18 Cotton Seed 
RUSSELL-HECKLE 
Memphis, Tenn. 
Simunerour’s Half and Half Cotton 
Mr. Summerour sent us a few of his late gin records: 
Weight 
Weight 
Percent 
Weight 
Weight 
Percent 
Seed Cotton 
Bale 
Lint 
Seed Cotton 
Bale 
Lint 
1,085 
532 
49.0 
1,025 
525 
51.2 
1,050 
517 
49.1 
1,100 
510 
46.3 
1,120 
546 
4S.8 
1,310 
638 
48.7 
1,145 
566 
49.5 
1,025 
518 
50.5 
1,180 
578 
49.0 
855 
437 
51.1 
1,100 
540 
49.0 
975 
507 
52.0 
1,090 
525 
48.1 
1,050 
522 
49.7 
Letter after letter 
centages. We shall 
to Mr. Summerour from his customers 
be glad to quote you prices on Genuine 
scattered all over the 
Summerour’s Half & 
South 
Half. 
show they obtained 
same lint 
Direct from the Originator in 
his own printed bags—every bag 
already treated with 2 % Ceresan. 
So many requests came to us 
from our customers for the orig¬ 
inator’s seed that in 1936 we put 
it in stock, and in spite of its high 
price we had orders for over three 
thousand bushels—more than we 
could supply. We will therefore 
stock it again this year—Order 
early so you won’t be disap¬ 
pointed; we sold out last year be¬ 
fore season had half started. 
Here is 3tr. Summerour*s 
brief description — 
“It has a strong, vigorous stalk, 
with medium size leaves and many 1 
fruit limbs which begin to fruit 
Summerour’s Half ancl Half 
early and rapidly. It opens as 
early as the earliest types. The 
bolls are medium size, mostly five 
lock, averaging from fifty-five to 
sixty per pound. Most of the bolls 
are round like a ball. The seed are 
very small and will plant a great 
deal more per bushel than most 
other varieties. It is a hardy cot¬ 
ton; stands the cold spring better 
than the average cotton, and on 
account of its extra-rooting sys¬ 
tem, its drouth-resistant qualities 
are remarkable. ’ ’ 
SUMMEROUR’S 
Ili-Rred Cotton 
We have a very limited amount 
only of Mr. Summerour’s New Hi- 
Bred Cotton Seed. The same gen¬ 
eral excellence as his Half and 
Half. 
Half and Half Cotton (Ginned 
on Private Gin) 
Just what we have been trying to obtain so long—pure 
Half and Half, privately ginned, that we could see at rea¬ 
sonable price. A big plantation company in Arkansas 
planted their entire crop the past Spring in Summerour's 
Half and Half seed direct from the originator in Georgia, 
having their own gin, and ginned for no outside people. By 
the way the seed for the entire plantation were treated 
with 2% Ceresan, with such splendid results that they say 
they never expect to plant a row of cotton without treating 
the seed with 2% Ceresan. The reason—freedom from all 
the various fungus and other plant diseases that damage 
cotton every year, causing plants to shrivel and die con¬ 
sequent poor stands and poor yields, 2% Ceresan treatment 
brought almost a perfect stand and a truly wonderful crop. 
Half and Half is probably the most “cussed out’’ cotton 
known. Experiment Stations over here do not recommend 
it and cotton mills claim it is too short to be desirable. 
In spite of this, farmers demand this variety in hill sec¬ 
tions, and make a good living out of it year after year. 
They receive almost as much per pound for the lint as for 
other short cottons, and a whole lot bigger turn-out at 
the gin. The originator claims from 45% to 50% lint. 
The seed are uniform in size and 
color and free from the little black 
linters seed that are so prevalent and 
so troublesome in the usual Half and 
Half ginned on public gins. We are 
proud to offer these privately ginned 
seed. 
Dusting cotton seed with 2% Cere¬ 
san increases the yield. It makes 
working acres out of loafing acres. 
This treatment costs less than hav¬ 
ing your seed delinted; is more effec¬ 
tive in getting a better stand besides 
destroying diseases. You certainly 
cannot afford to miss dusting your 
cotton seed with 2% Ceresan this 
Spring. 
1 lb. treats 5 bushels, 70c; 5 lb. tin, 
$3.00; by mail, 1 lb., 80c; 5 lbs., $3.20. 
Imp. Rucker Rig Roil Cotton 
This is another Georgia developed variety that has made 
many friends over here, and the, description below tells why. 
Rucker has a decidedly big boll, and is a very quick making 
cotton; the plant is small and light foliage allows sunlight 
to get in. Cotton pulls about 1 inch with a good grade of 
fibre, picking qualities very good, gin outturn average 40 
per cent. 
Our grower obtained his seed this last spring from the 
originator and look what he did — picked 111 bales from one 
field of 72 acres before end of October. Our seed ginned on 
private gin, seed very uniform, small, and go a long way 
in planting. 
Rowdeii 1040 Cotton 
Our seed of this variety were produced on rich, Delta soil 
in Mississippi Count, Arkansas. Plenty of moisture and 
pedigreed seed obtained from Experiment Station made 
possible an enormous crop — better than a bale per acre. 
Pine grade of tough texture line of full 1%2 staple brought 
a good premium in price, making a most profitable crop. 
Our grower expects to plant his entire place in Rowden 
1049 again next spring for this improved strain has brought 
him improved money returns per acre for past two years. 
A very big, round boll variety, 63 bolls to the pound, 
the kind that pickers like to pick, yet extremely storm 
proof; line percentage 34 to 36; 1 to l’/ie inch staple, early 
maturing and a wilt resistant variety. The prettiest big 
white seed of any variety we know. 
“AERO” CYAN AMID 
GRANULAR “AERO” CYANAMID is a concentrated 
fertilizer material, containing 21% nitrogen and 70% 
hydrated lime. In other words, one ton of AERO 
Cyanamid supplies 420 pounds of nitrogen and 1,400 
pounds of hydrated lime. AERO Cyanamid is ideal 
fertilizer for your cotton. It will increase your yields. 
Prices on request. 
2% CERESAN 
COTTON, FLAX, 
S °RGHUMS, PEAS and 
NARCISSUS 
