H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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A Two Bale Per Acre Cotton 
Our Hastings* Upright Cotton which we Offer for the first time this 
year Is the most distinct upland variety we have ever seen. In character 
of growth It resembles no other variety now generally planted. On the 
opposite page will be seen a combination illustration, the left of the pic¬ 
ture showing this variety in our own trial grounds, on the right a single 
plant pulled up from a field of it on the Hastings’ Farm after the open 
bolls had stood a week of strong wind and the heaviest beating rains we 
have had. This illustrates Its "storm proof’ character perfectly. We 
could have fixed this up fancy, putting in fresh locks that had not been 
weather beaten and made a much nicer looking picture but we wanted 
vou to see it exactly as it was. We have been greatly impressed with this 
“Upright Cotton” from the start. In It we have valuable characteristics 
found in no other cotton. It was a leader in our trial grounds in past 
ears and the 150 acres of it on the Hastings’ Farm made all the neigh- 
oring farmers, as used as they are to seeing heavy yields on our acres, 
“sit up and take notice” (to use a slang phrase) and ask what they could 
get some of that seed for. None of it made less than a bale per acre, much 
of It 2 bales and even more. This was noton a special “brag” patch but 
Resists Disease, Bo 
A careful study of our cotton records show that “Hastings’ Upright 
Cotton” was the most resistant to cotton plant diseases of any variety in 
the 54 that we grew last year. It Is a most healthy variety, nothing seem¬ 
ing to have any serious effect on it. As a resister of storms It is unexcelled 
and we feel sure that our Texas friends will be more than satisfied with It 
In that respect. We have had some pretty heavy wind storms In the last 
two years and we have to see one yet that has blown It out. At the same 
time it’s an easy cotton to pick, some splendid pickers’ recordshaving 
been made In our fields of It. You can’t be troubled with boll-rot in our 
"Upright.” No fruit touches the ground oris in shade. It don't make 
foliage so that there is much shade and the sun always gets in to all parts 
covering 160 acres of rolling or hillside red clay lands. When open, the 
fields ot It were a sight, the lands having a regular snow-bank appearance. 
It looked like it was “all cotton” and ft pretty nearly was, for the “Up¬ 
right” don’t waste time growing a big weed and leaf, but gets right down 
to Dusiness, putting its strength into producing an abundance of lint of 
the very best grade. In its general appearance it resembles a variety 
grown in Northeastern Georgia known as “Shank High ’ or "Long 
Shank” but never grown, so far as we know, outside of that particular 
locality. When it first comes up It has a rather spindling growth which 
continues until it gets 3 to 4 feet high, and with comparatively few, but 
very dark green, medium-sized leaves. Along about this time your 
neighbors who have been used to the heavy leaved, large branching va¬ 
rieties will come around and advise you to plow It up for “it ain’t going to 
make no cotton.” At that period of growth It certainly does look dis¬ 
couraging. Just about that time the small fruiting lirribs start out all 
along that long stem and before you know It your plants are loaded and 
bending over with 20, 30, 40 or even more genuine big bolls that appear to 
have grown over night almost. We have never seen a big boll cotton fruit 
as quickly as our “Upright” and we have seen about all of them. 
1 Weevil and Storms 
of the plant almost all day. For that rea.son, boll weevils won’t stay 
around it In any numbers. The boll weevil is a shade bug and the 
“Upriihf” makes mighty little shade. A Texas cotton expert visiting 
the Hastings’ Farm last summer was especially struck with that feature 
saying "boll weevils could hardlv live in afield of that variety. Even if 
they could it puts on bolls so fast that the weevils couldn't keep up with it.” 
It is a genuine 4 and 5 lock big-boll variety of the best quality of upland 
staple. In our tests of strength of the lint it was the strongest of all. It is 
a sure cropper and a heavy one, a deep rooter and resists drought splen¬ 
didly. It IS the healthiest and a most generally satisfactory cotton for you 
to plant. It opens perfectly and early, being only a week to ten days 
later than King Extra Early. 
Fine for Either Upland or Bottom 
In Atlanta and other large cities where land Is expensive 15 to 30 story 
buildings are put up for renting. The owner of these high priced city lots 
must go “up in the air ’ to get profits out of rents. This led to the building 
of what are known as “sky scraper ” 15 to 30 story buildings. “HasfinSs’ 
Upright” Is somewhat that kind of a cotton. It grows 5 to 6 feet tall and 
don’t .spread out much. You make your crop in the air Instead of on or 
near the ground. 
Wegrew “Hastings’Upriiiht” on both upland and bottom. It’s 
well adapted to both. You should fertilize well on the uplands, for a 2 bale 
per acre variety needs to be led better than a half to 1 bale kind. We 
would have made considerable more cotton by planting closer. On up¬ 
land our Upright can be planted in 3 to 334 fuot rows and a piant left 
every 12 to 14 inches in the row: In bottoms make rows 4to4}4 feet apart 
and a plant every 15 to 18 inches. The general absence of wide .spreading 
base branches makes It safe to do this and It’s the only variety we know of 
that wiil stand close planting. The crop is almost all made up along the 
main stem where the sun gets into It all day. We have in the past made 
the mistake of not close enough planting. Cultivation can be kept up es 
long as you please without fear of breaking oS' base limbs or branches. 
Some of the plants of the “Uprishf” throw out a single base limb but In¬ 
stead of spreading low. It turns and grows upright similar to the main 
stem, these upright base limbs alone usually producing at rate of to 1 
bale per acre. The “Uprifthf” Is a cotton that will always make good at 
picking time and at the gin. It comes nearer being “all cotton ' than any 
variety we know of. Be sure and give it close planting and you will never 
be disappointed in your yield per acre. 
fin I pro Poimd, postpaid, 50 cents; 2^ pounds postpaid, $1.00. Peck, not prepaid, 75 cents; 
I ll I 1 11 M Bushel (30 pounds Georgia legal ’weight) $2.50; 100 pounds $7.00. Freight rate to Texas, Ai - 
kansas and Oklahoma points, $1.08 per 100 pounds. 
Union Boll Cotton Continned From Pa^e 17 
Sunflower County, is one of the most 
famous cotton-growing counties. Mr. 
M. S. Wilson writes: “Union Big Boll 
seed bought from you is fine as can be. Cotton is 5 or 6 
feet high and loaded from bottom to top with bolls and 
squares. I have never had a cotton I like better.” 
J. Coyart, Calhoun County, says: “I find your cot¬ 
ton just what you recommend it to be. Will get 1 bale 
per acre and would have much more if it had not been 
for the overflow.” ^ 
W. S. Danner, Kemper County: “I think Union Big 
Boll the best I ever saw. I have 5 acres and will make 5 
bales, while with other varieties will only make 3 bales 
to 5 acres.” 
C. F. Bryant, Smith County, writes: “Am well 
.pleased with Union Big Boll. Will get 1 bale per acre in 
spite of BoU Weevils.” 
J. E. Camp,Floyd Co., “HASTINGS’ Union 
Big Boll is very promising. I have other 
varieties planted but yours is far superior 
to any of them.” 
GeorgiQ 
L. C. Rowland, Jenkins County: “Am well pleased 
with Union Big Boll. It’s a fine cotton. I planted sev¬ 
eral kinds of good cotton but like Union Big Boll best.” 
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 estimated at a bale per acre.” It is fine for the 
land it is on. 
J. D. Cobb, Crisp County: “Am well pleased with 
Union Big Boll bought of you. It is heavily fruited and 
the bolls are large. I have 5 acres of it.” 
