COTTON 
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fiber; (3) strength of fiber; (4) a greater yield in 
lint and seed. 
THE STAPLE SHOULD BE LONG 
If you examine the staple in several bolls of any 
variety, you will find a certain degree of variation 
in length. We all know that the longer the staple 
is, the better price we get for it. Hence, every 
cotton grower should endeavor to grow a longer 
staple. This can be done by going into the field 
and carefully examining bolls of the most promising 
appearance, selecting for seed purposes such as 
have greater length of staple than the average. 
This practice should be followed year after year, 
whatever the variety you are growing. 
FIBERS SHOULD BE OF UNIFORM LENGTH 
Cotton, like wool — indeed like any fiber of com- 
mercial importance — is graded according to its 
evenness and uniformity of length. And this 
practice of grading is not limited to fibers, but goes 
out in all directions and includes corn, wheat, and 
other field crops. 
Consequently seed cotton should be so selected 
that the tendency to produce fibers of uniform 
length may be bred in the plant. 
FIBER SHOULD BE STRONG 
Not only length, but strength of fiber also, is a 
most desirable quality, and should be considered 
in every operation that pertains to the improve- 
ment of any variety of cotton. The Sea Island 
type is especially noted for the quality of strength, 
