II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia, 
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The Cotton That Co-operates 
Seven years ago we iutrortuced the Union Big Boll Cotton and 
made certain statements in regard to it. We reprint exactly what 
we said in our 1911 catalogue below, for we have not a word to 
take back from what we said then. We said at that time in our 
catalogue : . 
“We have been working with all kinds and varieties of cotton for 
a great many years. We have made a special study of the big boll 
varieties, recognizing that they have many desirable points that 
could never be ‘bred’ into the small boll sorts. 
“We feel fully justified in naming this variety the ‘Union’ Big 
Boll Cotton. In it are united more good points that go to make up 
a perfectly desirable big boll type of cotton for the planter than 
have ever been combined in any one variety of cotton before. 
“It is a true type of big boll cotton, the bolls running 55 to 65 to 
the pound. The seed are medium in size. It has good lint and the 
lint per cent is from 38 to 40, remarkably high for a genuine big 
boll variety. It is a genuine 4 to 5 lock, easy to pick, yet storm-re- 
sistant cotton. It is a remarkably healthy variety, very resistant 
to disease affecting the cotton plant. The bolls and the fibre de- 
velop almost perfectly. This variety shows less ‘motes’ than any 
other variety in our test grounds where 42 varieties were grown. 
“We don’t force cotton in our test grounds with excessive fertiliz- 
ing. We give good cultivation. ‘Union’ Big Boll turned us in our 
variety test work 784 pounds of lint per acre, a good bale and a 
half. Under high fertilizing, such as not one cotton grower in a 
thousand would be willing to give, we have made it turn out at the 
rate of over 4 bales per acre. We don’t want to set that as a stand- 
ard for you or any one else unless you are ready to give it practi- 
cally ‘garden cultivation.’ If you use good methods of cultivation 
and fair fertilizing you can reasonably expect 142 to 2 bales per 
acre from ‘Union’ Big Boll. It won’t do it on washed out hillside 
lands, ploAved 3 to 4 inches deep, and fertilized with 200 pounds of 
8-2-2 guano per acre. You nor anybody else can get big -yields 
from starved-out plants of cotton or anything else. 
“The great underlying principle of that great organization, the 
‘Farmers’ Union,’ is co-operation. It’s a grand principle and needs 
a wider application than it gets. Now our new ‘Union’ Big Boll 
Cotton is the best big boll cotton on the market, but you must do 
your part. If you want to get in and stay in the bale and a half to 
two bales per acre class you can, by planting ‘Union’ Big Boil and 
then co-operating with it by deep plowing, liberal fertilizing, right 
cultivation. If you do your part ‘Union’ Big Boll will co-operate 
with you to the fullest extent in turning to you the most profitable 
crop of cotton you ever made.’’ 
It Is Good For Boll Weevil Sections 
Mr. Boll Weevil is always on the job. He is never too interested 
in politics, or war or prohibition or anything else to let up on his 
steady advance east. Helped by the West India hurricane he jump- 
ed over from Alabama into more than 30 counties In south and west 
<4eorgia in 1915, probably the largest amount of new territory ever 
infested in one year, and moved east regularly since. 
Do you realize how little of the Cotton Belt is still free from the 
weevil? About one-fourth of Georgia and the two states of North 
and South Carolina — that’s all. Do you realize that it’s only a 
short time at the best until the Boll Weevil covers the entire cot- 
ton-growing South and that you, if you are not already in the 
weevil belt, will have to reckon with this pest, that you will have 
to change your varieties and your entire system of cotton cultiva- 
tion? The coming of the weevil means the absolute wiping out of 
the large, heavy-leafed varieties like Russell, Christopher, Wyche, 
and dozens of others. 
Successful crops are made every year in the boll weevil section 
with the small and medium sized boll varieties, but many planters 
object to the smaller sized bolls. No one can have any objection to 
our “Union” Big Boll on that score for it is a true big boll variety. 
It has rather light open foliage. It lets the sun in to all parts of the 
plant, leaving no hiding place for the weevil. It is medium early. 
Like our Bank Account it will make a good crop before the weevil 
can get in his work. It fruits quick and close and the big bolls 
make it easy to pick. “Union” Big Boll unites all the desirable 
points of the big boll class of cotton with the quick fruiting ability 
to make a good crop in spite of weevil attacks. It’s exactly the kind 
of big boll cotton that Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have been 
asking for ever since the weevil came. It’s just the kind of big boll 
cotton the Carolinas will have to plant when the weevil comes. If 
you are in the weevil district or anywhere that the crop has to be 
made in a “short season” “Union” Big Boll is the right big boll 
variety to plant. If you are not in weevil territory yet the time 
to get ready for the weevil is now. The great damage from boll 
weevil in newly infested territory comes from not being prepared 
for it. If you have “Union” Big Boll you are sure to be ready, 
and in the meantime you will have been growing the best big boll 
cotton you can plant. 
Makes Good In Every Cotton State 
I miioiailA Taylor, Sabine Parish: “Union Big Boll 
lias done extremely well. Am pleased with it and 
have more orders for seed than I can fill.” Isaac Andrus, Vermillion 
Parish: “It is all you claimed for it, far ahead of any cotton I ever 
planted. It is the king of cotton in the boll weevil district.” 
Mieeieeinni Sunflower County is one of the most famous 
coton producing counties. From it Mr. M. S. 
"Wilson writes : “Union Big Boll bought from you is fine. Cotton is 
five or six feet high and loaded from bottom to top with bolls and 
squares. I have never had a cotton I like better.” C. F. Bryant, 
Smith County: “Am well pleased with Union Big Boll. "Will get 
a bale per acre in spite of boll weevils.” Alfred Johnson, Panola 
County: “Will plant all my crop in Union Big Boll next year.” 
W. S. Danner, Kemper County: “I think Union Big Boll the best I 
ever saw. I have five acres and will get five bales, while with other 
varieties will only make three bales to five acres.” 
Anderson & Idorris, Dodge County: “Pleased with 
the Union Big Boll at this writing. Planted about 
100 acres of this cotton in one field and no one who has looked at it 
estimated it at less than 100 bales for the 100 acres. There are 
about 20 acres in this field that are estimated at 1% to 2 bales per 
acre.” Marcus Judd, Henry County: “Union Big Boll is fine. I 
have it on poor land (that’s the way I test cotton) and it is esti- 
mated at a bale per acre. It is fine for the land it is on.” .1. E. 
Camp, Flovd County : “Union Big Boll is very promising. I have 
other varieties planted but yours is far superior to any of them.” 
.T. D. Cobb, Crisp County: “Am well pleased with Union Big Boll. 
It is heavily fruited and the bolls are large.” 
J. P. Collier, Hardin County, writes us : “Cotton seed I 
■ bought of you has done well, really better than I ex- 
pected. It is by far the finest cotton I have ever raised.” 
TAvac S* Browning, Grayson County: “Union Big Boll has 
■ given entire satisfaction, all you claim it to be. Some 
of it making a bale per acre without fertilizer.” J. T. Johnson, Ft. 
Bend County : “Union Big Boll made a bale per acre through the 
drought. Never had a good rain from first Sunda^y in May until 
August. Am well pleased with the seed, for I don’t think there is 
any better big boll cotton.” 
CAiif li H. W. Brown, Darlington County, writes : 
I 9UIJcn waruillla “Have tried your Union Big Boll and 
i find it a good cotton. Did not make four bales per acre, but I did 
make two bales per acre. I think it will be the cotton for poor peo- 
ple.” M. A. Moss, Oconee County : “My Union Big Boll is fine, the 
! best in this locality. Dry weather has hurt it but will make a bale 
■ per acre. Many remark about its being so fine.” 
i Aialraneao Lumpkin. Garland County, says: “I was never 
' so well pleased with cotton before. It is full from 
bottom to top. Mr. Cook is well pleased with his cotton, too.” 
Geo. Decker, Clay County, writes: “Union Big Boll is the best. I 
can recommend the seed I ordered from you for this country.” 
Murray Cannon, "Walker County, writes: “Have 3 
acres Union Big Boll. It is given up to be the best 
in this county. Planted May 5th. it has now (Aug. 19th) 35 to 40 
full grown bolls to the plant. "SVill make at least 8 bales, land noth- 
ing extra. Sixty bolls will easy make a pound of seed cotton.” 
J. J. Lovett, Shelby County, says : “Have 4 acres L"’nion Big Boll 
and will get 5 bales. Finest cotton anywhere around here.” S. L. 
Bishop, Cherokee County : “Union Big Boll is the best big boll cot- 
ton I ever saw; it is the cotton for us.” S. "U". Harrison, Tuscaloosa 
I County : '“Very well pleased with Union Big Boll. I have some of 
i the largest bolls I ever saw and it fruits rapidly.” 
PRICES 
Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 pounds $1.00, postpaid. Not prepaid: Peck, $1.00; 
Bushel (30 pounds, Georgia Legal Weight), $2.50; One Hundred pounds $8.00; 
Ten Bushels, $22.50. Freight Rate to Texas^ Arkansas and Oklahoma points, $1.08 per 100 pounds 
