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BUCHANAN’S HALF AND HALF COTTON SEED 
1152—HALF AND HALF (Type)—So named as it produces nearly 50% 
lint and 50% seed; most growers claim a turnout of 42% to 48% lint. Grown 
by farmers along the northern edge of the Cotton Belt in Tennessee where 
practically all cotton grown is of the Half and Half variety. It is a short 
staple cotton, producing a staple of 3/4 to 1 1/32 inches, it requires 1,050 
pounds to 1,350 pounds to produce a 500-pound bale. Our records show 
that we first sold this seed in 1913. We make no extravagant claims about 
breeding this cotton (as we are not seed breeders), or that it is ginned 
on a private gin; we do claim that after selling this seed for more than 
20 years, that being grown along the northern edge of the Cotton Belt 
will mature 10 to 15 days earlier than cottons grown farther south. Since 
cotton spinners have adjusted their machinery to spin short cotton, because 
they can buy it for less and make more profit, we contend that it will 
produce more money on poor or medium upland than any cotton. The 
yield per acre, length of staple and the turnout at the gin of any cotton 
will largely depend on the season, the nature of soil, the manner of 
handling and ginning, and the unknown laws of nature. Read the letters 
below. 
Price—100 lbs., $3.00; 500 lbs., $15.00; 1,000 lbs., $30.00; ton, $55.00 
Short Staple—Usually 7/8 to 1 1/32 
BUYING OUR HALF AND HALF COTTON SEED 
Please do not compare our prices on Planting Cot¬ 
ton Seed with the prices you receive for your Cot¬ 
ton Seed. There is no comparison. We have our 
buyer (of 20 years’ experience) examine the seed, 
buy them, and send them to Memphis where we 
have them cleaned by machinery, making four 
separations, Good Seed, Bolls and Lint, Broken 
Bolls, and sand and wild weed seeds which con¬ 
taminate your land, losing about 10%, then analyze 
the Good Seed, and test for Purity and Germina¬ 
tion, and tag each sack with tag showing complete 
analysis, before offering for sale to you. 
TESTIMONIAL LETTERS 1933 CROP 
Mr. C. H. Corden, Manchester, Tenn., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half Cotton Seed about 26th of April on upland sage land. Used about 
160 pounds 10-2-4 Cotton Kicker fertilizer. Began picking September. 
Grew about 560 pounds seed cotton to an acre. It took 1,225 pounds of 
seed cotton to make 500 pound bale. Sold for 10% to 11c. 
Mr. Dennis Davis, Corinth, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half Cotton Seed first of April on loamy, sandy land. Used barnyard 
fertilizer. It was open 10 to 12 days before my neighbors’. Do not 
know how much it yield to the acre as I plowed up one-third of my 
best. Had small crop. Sold at 10c per pound. 
Mr. Perry Culberson, Stallo, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half Cotton Seed 18th of April to 6th of May on hill land. Used soda 
and phosphate. Began picking in September. 1,000 pounds made 400 
pound bale. Sold for 11.62c. 
Mr. J. C. Kimbrough, Tuscumbia, Ala., writes: Planted your Half 
and Half Cotton Seed on May 1st. Red land or upland. Used no ferti¬ 
lizer. Began picking about last of August. Yield about 400 pounds to 
an acre. Ginned 1,133 pounds seed cotton. Got a bale weighing 533 
pounds. Brought the same price as other. 
Mr. E. B. Springer, Wild Cherry, Ark., writes: Planted your Half 
and Half Cotton about 1st of May on ridge sandy land. Used no 
fertilizer. Began picking last of September. About 325 pounds to an 
acre seed cotton. 1,214 pounds made 552 pound bale. Received about 
the same price as others. 
Mr. W. O. Sanderson, Town Creek, Ala., writes: Planted your Half 
and Half Cotton Seed last days in April on sandy land. Used ferti¬ 
lizer. Began picking in September. Took 1,300 pounds to make 500 
pound bale. It brought 9c per pound. 
TESTIMONIAL LETTERS—1934 CROP 
Mr. T. D. Brantley, Eupora, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
cotton on light loam soil, used 1,000 pounds 4-8-4 fertilizer, began picking 
September 10th. Yield 400 pounds seed cotton to acre, 960 pounds seed 
cotton ginned 416-pound bales. 
Mr. Luther Franks, Jr., Leoma, Tenn., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half last week in April on ridge land; used 200 pounds Royster fertilizer 
to acre. Began picking middle of September, produced about 700 pounds 
seed cotton to an acre; 1,235 pounds ginned 602-pound bale, sold for same 
price as other cottons raised in my neighborhood. 
Mr. Charles Friddell, Big Springs, Tenn., writes: Planted your Half 
and Half May 10th on pasture land, used 125 pounds 16% fertilizer to 
acre, 2,970 pounds seed cotton ginned 1 bale 600 pounds and 1 bale 485 
pounds. Sold for 12%, same as others. 
Mr. Owin Carter, Aplin, Ark., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
April 22nd on high sandy land, no fertilizer. Began picking August 19th. 
Yield about 260 pounds to acre, this was bad year; 1,300 pounds made 
bale 500 pounds. It brought 13% cents. 
Mr. Woodron Manor, Caraway, Ark., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half about May 1st on rich, sandy loam, did not use fertilizer. Began pick¬ 
ing August 16th, produced 1,660 pounds to an acre, and some in the field 
yet (October 3, 1934). 1,300 pounds produced 600-pound bale; on account 
of dry weather lost top crop. 
Mr. B. L. Joiner, Perry, S. C., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
about April. 16th on clay land; used 400 pounds 8-3-3 fertilizer to an acre. 
Began picking last of August, gathered 1,000 pounds to an acre; it took 
1,200 pounds seed cotton to produce a 600-pound bale. Sold for % cent 
a pound less than 1%-inch staple cotton. 
Mr. Jeff Cothran, Wetumpka, Ala., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half Cotton Seed on May 15th on low flat sandy land, wet nature. Used 
200 pounds 8-3-5 fertilizer to an acre. Began picking > September 1st. 
Yield about 1,000 pounds seed cotton to an acre. Put 1,380 pounds in 
one bale and it weighed 616 pounds. Sold for as much as any other 9c. 
It was all right. I like it. 
TESTIMONIAL LETTERS—1935 CROP 
Mr. G. W. Armstrong, Walnut, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half about April 1st on ridge land, no fertilizer. Began picking Sep¬ 
tember 6th, yield 800 pounds seed cotton to acre. Took 1,100 pounds to 
produce 500 pound bale, sold for 10.90, longer staple brought 11.25. Well 
pleased, 600 pound bale out of 1,100 pounds seed cotton, makes more to 
acre than any other cotton. 
Mr. B. S. Merrill, Olive Branch, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half April 20th to May 20th on some thin land and some bottom land, 
no fertilizer. Began picking September 10th, hill land yield 260 pounds, 
bottom land much more. It took 1,190 pounds to make 600 pound bale. 
Received 11.26 per pound. 
Rev. W. H. Paine, Olive Branch, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half April 24th on very thin hill land, no fertilizer. Began picking last 
of August, on two acres got 1,035 pounds ; got 1 bale, weight 405 pounds. 
Sold for 11%, same price as other cottons. Well pleased with the turn¬ 
out, will be in for same seed next spring. 
Mr. J. H. Harvington, Walls, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
May 1st on thin hill land (ordinary), no fertilizer. Began picking Sep¬ 
tember 1st, made 750 pounds seed cotton to acre (very little rain). 1,100 
pounds seed cotton made 500 pound bale, it sold for about lc less than 
staple cotton. 
Mr. L. L. Woods, Byhalia, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
May 6th on medium creek bottom land, no fertilizer. Began picking 
September 1st; yield 1,200 pounds to an acre; took 1,100 pounds to make 
500 pound bale. Sold for ll%c a pound while Delfos brought 11.60. 
Mr. D. T. Hankens, Benton, Ark., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
May 1st on upland, used barnyard fertilizer. Began picking about Sep¬ 
tember 15th ; yield about 1,000 pounds to an acre (looked fine until it 
quit raining). About 1,150 pounds ginned 500 pound bale, brought same 
price as the rest; there is no difference in price of cotton here. 
TESTIMONIAL LETTERS 1937 CROP 
Mr. Charles Moore, Edwards, Miss., writes: Planted your Half and 
Half Cotton Seed about April 28th on hill land. Used no fertilizer. 
Began picking in August. Yield a bale to an acre. 1,300 pounds made 
500 pound bale. 
Mr. Joe Fulton, Tupelo, Ark., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
Cotton Seed May 15th on sandy land. Used no fertilizer. Began pick¬ 
ing in August. Yield 3 bales on 7% acres. 1,560 pounds seed cotton 
made 594 pound bale. Second bale 1,460 pounds made 665 pound bale. 
Third bale 1,460 pounds made 665 pound bale. Sold for 8%c and 9c. 
Mr. Edison Bordelon, Moreauville, La., writes: Planted your Half 
and Half Cotton Seed about April 2nd, sandy land. Used nitrate of soda 
200 lbs. per acre. 1,300 pounds made 500 pound bale. Sold for lc less 
than long staple. I must admit that Buchanan Seed Company furnished 
me the best Cotton Seed I ever planted in my fifteen years of farming 
experience. 
Mr. Horace Seilham, Iota, La., writes: Planted your Half and Half 
Cotton Seed about April 15th on sandy land. Used no fertilizer. Began 
picking August 15th, yield 900 pounds seed cotton to an acre. 1,275 
pounds made 500 pound bale. Sold for about %c less than others. 
Mr. Walter Bordelon, Moreauville, La., writes: 
Planted your Half and Half Cotton Seed about April 
15th, the land was mixed sand. Used no fertilizer. 
Began picking August 15th. Yield about 900 pounds 
seed cotton to an acre. Took 1,275 pounds to make 
a 500-pound bale. Sold for about %c less than other 
cottons raised in this section. 
Treating your Cotton Seed with 2% Ceresan will 
improve the yield. See Index. 
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