend the Peterkin Cotton as one that 

 will not disappoint the grower. It is a 

 vigorous gix)wer, a good producer, with- 

 stands dry weather better than the com- 

 mon seed, Prolific, open growing or 

 branching, excellent large bolls, small 

 seed, and yields fully forty per cent of 

 net lint cotton. 



Toole Cotton — (Short Staple) of the 

 King type, low iDush; shapely height, 

 3.73 feet; plant clo'se; 87 bolls to 1 lb. 

 seed cotton. Alabama Experimental Sta- 

 tion reports 81 per cent picked in field 

 by Sept. 7th — only a few days later than 

 King's. Can be planted 15 to 18 inches 

 in row and 2 stalks to hill. Originated 

 some half dozen years ago at Augusta. 

 To-day % of our best planters in this 

 country grow nothing else. A cros's be- 

 tween King and Peterkin — has good qual- 

 ities of both. Earlier than Peterkin, 

 taller and larger than King, bigger 

 boiled. Three large limbs near roots 

 parallel with the ground. Seed green- 

 white, medium size. Magnificently pro- 

 ductive. Comes early and holds on 

 fruiting till late, Fine results on poor 

 land. Stands drought and negro usage. 

 Gins 42 to 45 per cent. Many other 

 cottons only "third." No other cotton 

 •so prolific in field or at gin. Stands at 

 head at Augusta. Price per bushel 

 $2.00. 



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 414 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 100 bolls 

 grow on each stalk. 



King's Early Improved Cotton. — This 

 short staple Cotton, which was originat- 

 ed by Mr. T. J. King, of North Carolina, 

 has wonderfully increased in popularity. 

 Mr. King claims for it that it 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 lati- 

 tudes north of us come earlier when 

 planted here. 



Hawkins' Extra Prolific Cotton. — Earli- 

 est, 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 



Frotscher's Lone Star Water Melon, the Southern Favorite. 



