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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 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. 
All of our Cotton Seed is grown in 
Georgia, and is free frem EBoli Weevil. 
These are all good varieties which have 
been thoroughly tested and recommended 
by Agricultural Colleges and Experiment 
Stations of the Southern States. 
SEA ISLAND COTTON.—Extra long 
staple; line 1% or 1% to 2 inches. Seed 
black and lintless. Plant % bushel to acre 
in row—5-feet rows, 3-feet drill. The 
famous Sea Island cottons off the South 
Carolina-Georzia coasts are known all over 
the world. We get our seed there. Pro- 
duct of this cotton is usually 350-pound 
bales on 25 acres. 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 
eotton lint in the world. $3.50 per bushel 
of 40 pounds. 
MEBANE’S EAELY TRIUMPH BIG 
BOLL COTTON.—(Short Staple).—For Boll 
Weevil Lands.—Originated in Texas. Big 
boll; in fact, an immense boll, 46 bolls 
making 1 pound of seed cotton. Earlier 
than most big boll* cottons. About 39 per 
SPANISH PEANUTS. 
As a money meking crop, as 
a crop that replenishes the soil, 
and as a crop that may follow 
others on the same land with 
safety, the peanut has proved 
its worth to the South and par- 
ticularly to the lands of Mis- 
Sissippi and Louisiana where 
the boll weevil has made the 
production of cotton more or 
less of a venture. 
The growing of the Spanish 
Peanut for commercial pur- 
poses is no longer an experi- 
ment. In the last few years 
and particularly the year of 
1910, it has been shown that 
this variety is particularly 
adapted to the climate and the 
soils of these Southern States. 
As a consequence thousands of 
acres will be planted to pea- 
nuts the coming season, and 
prosperity will again look 
boldly in the face of tke 
farmer who grows them. 
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, in- 
eluding seed and cultivation, so that the 
nut crop itself is clear profit. 
While there are many varieties of this 
nut that can be grown on these Southern 
cent. of lint at the gin. Seed fuzzy, 
medium in size, brownish and greenish- 
white, 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. 
SIMPEINS’ EARLY PRCLIFIC COT- 
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 46 per cent. lint at the 
gin. $1.75 per bushel of 30 pounds. 
TOSLE 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. Magnificently 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 
increased in popularity. It is extra early, 
wonderfully prolific, long limbed, seed 
small, lint 36 to 40 per cent. $1.75 per 
bushel of 30 pounds. 
Special prices on large quantities of any 
of the above Cotton Seed. 
Spanish Peanuts. 
soils, the man who seeks the greatest 
profit chooses that variety that does the 
best and is in demand by the mills that 
turn out peanut oil, butter and other food 
Leg Bands for Tagging Poultry. 
