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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
1922 THE COTTON CRISIS 
The Cotton Farmer must plant only a limited acreage which he can carefully and thoroughly cultivate and fertilize and he must plant 
a very prolific, extra early, boll weevil beating variety. 
The 43 Per Cent Cotton 
Although we had first chance we have never listed and sold the so- 
called “Half-and-Half” Cotton that there has been so much contro- 
versy about. Leaving out of consideration tbe objectionable short- 
ness of staple there were other features of the “Half-and-Half” that led us to omit it from our catalog since its introduction. 
There is, however, a demand for a cotton with these characteristics as is evidenced by the demand for Half-and-Half seed in the 
face of the denunciation of that variety by cotton buyers in some sections. 
We have introduced a new variety of cotton having all the good quaHties of the original Half-and-Half but without the objection- 
able qualities that kept us from listing it. We have named it the “43 Per Cent” Cotton for that is exactly what it has turned out at 
the gin; 43 per cent on the poorest bales and up to 47 per cent on the best ones. 
It is an extra early, vigorous growing, healthy A'ariety tnat makes an exceptionally heavy yield and can always be counted on to give 
from 10 to 14 per cent greater lint per cent at the gin than the standard varieties. So far it has proven free from anthracnose or boll rot. 
The lint is short, usually % to % inch in length. This is objectionable for it will not sell at top of the market prices. However, 
in the section where it is grown the farmers find that it’s a most profitable cotton, that its extra heavy yield and high lint per cent 
far more than balance a small market discount. It’s displacing other varieties because it pays better. 
Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 pounds, Sl.OO. By express or freight, not prepaid, 10 pounds, $1.00; 30 pounds (Georgia 
■ * legal bushel), $2.50; 100 pounds, $7.50; 10 bushels or over, $2.25 per bushel. 
CLEVELAND BIG BOLL COTTON 
A standard and popular early Big Boll 
Cotton. It makes a medium sized stalk 
but is sturdy and limbs are strong 
enough to hold the heavyweight bolls 
without bteaking. Foliage rather light 
for a big boll cotton and the many large 
size bolls open up quickly and early, 
getting ahead of the boll weevil. 
The lint is of good length and is 
heavy and strong in texture with a turn- 
out of 36 to 38 per cent lint. You won’t 
lose any of this cotton by early frosts 
because it “makes” early and quickly. 
It is hardy, roots deeply and has proved 
a good drought resisting variety. 
The cotton farmer who lives up to his 
opportunities must plant •well grown 
seed of well bred varieties not only of 
cotton, but corn and every other field 
crop. Right seed means better and surer 
crops and more money in pocket. 
Many sections of the Southeast plant 
the Cleveland Big Boll almost exclusive- 
ly and wherever it is planted it seems 
to have given general satisfaction. 
One thing is certain and that is the 
Cleveland can be planted further north 
in the Cotton Belt than most of the big 
boll sorts with certainty of full matur- 
ity of the crop and a very high-grade 
product for the market. It is a stand- 
ard variety to be planted with confidence. 
Pound, postpaid, 35 cents; 3 
$1.00. Not prepaid: 10 
lbs., 90e; 30 lbs. (Georgia legal bushel), 
$2.25; 100 pounds, $7.00; 10 bushels or 
over, $2.00 per bushel. 
KINGS EXTRA EARLY 
COTTON 
A standard early variety of small boiled 
cotton extensively grown in the short 
season districts of the Cotton Belt and 
especially in North Carolina. Its value 
is in its quick maturity and prolificness. 
Bolls are small, make their growth in 
short time and open quickly. Unless 
picked promptly is apt to blow out. 
Lints from 33 to 3o per cent. Not ad- 
vised for planting west of the Mississip- 
pi river. Kings Extra Early Cotton is 
similar to Bank Account, a little later 
and not so heavy a bearer, but is a fine 
anti-boll weevil cotton that will fruit 
early and keep on fruiting until the last 
of the season. It is, like Bank Account, 
desirable for the more northern parts of 
the Cotton Belt and cold bottom lands, 
and particularly good where boll weevils 
will take the big-bolled varieties. It 
“makes” in a hurry. Pound, 35c; 3 
lbs., $1.00; postpaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs., 
90c; 30 lbs., .$2.25; 100 lbs., .$7.00; 10 
Ihushcls or over, if2.00 per bushel, 
Hastings' Bank Account Cotton — See Description and Prices on Page 8? 
