Permits Earlier Planting— 2% Ceresan, by protecting 
the seed from decay and by reducing damping-off or 
sore-shin, enables you to plant earlier with greater pos¬ 
sibility of securing a paying stand of cotton. Also, 
early planting is one method of getting ahead of the 
boll weevil. 
Less 2% Ceresan Seed Needed—2% Ceresan treated 
seed, because it is protected against the soil rots and 
seed-borne diseases, can be planted at a lower rate 
per acre, with better assurance of obtaining a full 
stand. Many growers plant from one-fourth to one- 
third less 2% Ceresan treated seed per acre than un¬ 
treated seed. 
INCREASES YIELDS 
Treatment Inexpensive— 2% Ceresan costs only nine 
to fourteen cents per bushel of seed. Compared with 
the improvement in stands and increases in yields ob¬ 
tained from the treatment, this small cost is almost 
negligible. In fact, by planting one-third less seed the 
saving in seed alone pays the cost of the treatment 
several times over. 
MERITS OF 2% CERESAN 
TREATMENT 
2% Ceresan treated seed produced 32.4% better stand 
than the untreated seed 
Simple, Easy Treatment— 2% Ceresan disinfection of 
cotton seed is simple, easy and practical. Three ounces 
of 2% Ceresan dust treat one bushel of cotton seed. 
The seed and the 2% Ceresan are placed in a discarded 
milk can, clean calcium arsenate drum, or a rotary 
treater and agitated together for three minutes to coat 
the seed. 
Treat in Spare Time— 2% Ceresan treatment may be 
made any time after the seed is thoroughly dried and 
cured and before planting. You may make the treat¬ 
ment in your spare time and store the treated seed 
until the planting season. 
Harmless to Seed—2% Ceresan, when used as directed, 
is harmless to cotton seed. Treated seed is not in 
danger of reinfection from contaminated sacks, bins or 
planters. Use 2% Ceresan to increase your cotton 
profits. 
Inexpensive Home-Made Treater 
T HE inexpensive home-made treater illustrated below 
may be used to dust cotton seed. Only 3 ounces of 
2% Ceresan are required per bushel of lint-covered seed. 
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EXPERIMENT STATIONS 
RECOMMEND 2% CERESAN 
U. S. Dept, of Agriculture—“The most effective dust 
disinfectants are some of the organic mercury com¬ 
pounds. Seed treated with these dusts at the rate ol 
4 ounces per bushel has given excellent, stands of cot¬ 
ton with a minimum of blight-infected seedlings. The 
dust treatment is simple and inexpensive.” 
Georgia—“Ceresan . . . recommended for dusting cot¬ 
ton seed. Ceresan has given uniformly increased ger¬ 
mination counts, controls angular leaf-spot, and the 
yields are equal to those of any of the other treatments. 
This product is quite cheap . . . 
“. . . Seed treatment with Ceresan dust increased the 
percentage of seed producing seedlings, especially for 
the early planting. 
“Treating the seed with Ceresan dust improved stands 
for most methods, rates and dates of planting ... 
