ORIGINATOR'S D. P, L No. II-A 
(Delinted—Sacked in Originator’s Bags) 
The plantation of the Delta & Pine Land Company of 
Mississippi, at Scott, Mississippi, is in itself the largest 
cotton plantation in the world. 
With this tremendous investment at stake the man¬ 
agement early realized the necessity of not only having 
the best and most efficient equipment that money 
could buy, the most experienced and highest trained 
men money could hire, but that it was absolutely essen¬ 
tial the most productive and perfect type of cotton 
should be planted. 
In order to improve old varieties and if possible to 
develop superior new varieties, the Company, twenty 
years ago, established its own Experiment Station on 
the property at Scott, Mississippi, in every way com¬ 
parable with the best Government stations. 
After years of cross breeding and selection, the first 
distinct variety was produced and acclaimed through¬ 
out the entire cotton belt as the best cotton of its day. 
Never satisfied, however, the experts of this great 
Company strive each year for something a little better. 
The entire resources of its Experiment Department are 
devoted to the exclusive development of BETTER 
COTTON. 
The culmination of twenty years of seed breeding is 
embodied in D. P. L. 11-A, hard and wiry staple from 
1 inch full to 1 3/32 inch full when grown on better 
soil; exceptional spinning value, commands substantial 
premium, early, storm proof, disease resistant, medium 
foliage, marvelous lint yield (39 to 44%), nice boll, 
mostly five lock. 
ORIGINATOR'S D. P. L. 11-A 
(Sacked in Originator’s Bags) 
D, P. L. 11-A is the newest strain of the long line of 
famous D. P. L. cottons—better and better year after 
year. Fruits a little faster, even more uniform and 
standing at the head of the list. 
Here is a brief description of D. P. L. 11-A given by 
the Delta Pine Land Company, originators: 
“Exceptional spinning value. Commands substantial 
premium. Early, Storm proof, Disease resistant. Me¬ 
dium Foliage. Marvelous lint yield. Hard and wiry 
staple from 1 inch full to 1 3/32 inch full when grown 
on better soil. Nice boll, mostly Five Lock.” 
D, P. L. No. 11 
Our grower in the Delta averaged over IV 2 bales per 
acre on his entire crop of about 1200 acres this past 
year, and on one plot of eighty acres, over 2 bales 
per acre. 
Think of it! His seed direct from the originator. 
This past year D. P. L. 11 made sensational yields 
almost everywhere, both at the various experiment sta¬ 
tions and on farms and plantations wherever planted, 
both in hill sections and in the Mississippi Delta. Add to 
such outstanding yields in the fields its large lint out¬ 
turn at the gin, 40 to 42%, and staple length of 1 inch 
full to 1 3/32 on good soil, then you begin to realize 
why this cotton is so popular—it really “pays off”. 
Vigorous plant, early maturity, picking qualities good, 
storm resistance good, quite resistant to wilt. 
D.P.L. COTTONS DON'T QUIT 
They will stand more drought and abuse and 
keep right on growing and fruiting than any other 
cotton in existence. 
D. P. L. No. 10 
The grower of our D. P. L. No. 10 cotton seed picked 
and ginned an average of slightly over 1 % bales of 
lint cotton per acre on his entire plantation of about 
one thousand acres for 1934, 1935, and 1936. No wonder 
he has stuck to this variety, bought direct from origi¬ 
nators. 
D. P. L. 10 has a vigorous and spreading plant, very 
resistant to wilt, 3G to 38% outturn at the gin, lint 
length 1 to 1 1/16 inches, bolls large, 65 to 75 to the 
pound; early maturing, picking qualities excellent, storm 
resistance good. 
Very resistant to wilt. 
D. P. Li. No. 11—80 ACRES, 200 BALES 
1 1 % Inch 1% Inch l T 5 g Inch 1% Inch l/g Inch 1 % Inch 
