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THE RAGLEY SIGNAL 
WE KNOW GOOD COTTON 
BECAUSE WE GROW IT 
$6.50 PREMIUM FOR BAGLEY COTTON 
ER RECOMMENDS BAG- 
LEY COTTON. 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
J. E. FAUGHN 
Dear Sirs:- 
I want three more bushels of your Pedigreed Seed. I am plant¬ 
ing all my place in BAGLEY COTTON this year; I am well pleased 
with what I have tried. * 
I planted one sack last year on four acres. It made over 2200 
pounds lint and I got $6.50 more for the four bales than I did on 
my other cotton which is Pedigreed cotton. I got over 40% lint 
turn-out and a good inch or more staple. 
I am selling what seed I have to spare for $1.00 per bushel. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) J. E. Faughn, 
Route 1, 
Kerens, Texas 
Bagley Cotton Is The 
Best in the Country 
... 
C. D. SPELCE 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
I think the BAGLEY COTTON 
is the best cotton that has ever 
been introduced into this country. 
I had 5600 pounds of hollies, rather 
green, which ginned out 1600 
pounds of lint, the best of any cot¬ 
ton that has ever been handled in 
this country. The lint was 29-32, 
middling cotton or better. I recom¬ 
mend the BAGLEY COTTON very 
highly, and everyone that has 
planted the BAGLEY COTTON in 
this community is well pleased 
with it. They distributed a car 
load of BAGLEY SEED here last 
Spring. Yours very truly, 
(Signed) C. D. Spelce, 
Byers, Texas 
Arkansas Ginner 
Likes Bagley Cotton 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Gentlemen: 
After checking carefully on 
BAGLEY BETTER COTTON 
grown in this section, for the past 
five years, this cotton has shown 
an unusually high yield per acre 
and a very high lint turnout at 
the gin, and as a buyer and class- 
er of cotton I have found the Bag- 
ley cotton to be very satisfactory 
as to the character and the length 
of staple and the farmers are re¬ 
ceiving the full premium for 
staple. Every farmer in this sec¬ 
tion who is growing BAGLEY 
COTTON and with whom _ I have 
dealt in buying his cotton is high¬ 
ly pleased with the results he is 
getting, whether he is working 
bottom land, sand land or upland. 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed) 1». S. Gready, 
Wills Point, Texas 
--o-o-— 
Lint Turns Out Well 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
You have my order for one sack 
of BAGLEY BETTER PEDI¬ 
GREED COTTONSEED. If I may, 
I would like to increase the order 
to two (2) sacks. The lint turned 
out so well this year, I want more 
of it. I will send the money so you 
can ship it about the middle of 
February. 
Very truly, 
(Signed) C. F. Westenfeld, 
Box 15, 
Fresno, Texas 
-o-o- 
Bagley Cotton Is A 
Money Getter 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
Your BAGLEY SEED is the best 
cottonseed that we ever have 
grown in this county. It did every¬ 
thing that you said it would do. 
1200 lbs. seed cotton would make 
500 lb. bale, sometimes a few 
pounds under and some a few 
pounds over; had a very large boll, 
good staple, and it stood the 
drought better than any other cot¬ 
ton we had here and you can pick 
so much more a day than other 
cotton. When I sold your seed, I 
told the customer if the seed 
weren’t better than any seed they 
ever planted before, I would gin 
the bale free. Well, I got paid for 
every bale. They were mighty 
well pleased. 
(Signed) Cecil V. McClard, 
422 Albert Pike Ave. 
Hot Springs, Arkansas 
Bagley Cotton Makes 
With Very Little Rain 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
I want to write you and let you 
know that I am very well pleased 
with your cottonseed. Our gin in 
Sagerton ginned better than 1600 
bales of cotton this season and I 
had the best lint tum-out of all the 
cotton ginned at this gin. Our cot¬ 
ton made with very little rain. 
I know that you have the best 
cotton for this community. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) O. G. Neinast, 
Sagerton, Texas 
MISSISSIPPI FARMERS ACCLAIM 
BAGLEY COTTON 
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HOWARD SULLIVAN 
L. L. YELVERTON 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs:- 
Find enclosed two small pictures which I made in a hurry. One 
is of Mr. L. L. Yelverton on H. M. Risher’s farm and the other, 
Mr. Howard Sullivan on J. D. Stringe’s Farm. This is the finest 
cotton I’ve ever seen. Will not rust or wilt Just hope It turns 
out one-half as good as it looks. By another season lots of the best 
farmers here will be using your seed. 
Best regards, 
(Signed) H. M. Risher, 
Box 143, Taylorsville, Mississippi. 
J. W. REDDY 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
I have planted BAGLEY BET¬ 
TER SEED for 6 years and I think 
it is the best cotton in this part of 
Texas. Has the largest bolls, the 
PRIZES IN SCURRY CO 
K lR __LINT BRINGS A 
PRfelUlUM. 
Makes 3 Bales On 
SVi Acres 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
D ?*thought I would write you a 
few lines in regard to the pedi¬ 
greed cottonseed. They are the 
best I planted. They held up bet- 
f T nianted 3% acres this year 
t ; * ? o bales of cotton. This is 
the fe°cond b year I have planted 
th RAGLEY COTTON stands high 
DOCK KELLEY 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Gentlemen: j o 
I am enclosing my order for 9 
bushels of your seed. 
I have psed second year BAR¬ 
LEY SEED this year, and I have 
been more than pleased with the 
results I have obtained from them. 
In spite of adverse drought con¬ 
ditions and leaf and boll worm in¬ 
festations the cotton produced bet¬ 
ter and the grade was far above 
what I expected. I entered two ex¬ 
hibits of the cotton in the local 
county fair, and it won both first 
and second place. 
I have just sold a bale of cotton 
produced from your seed this morn¬ 
ing and received a premium from 
your seed which is above that paid 
for other varieties. I planted cot¬ 
ton of another variety on the same 
type of soil this year and through¬ 
out the growing season it was un¬ 
der identically the same conditions 
as was the BAGLEY COTTON on 
my own place. After picking the 
cotton, I found a bale of the BAG- 
LEY COTTON produced 686 
pounds of lint, while the other 
variety produced only 430 pounds, 
and the seed tum-out was in pro¬ 
portion. 
I do not farm on a large scale, 
but next year I am planting 100% 
in BAGLEY SEED because I have 
found it to be drought and storm 
resisting and many of my ac¬ 
quaintances think the same thing 
Sincerely, 
(Signed) Dock Kelley, 
Route 2, 
Snyder, Texas 
-—--o-o- 
LEY & SONS’ Pedigreed Cotton- 
See (Signed) ai W. A. Maton 
Route 2, Box 38, 
Crockett, Texas 
Bagley Cotton Is Best 
R. W. HOLMAN 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
I will have enough seed from 
the ones I got last year to plant 
my crop. Will try to get some next 
year from you for I don’t think 
there is any better cotton. I bought 
two sacks last year and lost one 
sack on account of rains, and I 
made 2665 lbs. of lint out of the 
one sack I saved. 
Sincerely yours, 
(Signed) R. W. Holman, 
Route 3, 
Snyder, Texas 
-o-o- 
Bagley Cotton Makes 
Good in Louisiana 
Stands Drought— 
Makes More Per Acre 
The BAGLEY SEED are very 
fine seed. I like them fine. They 
give good service, stand the 
drought longer than any other 
cotton, make more per acre and 
best lint and makes more per’ acre have . larger bolls and longer 
than any other cotton. I have s , te P£ 1 " an £ ° plaCe my 0rder 
raised cotton for 40 years in Texas 
and will say that BAGLEY COT¬ 
TON is a money getter. 
(Signed) J. W. Reddy, 
Arlington, Texas 
-o-o- 
1300 Lbs. Seed Cotton 
Makes 542 Lb. Bale 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
Please send me the price on 3 
bushels of BAGLEY SEED. 
I made a good crop with the 
seed. I planted 5 acres of BAG- 
LEY SEED and got 3 bales from 
it. I only put 1300 pounds of lint 
cotton on a bale and the bales 
weighed from 522 to 542 lbs. So 
I am well pleased with the seed. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) Walter Jurgens, 
Route 1, Box 59, 
Fayetteville, Texas 
-o-o- 
for three bushels. 
(Signed) Horace Hodson, 
Route 1, Box 11, 
Tennessee Colony, 
Texas 
1200 Lbs. Seed Cotton 
Makes 530 Lb. Bale 
Bagley Cotton Is 
Strictly Fine 
Mr. W. W. Bagley, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sir: 
My BAGLEY COTTON is strict¬ 
ly fine. Looks like every acre will 
make a bale. I saw a man the 
other day I sold seed to. He said 
it was the best cotton he ever 
saw. It is the best cotton in this 
country. Everybody that planted 
your cotton says it is the best. I 
do not know what it will make, 
but it looks like it will make it all. 
(Signed) S. S. Burdick, 
Mart, Texas 
Ahead of the Rest 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Gentlemen: 
I have been raising your cotton 
for two years and I find it to be 
the most profitable cotton I have 
ever raised; 38 to 42% lint, close 
jointed, big bolls, easy to pick 
31/32 to 1 1/16” staple. Once you 
try it you will decide it’s the best, 
and ahead of the rest. 
(Signed) W. S. Bedingfield, 
Route 3, 
Wills Point, Texas 
W. W. Begley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Gentlemen: 
I have grown your cotton two 
years and like it fine. It turns out 
well in the field and at the gin; I 
had 1200 lb£. seed cotton ginned 
and my bale weighed 630 lbs., and 
I like it fine. 
(Signed) Charlie H. Reynolds 
Shelbyville, Texas 
Rt. 2 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Gentlemen: 
I got a three bushel bag of 
BAGLEY BETTER PEDIGREED 
COTTONSEED last year, planted 
4-8/10 acres off of which I picked 
4615 lbs. of seed cotton. The staple 
was 1 1/16”. 
Really and truly I think BAG- 
LEY COTTON is the best cotton 
I ever raised. 
Yours to win. 
(Signed) T. F. Arnold, 
Pitkin, Louisiana 
-o-o- 
Likes Bagley Cotton 
Best of All 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
Am writing you for some more 
seed. I planted your cottonseed last 
year and it was the best cotton I 
had on my place out of all the seed 
I planted. Surely like your seed 
and intend to plant more in time 
to come. You will find enclosed 
the amount of seed I’m sending 
for. I am. 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed) Price Pate, 
Emhouse, Texas 
Bagley Staple Pulls 
V/s” in Government 
Test 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
I want to write you and tell how 
pleased I am with your cotton. I 
had mine government tested and 
it pulled 1-1/8”. That is the best 
staple around here. Everyone is 
wanting to buy seed. 
The Blooming Grove Fair is to 
be held Sept. 30th, Oct. 1st and 
2nd. I just wondered if you would 
fix a booth and let me sell the 
seed on a commission for you. 1 
have quite a few friends that 
want them. Let me know soon 
what you will do about this. 
I want you to send 6 bushels of 
your best seed. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) Earl Hammonds, 
Frost, Texas 
BAGLEY SEED IS THE FARj 
MER’S FRIEND — A fg 
GRANDE VALLEY CUS¬ 
TOMER IS WELL PLEAS¬ 
ED. 
L. P. COLLINS 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
We planted 100 bushels of BAG- 
LEY COTTONSEED this year just 
to try out, and it turned out to be 
just what you said it would be. We 
averaged 43%% lint, length 1 inch. 
The valley plants - cotton 
for which takes about 1600 lbs. to 
make 500 lbs. of lint. Of course, 
makes the gins more 
money, but not the farmers. As I 
have said before BAGLEY SEED 
is the Farmer’s friend. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) W. E. Collins & Son 
Brownsville, Texas 
50 TO 75 LBS. MORE LINT PER BALE OF 
SEED COTTON THAN OTHER VARIETIES 
DRY YEAR HAS LITTLE 
EFFECT ON YIELD AND 
STAPLE O F BAGLEY 
COTTON. 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Gentlemen: 
I am glad I got your Pedigreed 
Seed in 1937. I planted 3 bushels 
on about 5 acres and I made 5 
bales that averaged 580 pounds. 
It’s the best cotton I have ever 
raised and I have tried several dif¬ 
ferent varieties. 1938 was a dry 
year but it didn’t affect the yield 
and staple but very little. 
(Signed) Bryan Rinks, 
Route 3, 
Wills Point, Texas 
-o-o- 
Bagley Is My Choice 
jack ASHCRAFT 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
I have been waiting to see which 
of the 3 varieties of cotton seed I 
think was best. So I have decided 
that BAGLEY is my choice. So 
please send me some posters and 
supplies. 
Respectfully, 
Jack Ashcraft, 
Route 2, 
Rogers, Texas 
(Signed) 
Wouldn’t Plant Any 
Other Variety 
J. G. BENNINGFIELD 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs:- 
In the spring of 1935, I received this blank with a sample of 
your cottonseed. I planted the sample of seed in our garden. We 
had thirteen stalks of which made 6 lbs. of seed cotton. We finger 
picked out the seed and planted the seed in 1936 of which we 
gathered 300 lbs. seed cotton. In 1937 I planted half of my crop. 
It did good and made from 50 to 75 lbs. more lint per bale of seed 
cotton than the other variety I had planted. 
So, in 1938 we planted our entire crop of 40 acres in BAGLEY 
SEED and made 14 bales. We saved 2 bales of this seed to plant 
in 1939. I will say that BAGLEY SEED has the other varieties beat 
Will you please send me prices on three bushels or more of 
your Bred Seed? Yours very truly, 
(Signed) J. G. Benningfield 
Route 4, Box 231, 
Clarksville, Texas 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Mr. Bagley: 
I have twenty-seven acres of 
BAGLEY COTTON. Wouldn’t 
plant anything else. It’s the best 
all round cotton I ever planted. One 
of my friends came to me and 
asked me what was the best cot¬ 
ton to plant. I told him BAGLEY. 
I gave him an order blank and he 
ordered one sack from you. 
(Signed) J. M. Clark, 
Route 3, Box 78, 
Alto, Texas 
Bagley Cotton 
Satisfies 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Gentlemen: 
Bagley Cotton Has 
Taken This County 
Enclosed find my order for 12 
bushels of your Newest Improved 
Pedigreed Cottonseed. I have been 
planting your BAGLEY SEED for 
five years and have ordered new 
seed two times before. I find your 
cotton to satisfy me better than 
any variety I have ever grown. I 
have grown almost every variety 
that has ever been introduced in 
Texas, and have grown cotton for 
45 years. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) Jno. R. Bowdoin, 
Box 231, 
Lindale, Texas 
BAGLEY MAKES MORE ON REDUCED ACREAGE 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
I don’t think that anyone can be any better pleased with BAG- 
LEY COTTON than I am. In my county the Government cut the 
farmers down so that a great number of farmers said that they 
wished they had planted BAGLEY SEED after they saw how my 
cotton turned out. I don’t expect to plant any other kind of seed 
as long as I can get BAGLEY SEED. 
(A FEW FACTS) 
1150 lb. seed cotton-- - bale weighed 540 lbs. 
1240 lb. seed cotton ----- bale weighed 555 lbs. 
1350 lb. seed cotton ----- bale weighed 666 lbs. 
1000 lb. seed cotton --bale weighed 499 lbs. 
I just give you a few bales weight to let you know how it turned 
out in east Texas. It is the best picking cotton that I ever raised 
and I want BAGLEY SEED as long as I farm. Could say more about 
your seed, but don’t have time at the present. 
Yours very truly, 
(Signed) Johnnie B. Jones, 
Route 3, Box 18, 
Kilgore, Texas 
C. H. GRAHAM 
W. W. Bagley & Sons, 
Martindale, Texas 
Dear Sirs: 
Having obtained information 
from Mr. W. E. Driver, my neigh¬ 
bor, as to your address, I am writ¬ 
ing you hoping to get the dealer¬ 
ship on BAGLEY COTTON in this 
community as there is no dealer 
in this part of the county. I was 
connected with the county agent 
office the past summer and know 
every farmer in this part of the 
county. 
D know *>y return mail as 
BAGLEY COTTON has taken this 
county. 
Yours truly, 
(Signed) C. H. Graham, 
Aspermont, Texas 
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THE FARMERS FAVORITE--BAGLEY BETTER COTTON 
