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COTTON 
merit and worth; adapted to soil, climate, and 
methods of fertilization and culture, is "highly 
bred" cotton in name and in fact, and in every 
sense is pedigreed stock. 
Such strains are worth many times their cost, 
and give ample reward for any additional labor 
that needs to be given them. 
The animal breeder has succeeded in producing 
marvelous strains of various classes of farm animals. 
He has succeeded because he worked toward an 
ideal. Some standard of excellence is no less 
surely needed that the cotton planter may be 
guided in the improvement of his crop. 
And in working toward such an ideal, as has al- 
ready been suggested, those traits which count for 
much in the sale of the commercial product, must 
be given first consideration. Those factors are: 
An abundance of bolls 
A boll of large size 
Heavy yield in lint 
Fiber of good length 
High percentage of lint 
Fiber that is fine 
Fiber of good strength 
Fibers uniform in length. 
With these factors and their relative importance 
in mind we suggest a score card as follows : 
A PROPOSED SCORE CARD FOR COTTON 
A. Number of Bolls •< Medium, 10 points 
BREED COTTON TOWARD AN IDEAL 
