R.B. BUCHANAN SEED CO. 
MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE 
LONG STAPLE SEED 
Prices on Cotton Seed Quoted on YeUow Sheet 
Center of Catalogue 
1156—DELFOS No. 531—Early maturing, quite similar to Missdei 
No. 4. Both are developments from the original Delfos 6102. It 
is one of the most prolific bearers ever developed, and one of 
the most successful cottons under boll weevil conditions. Foliage 
is light, plant is medium, vigorous and spreading. Bolls 75 to 80 
to the pound. Lint percentage 32 to 34. Lint length on valley 
land 15/32 to 17/32, and on hill land 13/32 to 15/32. 
1160 — MISSDEL No. 3—This variety has all the good character¬ 
istics of the Missdei No. 1. Type, semi-dwarf, light foliage; big 
boll, 60 to 65 per pound; lint 32% to 34%; 13/16 to 11/4 inches 
full. Maturity, the earliest of all staples of equal length. Storm 
resistance good. 
1161— MISSDEL No. 4—Type, dwarf and very hardy. The boll is 
not so large as No. 3, about 70 to 75 to the pound, storm resist¬ 
ance is good, its lint percentage on delta land runs 34 to 36 
(better than thirds itself). And on hill land it has run 36% to 
39%. Length of staple on delta soil 11/8 to 13/16 inches and in 
hill land 1 inch to 1 3/32 inches. The picking qualities have been 
much improved over Delfos 6102 from which it was developed. 
MISSOURI STATE CERTIFIED COTTON SEED 
We have always known that Cotton Seed grown along the 
Northern edge of the Cotton Belt would mature quicker than 
seed grown farther South. 
Below is what the grower of these Missouri State Certified 
Cotton Seed writes us regarding them: 
Stoneville 4 B, for rich, heavy type soils dwarf type growth. 
Does not get too rank even on very rich land. Large bolls 
easily picked. Staple strong 1^. Yield about IV 2 bales per acre. 
Stoneville 5, for medium rich soils, about l^ staple, average 
turnout about 38%. Yielded this year a little more lint per 
acre than D. P. L. 
D. P. L. 11, for poorer or lighter soils. 1 inch to 1/g, average 
turnout 38 to 40%. Yield per acre about IV 2 bales; continues to 
make cotton until frost. Showing extreme vitality. 
We will have these seed for sale from this grower as long 
as they last. Write for prices. 
Long Staple—Usually 1 5/32 to 1 5/16 Inches 
COTTON ROADS 
South Carolina, seeking to broaden the market for cotton, 
laid the first cotton-reinforced road in 1926. Today about 500 
miles of such roads are in use in a score of States, and by the 
year end the figure will have increased to 600 miles, according 
to the Cotton Textile Institute. A truck unrolls the fabric from 
a huge spool. A sprinkler then applies liquid tar, preparatory to 
covering the surface with stone screenings. Finally, a heavy 
roller goes over the road several times, and it is ready for serv¬ 
ice. Highway engineers say that lining a road with cotton fabric 
increases its life by preventing cracks and erosion. 
—News-Week—Business, September 6, 1937. 
The Commercial Appeal of December 8, 1937, quotes Maj. 
Bernard E. Grey, chief engineer of the Asphalt Institute of New 
York, as saying: “Use of cotton fabric in highway construction, 
soil conservation, and mosquito eradication offers a potential 
market for 100,000 bales of cotton annually.” Mr. Grey further 
said the use of cotton in highway Construction is no longer in 
the experimental stages, “It has a definite reinforcement value 
which tests have shown to be better than mesh wire.” This 
gentleman attended the eleventh annual Asphalt Conference 
at the Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn. 
WARNING 
There has been much printed and spoken regarding the low 
germination of cotton seed from the 1937 crop due to the rains 
during this past fall. If you plan to plant your seed in 1938, have 
them tested for germination either by your State Department 
of Agriculture or a reputable Seed Analyst, or send us a 
2-pound sample, with a $1.00 bill, and we will test them for 
you or have it done and send you a report. 
R. B. BUCHANAN. 
COTTONSEED MIXING INCREASED BY MODERN GIN EQUIPMENT 
The information and cut below were copied from U. S. Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture circular No. 205 by W. W. Ballard and C. B. 
Doyle. You can get one of these circulars by addressing Bureau 
of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C. 
It is generally known that the seed is mixed when one variety 
of cotton follows another at the public gin, but the extent of 
the mixture was not appreciated until a method of testing was 
developed and a careful experiment made at Greenville, Texas, 
in 1914. The results of that test showed that cottonseed was 
mixed at the public gins far more than was generally realized 
and emphasized the necessity for co-operation between the 
farmers and ginners if supplies of pure seed for planting were 
to be maintained. 
But the test of 1914 does not show the full extent of mixing, 
which has increased notably in recent years with the wider use 
of modern gin equipment. The general tendency in the con¬ 
struction of gin plants has been toward more and larger gin 
stands, in order to make more efficient use of the power and 
other equipment and to speed up the handling of the seed cotton. 
These are desirable aims, but the change results incidentally in 
a further increase in the mixing of seed, which is already a 
serious menace to the preservation of superior varieties of cotton. 
Since each gin machine, or “stand,” has a roll box in front of 
its saws, the large ginning establishments increase the extent of 
the mixing in proportion to the number of gin stands. 
This picture and above wording explain why so many of our 
best farmers buy pure bred cottonseed every two or three years. 
Sample of Cottonseed Taken 15 Minutes After Ginning Began, Still. Showing 7.4 Per Cent of Dyed Seed from the Seed Roll Left Over from 
Preceding Bales. From Saunders’ Experiment in 1914. Read Cottonseed Mixing Above. 
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