Cotton Seed for Southern Planters 
HARPER COTTON 
The Kin? of the Mebane Strains 
We believe that Harper’s Pure-Bred Pedi¬ 
greed Cotton Seed is one of the best buys 
on the market in the way of good planting 
seed, quality and price considered. Its many 
improved characteristics are outstanding. 
Everything that a farmer wants in an Im¬ 
proved Cotton: RAPID GROWTH—BIG 
BOLLS—EASY TO PICK—DROUTH RE¬ 
SISTING—HEAVY YIELD—LONG, STRONG 
STAPLE — EARLY MATURITY — STORM 
PROOF — LONG LIMBS AND SHORT 
JOINTS, 38 TO 42 Per Cent LINT. 
Every farmer’s aim in harvesting a cotton 
crop is to have a cotton that will produce 
more dollars and cents per acre. The first 
step toward a profit on your Cotton Crop is 
to plant only the best type of Pure-Bred Cot¬ 
ton seed that will produce you more cotton 
per acre and a high grade lint. HARPER’S 
Improved Pedigreed Seed is a native Texas 
Mebane Cotton well acclimated to Southern 
conditions. It does well on all types of soil 
in the Southwest. 
Through special arrangements with Robt. 
M. Harper, Breeder and Grower of Harper’s 
Pure-Bred Pedigreed Cottonseed, we are glad 
to relate to our farmer customers that we are 
able to furnish you with these Pure Pedigreed 
Cottonseed. These seed are grown by Robt. 
M. Harper and ginned on his exclusive battery 
of gins which help to keep them pure. The 
varietal purity of Harper Cotton is unexcelled 
and we believe it to be one of the best of 
Mebane Strains of Cotton on the market today. 
All seed shipped in Harper’s Sealed, Trade- 
Mark bags. 
Price: 3 bushels or more, $2.00 per bushel, 
freight charges fully prepaid to any railroad 
station in Texas. Texas freight rates allowed 
en out of State shipments. No order accepted 
for less than 3 bushels. 
Do not plant ordinary gin-run 
cotton seed. Plant the best seed— 
it will result in a better yield. 
A Boll of Harper Cotton 
WATSON COTTON 
Improved from Mebane 
The Watson Cotton has been bred, grown 
and developed, from the famous Mebane 
Cotton, in Dallas County, Texas, by Ferris 
Watson, a Cotton Breeder of more than twenty- 
five years’ experience. 
Not since the original Mebane was first 
placed on the market, more than a quarter 
century ago, has any cotton been received with 
so much favor as the Watson Cotton. No 
other cotton has proven as well adapted to the 
different soils and sections. 
Watson Cotton is early fruiting with light 
foliage. It usually matures its crop from one 
to two weeks earlier than other standard va¬ 
rieties. The remarkable heavy yielding quali¬ 
ties no doubt are accounted for by the fact 
that its earliness, alone, enables it to mature 
its heavy crop of large five-lock bolls before 
the insects have time to destroy them. Its 
long, penetrating roots enable it to stand 
drouth remarkably well. Its staple usually 
runs from 1 inch to 1-1/16 inches. Under 
normal conditions 1,200 to 1,300 pounds of seed 
cotton will produce a bale of 500 to 626 
pounds of lint. 
The Watson Cotton, on account of its many 
desirable characteristics, has now become one 
of the most popular varieties grown in the 
Southwest. Without a doubt, it is the easiest 
picking cotton in Texas. Many farmers say 
the difference in picking, alone, is worth the 
price of the seed. 
Watson Pedigreed Seed are ginned on ex¬ 
clusive gins, where no other cotton is ginned. 
The seed are cared for in the most modern 
pedigreed seed plant in the South, and are put 
up in 3-bushel bags. We carry a large stock 
of these seed and can make prompt shipment 
of any quantity desired. 
Price, $2.25 per bushel, freight prepaid to 
points in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. 
TREAT YOUR COTTON WITH CERESAN 
1—Controls damping-off, caused by seed-borne and certain 
soil-borne organisms and seed rotting. 
2— Reduces damage caused by angular 
leaf spot, anthracnose and boll rot. 
3— Makes possible earlier planting and 
produces heavier stands. 
4— Generally produces heavier yields of 
better quality. 
See page 59. 
Field of Watson Cotton and Its Originator and Breeder, 
Ferris Watson. 
NICHOLSON'S AUSTRIAN PEAS Canada field peas 
Maintaining soil fertility is one of the 
farmer’s most perplexing problems. This 
wonder plant makes a heavy vine growth 
that will decay very rapidly when plowed 
under. 
As a cover crop, it only needs ten to 
twelve pounds of growth to each 10 feet 
square, to plow under for fertilizer. It 
therefore can be planted in South Texas and 
Louisiana as early as the first of January: 
in North Texas, January 15 to February 1. 
Other crops planted on the same soil, follow¬ 
ing the plowing under of Austrian Peas, will 
■how a tremendous increase in yield. Cattle, 
sheep and hogs will graze on a field of Aus¬ 
trian Peas and enjoy it. A greater tonnage 
of hay can be obtained when planted with 
oat*, the oats acting as a support for the 
peas and encouraging their growth. 
The most economical manner is to plant 
Austrian Peas in rows. In doing this, one 
should plant in three-foot rows such as in 
planting corn, then turn back and plant be¬ 
tween the rows, thus giving you 8-inch rows 
when finished. It requires only 30 pounds to 
plant an acre in this way. 
If wanted for pasture or hay, sow broadcast, 
60 pounds to the acre; also 60 pounds to the 
acre when sown with an ordinary grain drill. 
If you desire to sow with small grain such 
as oats, we suggest sowing one or two 
bushels of oats to the acre about as deep as 
the drill will put the oats, and then plant 
back over the oats with the Peas at the rate 
of 30 to 40 pounds to the acre, putting the 
Peas just deep enough to cover good, without 
disturbing the oats. This system of planting 
is necessary, as a mixture of peas and oats 
will not mix evenly enough to drill out uni¬ 
formly. Sow in fall or early spring. Lb., 
25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, lb., 
15c; 26 lbs., $2.25. Ask for prices on larger 
quantities. 
Plant during the months of October and 
November, and again in the early spring. 
They improve the soil by gathering and stor¬ 
ing nitrogen. Yield heavy crops that may be 
grazed or made into hay, that stock eat 
greedily and thrive on. Grow 4 to 6 feet 
high, but can be grazed when 6 to 10 inches 
high. Pasturing the Peas makes them stool 
out better. It is a good idea when sowing 
the Peas to mix a bushel of oats, barley, or 
wheat with 50 pounds of Peas per acre. This 
makes a fine mixture and makes good hay. 
If sown alone, sow about 75 pounds per acre, 
broadcast. Crop of this kind is splendid to 
plow under for green manure. Also used as 
a table Pea and is only excelled by the 
English Pea. Lb.. 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. 
Not prepaid, 20 lbs., $2.25. Ask for prices 
on larger quantities. 
ROBERT NICHOLSON SEED CO. 
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DALLAS, TEXAS 
