KEEP IN STEP WITH PROGRESS 
PLANT BAGLEY BETTER PEDIGREED SEED 
At no other time of our lives should we be more deeply impressed with the progress that has been made than 
we should now, this the 100th year of Texas Independence. 
To most of us the early days of Texas is revealed only through history and only can we realize through a 
mental vision the crudeness of the state of commerce during those early days. But Texas, year after year, has 
progressed, and we are now celebrating the 100th year of Progress. 
To view such strides of progress and improvement in our mode of Agriculture, Travel, Manufacturing and in all lines 
of industry is quite a contrast to the mental picture we have of the early days and with these two pictures in mind 
it is natural to assume that behind such progress and improvement were progressive minds, men that have given 
their entire lives to one line of work to give to the people of Texas the greatest improvement in that particular 
line. 
And so, behind the greatest industry of our state, the Cotton Industry, are these 
same progressive minds, men who are giving their lives to the improvement of the 
cotton plant. Most of us remember—particularly us farmer boys—when we had to 
take 1700 and 1800 pounds of seed cotton to the gin to get a 500 pound bale, but now, 
ihrough years of hard work, careful study and breeding the farmers of Texas to- 
iay have in the BAGLEY BETTER COTTON the greatest improvement yet achieved 
in cotton breeding; a cotton that is bred 
to make the farmer the most dollars per 
acre; a closely jointed stalk with large 5 
lock drooping bolls, and deeply rooted to 
resist drouthy conditions. From 1200 to 
1250 pounds of seed cotton will turn out 
500 pounds of lint and a hard, wirev, uni¬ 
form staple from 1 to 1 1/16 inches in 
length depending on soil and season. A 
staple that meets the demands of the cot¬ 
ton buyer and the spinner. COTTON 
TEXTILE MILLS ARE DEMANDING 
BAGLEY STAPLE. 
So when we compare the cotton we 
have today, bred and grown by W. W. 
BAGLEY & SONS, Martindale, Texas, 
with the cotton of 15 or 20 years ago the 
contrast is just as great as in other lines 
of progress. BAGLEY has kept pace with 
progress by giving the farmer the great¬ 
est improvement in cotton. 
Texas is now celebrating the 100th year 
of progress and at no other time should 
we be more interested in securing pure 
bred pedigreed seed for next season's 
planting. A block of acreage planted in 
Bagley Better 
YESTERDAY 
TODAY 
TOMORROW 
Pedigreed Seed 
on your farm 
will convince 
you of the pro¬ 
gress that has 
been made in 
cotton breed¬ 
ing. As we go 
out of the 100th year of Texas Independence 
and into the next, and year after year, KEEP 
STEP WITH PROGRESS, PLANT BAGLEY 
BETTER PEDIGREED SEED and insure your¬ 
self of the Greatest Returns in DOLLARS 
AND CENTS PER ACRE. PLACE YOUR 
ORDER NOW. You will be keeping step with 
Progress in the Cotton Industry. 
You can’t go wrong by 
placing your order now 
DO YOU KNOW THAT 
1. Wiley Bagley, our Grandfather and Pioneer, 
erected the first Cotton Gin in this section of the 
State. The gin was located about five miles north 
of Martindale, Texas on the river. 
2. Lindsey Bagley, our uncle, was the first white 
child born in this trade territory. 
3. The Bagley ancestors were pioneers in this 
section, having cleared ground and built log cabins. 
4. W. W. BAGLEY & SONS were born on a 
farm and have lived in the shadow of a cotton 
stalk all of their lives. 
5. W. W. BAGLEY & SONS have been breed¬ 
ing cotton since 1918 and that they did not offer 
aseed for sale until the year 1930. They wanted 
the best in Quality and Purity before offering any 
seed for sale. 
6. W. W. BAGLEY & SONS have sold all the 
BAGLEY BETTER PEDIGREED SEED they had 
to offer by early spring each season and have had 
to return thousands of orders unfilled to customers 
who ordered too late. From W. W. BAGLEY & 
SONS you get BAGLEY BETTER PEDIGREED 
SEED or none at all. When all of the BAGLEY 
BETTER PEDIGREED SEED have been sold. Bag- 
ley & Sons have no more seed to offer until an¬ 
other crop can be grown. 
7. BAGLEY BETTER COTTON runs from 40% 
to 42% lint. 1250 pounds seed cotton gins out 
from 510 to 545 pounds lint, depending on soil 
and season. 
8. Cotton Textile Mills are demanding BAG- 
LEY BETTER COTTON over ordinary varieties. 
A premium is being, paid for BAGLEY BETTER 
COTTON. The spinning qualities with 1 inch to 
1 1/16 inch hard uniform staple (depending on 
so AL^T Season >. ha s made BAGLEY BETTER 
COTTON a favorite with Cotton Textile Mills. 
9. W. W. BAGLEY & SONS, breed, grow and 
sel1 highest grade of PEDIGREED PLANT- 
rNG SEED available today. BAGLEY BETTER 
COTTON runs 99%% in varietal purity. 
10- BAGLEY & SONS do their own breeding 
work. Their business is too important to trust 
to an outsider. 
11. BAGLEY BETTER COTTON is adaptable 
to practically any soil and will give good 
results on any soil that will grow cotton. 
12. BAGLEY BETTER COTTON generally pro¬ 
duces from 10% to 20% more per acre than does 
ordinary varieties. 
13 ’ ££? LEY BETTER COTTON will make you 
more DOLLARS PER ACRE and that you cannot 
afford to plant ordinary varieties, when you can 
make more money from your time, labor, and 
land by planting BAGLEY BETTER PEDIGREED 
SEED. 
14. BAGLEY & SONS have new warehouses 
built hi store and handle BAGLEY BETTER 
PEDIGREED SEED in the most scientific man¬ 
ner and to assure their customers of greater satis- 
fac ll2£-T; r ° m the use of Highly Bred BAGLEY 
BETTER PEDIGREED SEED. 
15- w - W. BAGLEY & SONS have an exclu¬ 
sive battery of gins where BAGLEY BETTER 
COTTON is ginned. No other cotton can 
be ginned on this battery. 
16. W. W. BAGLEY & SONS use the 
most scientific methods in breeding BAG- 
LEY BETTER PEDIGREED SEED up to 
their present high standards. 
17. GENUINE BAGLEY BETTER PEDI¬ 
GREED SEED are bred, grown and sold 
exclusively by W. W. BAGLEY & SONS, 
Martindale, Texas, and that all Genuine 
BAGLEY BETTER PEDIGREED SEED 
are sacked in sealed 3 bushel Trade-mar¬ 
ked (Bagley) sacks. 
18. BAGLEY BET- - 
TER PEDIGREED 
SEED are double-cul¬ 
led. 
19. BAGLEY BET¬ 
TER PEDIGREED 
SEED are double tes¬ 
ted for Germination. 
The seed are tested by 
W. W. Bagley & Sons 
and the State Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture 
for Germination be¬ 
fore they leave the 
Bagley Warehouses. 
BAGLEY & SONS 
ship only seed with 
High Germination. 
20. BAGLEY BET¬ 
TER PEDIGREED 
SEED are treated with 
Ceresan, which insures 
a better stand in wet 
weather and helps the 
plant to be a more vig¬ 
orous healthy plant. 
21. W. W. BAGLEY 
& SONS love their work 
and spare neither time or 
expense in bringing you 
BAGLEY BETTER COT¬ 
TON, the most highly de¬ 
veloped cotton in existence 
today. 
22. BAGLEY & SONS 
will be glad to have an old 
time visit from you. 
23. An order placed now 
with W. W. BAGLEY Si 
SONS for BAGLEY BET¬ 
TER PEDIGREED SEED 
will insure your cotton 
crop of the greatest pos¬ 
sible returns per acre in 
Dollars and Cents. Take 
no chances—order now. 
BAGLEY PEDIGREED SEED SHOW AN IMPROVEMENT EACH YEAR 
