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A LIMB FROM A STALK OF D. & P. L. 12 
A “DELTAPINE” RECORD 
For the 5-year period, 1936-1940, the average yield from the 
Delta and Pine Land Co.'s Scott plantation has been 640.0 
pounds of lint per acre from an annual average of 9,536 
acres planted to DELTAPINE Cotton. 
In 1941 the Entire Scott Plantation Was 
Planted to Deltapine 12 




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quickly and reasonably, and cull your seed at the 
same time. The culls would not grow good stalks any- 
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CERESAN 
Cotton growers knew that poor stands reduce yields and profits, and often 
mean replanting. You can increase your profits 10 to 20% by obtaining full 
stands of healthy plants. 
REDUCES SEED DECAY AND DAMPING-OFF—Ceresan, an organic mercury 
dry disinfectant, is applied to the cotton seed before planting. It helps protect 
seed against decay in cold, wet soil and the young seedlings against damping- 
off or sore-shin. Ceresan generally insures good stands, and often saves re- 
S CERTAIN SEED-BORNE DISEASES—Ceresan also reduces the losses 
in stand caused by certain diseases carried on the surface of the seed, such as 
anthracnose or pink boll rot, and angular leaf-spot. 
IMPROVES STANDS AND YIELDS—Experiment station tests prove Ceresan 
increases stands and yields. In tests by ARKANSAS, Ceresan gave increased 
emergence of 34%, and an increased yield of 14.5%. 
In LOUISIANA, Ceresan gave 15.8% increase in emergence in two years’ 
tests, and 187 pounds increase in yield. 
In MISSISSIPPI tests Ceresan increased emergence over the non-treated seed 
by 19.3% and New Improved Ceresan by 29.3%. 
In SOUTH CAROLINA, Ceresan-treated seed in five years’ tests gave 141 
pounds average increase in yield over untreated seed. 
In TEXAS, Ceresan-treated seeds gave increased stands over untreated seeds 
in all cases, 
EARLIER PLANTING—Ceresan enables you to plant earlier because it pro- 
tects the seed from decay and reduces damping-off losses and thus usually 
assures better stands, also early planting helps get ahead of the boll weevil. 
For Ceresan prices and other information, see page 22. 
planting. 
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Plant to Prosper in 1942 with This 
DELTAPINE-12 
(D. & P. L. No. 12) 
A Cotton of 
Merit 
DELTAPINE 12 (D. & P. L. 12) was chosen in the spring of 1940 to re- 
place the famous DELTAPINE A (D. & P. L. 11-A), and has proven to be a 
most worthy successor. It is closely related to DELTAPINE A and is sim- 
ilar, but superior, in most characteristics. DELTAPINE 12 is more produc- 
tive, has as good staple with a better lint turnout and is more disease 
resistant. In the Delta and Pine Land Co.'s own experimental fields it 
has produced a 4-year average yield of 8 per cent more lint per acre 
than DELTAPINE A (D. & P. L. 11-A). In the crop year 1939 DELTAPINE 12 
was only planted by them on their Empire unit, a unit used by them 
for multiplying planting seed. From this unit they harvested 1,868 bales 
of cotton, An accurate, bale by bale, record was kept. This record 
showed an average lint turnout at the gin for the entire crop of 40.6 
per cent. In four variety tests conducted by the Alabama Experiment 
Station in North Alabama, during 1939 and 1940, the average lint turn- 
out was 44 per cent each season. 
DELTAPINE 12 has returned from crops grown in the Mississippi River 
valley a staple ranging from 1" to 14%", with 13;’’ predominating. 
The staple is exceptionally uniform, of good character and quality. 
DELTAPINE 12 has made an excellent record in variety tests at various 
experiment stations throughout the cotton belt, and has given excellent 
satisfaction on the farms of growers on which it has been planted. We 
give below and on page 9 a few records indicating results obtained on 
experiment stations throughout the Belt, as taken from their reports. 
EXPERIMENT STATION RESULTS 
MISSISSIPPI 
In the two years that DELTAPINE 12 has been tested by the Delta 
Experiment Station at Stoneville it has produced the highest 2-year aver- 
age yield. It has also produced the highest 2-year average yield at the 
Experiment Station at Raymond. 
TEXAS 
DELTAPINE 12 has been tested at the Texas Experiment Station and 
most of the substations. At the Main Experiment Station, College Station, 
Texas, DELTAPINE A (D. & P. L. 11-A) has the highest 2-year average 
yield of 228 pounds of lint per acre, followed by DELTAPINE 12 with a 
yield of seven pounds less. In the Brazos Valley test, near College Sta- 
tion, DELTAPINE 12 has produced the highest 2-year average yield 
among 36 varieties tested. 
At the BEAUMONT Station for the 5-year period for 1940 DELTAPINE 
A has the highest average yield. DELTAPINE 12 has been grown for two 
seasons at BEAUMONT, where it has ranked third in average yield, with 
DELTAPINE A second. 
At PRESIDIO, in West Texas, under irrigation, DELTAPINE 12 has been 
tested for two years. Its average yield for the period is 1,258 pounds of 
lint per acre against 1,038 pounds for the second ranking variety, an 
increase of 21%. 
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