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COTTON 
Important Varieties of Group: 
Allen's Improved Doughty 
Allen's Hybrid Griffin 
Matthews Cobweb 
Cook Moon 
SELECTING A VARIETY 
You must exercise care and judgment in select- 
ing a variety of cotton for seed purposes. A 
variety which yields well in one place may not do so 
well with you where perhaps it may have a differ- 
ent soil and climate. A variety may stand at the 
very head one year in a comparative test with other 
varieties, but fall toward the foot the very next 
season. Seasons are not all the same, and they 
materially affect the yield of the same variety from 
year to year. You must bear this fact in mind and 
not jump at conclusions hastily. 
It is the largest quantity of seed cotton you are 
seeking, and a variety that yields uniformly well 
from year to year is a great deal better than a spec- 
tacular one that shines meteor-like when the 
season is just right. 
An honest, average yielder is always safe and re- 
liable, and can be improved by selection and care 
to suit your soil and climate and environment. In 
the end, too, it will become better and better because 
it has had time to adapt itself to the home life you 
have provided for it. It will reward you for this 
attention by obeying every reasonable demand you 
make. And these demands you have in mind 
should include : 
(1) A longer staple; (2) uniformity in length of 
