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COTTON 
and has been selected after years of careful tests 
made to develop a variety required for cloth of 
durability and strength. 
RELATIVE PERCENTAGE OF FIBER SHOULD BE 
LARGE 
I An essential quality for every variety of cotton to 
possess is the ability to produce a high quantity of 
lint in proportion to seed. This quality is funda- 
mental, for lint yield is usually the first trait con- 
sidered by any grower. In fact, a particular 
variety is selected, as a rule, because of the claim 
that it is a heavy yielder. 
Careful attention, then, at the time of gathering 
and selecting seed — making constant effort to 
improve by selecting from plants with this tendency 
to increase the yield — will prove one of the most 
satisfactory ways of adapting the variety to your 
environments, and of rendering it reliable as the 
breed for your special purposes. 
