COTTON 
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A plan suggested by Dr. Webber of the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, shows the simplicity 
of breeding cotton, and is illustrated in the diagram 
below : 
1st year HI ( Individual plant first selected) 
V 
2nd year G*<p — C^I 
3rc[yeap 
4th year 
5th year 
5 Acres 
T 
\ 
General crop 
500 I 
5 Acres 
— r 
500 
General crop 
5 Acres 
\ 
500 
m 
Diagram Illustrating Method of Selecting Cotton 
PEDIGREED STOCK 
The Sea Island planters on the islands off the 
coast of South Carolina follow a method of selec- 
tion almost exactly like the plan advised by Dr. 
Webber. 
When first introduced into this country from the 
West Indies, Sea Island cotton was a perennial and 
quite unsuited to our climatic conditions. A plan 
of selection, faithfully executed with the purpose of 
using only early-maturing plants, has resulted in 
making the Sea Island variety thoroughly at home 
in its new environments — so much so that to-day 
this variety stands foremost in length and fineness 
of staple. 
Cotton bred with a definite purpose in the breed- 
er's mind; selected from year to year because of 
