per-acre return. And an especially remarkable 
feature of the No. 12 is its wide adaptation to 
nearly all soil and climatic conditions in the Cotton 
Belt. From Texas to the Carolinas, and from Mis- 
souri to the Gulf, it has, in all the tests made, 
been outstanding. Here are some of the points of 
superiority of this truly great cotton: 
Heavy Yields Per Acre 
In the field, as a producer of pounds of seed cotton 
per acre, No. 12 stands near the top. It is very 
close-jointed and prolific, setting an early and 
heavy crop of fruit close to the ground, thus getting 
ahead of the weevil. On my own crop in 1942, | 
made over a bale per acre, on several hundred 
acres. 
High Lint Percentage 
Few cotton growers, these days, are satisfied to 
get a 500-pound bale from 1400 pounds seed cot- 
ton; yet this is what they are doing when they 
grow many varieties other than D. & P. L. No. 12. 
The high lint percentage, 41 to 44 per cent, of this 
cotton is one of its truly remarkable and valuable 
features. With me, the regular lint percentage has 
run 41 to 42, and | have often seen 1150 pounds 
seed cotton turn out a bale weighing 500 to 520 
pounds. No. 12 will, | believe, make as much seed 
cotton per acre as any other cotton, and with this 
very high lint percentage, it is easy to see that on a 
crop of 10 to 12 acres we may, by growing No. 12, 
gain a full bale of lint; and on a crop of 100 acres 
we may gain as much as 8 or 10 bales of lint, over 
cottons requiring 1300-1400 pounds seed cotton to 
make a bale. 
Good Staple, of Uniform Quality 
Buyers like D. G P. L. No. 12, both because of its 
longer staple and the quality and strength of its 
staple. Of course, length of staple depends to some 
extent on seasonal and soil conditions; but No. 12, 
with me, has consistently run 1 1/32 to 1 1/16 
inch. A cotton with this long a staple, and an 
average lint out-turn of 41-42 per cent, combined 
with heavy production of seed cotton in the field, 
has long been wanted by breeders and growers; 
and in No. 12 it has at last been found. 

