TWO POPULAR TEXAS BRANDS OF COTTON SEED 
Harper’s Cotton—B-L, U and DD Strains 
State Registered Seed 
I Ordering Harper's Cotton Be Sure to Indicate the Strain Desired 
HARPER'S B-L STRAIN 
Harper's B-L Strain is bred for heavy bottom 
lands and flat lands, and is well adapted for 
the humid Gulf Coast area. It also does well on 
rich flat lands, especially during a rainy sum- 
mer. 
Harper's B-L Strain has an upright-Pyramidal 
type plant and is an excellent cotton for tractor 
farming. It has light open foliage which allows 
the sun to penertate every part of the plant, 
making it an excellent insect resister. 
The thing that makes Harper’s new B-L Cot- 
ton so outstanding is its large bolls. The larger 
per cent of them are 5-lock. They fluff out nicely 
and the cotton is easy to pick. It possesses the 
feature long sought for in cotton, a big boll 
with light foliage. 
The gin turnout of Harper’s new B-L Stain is 
from 37 to 40%, depending on the land and 
season. It has the highest lint percentage of 
any cotton of this type that is adapted for 
heavy bottom land conditions. 
The staple is very uniform in length, usually 
running from 1” to 14%‘’, depending on the land 
and season. Cotton buyers call it a strong, hard 
cotton and it always produces a kind that is 
most in demand by the American spinners. 
HARPER’S U STRAIN 
Harper's U Strain is bred for uplands. It will 
make you more cotton per acre in a dry, hot 
summer than any strain you can plant on high 
lands. It will stand the dry weather and heat. 
Harper’s new Improved U Strain Seed are a 
little larger than those of most Mebane type 
cottons. They are very light brown in color. The 
kernels are plump and full of oil, and are very 
strong in germination. 
Harper's U Strain has the most ideal type 
plant of the Mebane Triumph Cotton. Its im- 
proved root system makes it a most outstanding 
drought resister. 
The bolls on Harper’s new U Strain are larger 
and slightly more rounding than other Mebane 
type cottons. They open early, are excellent 
storm resisters and are easy to pick. the 
The gin turnout is one of the most outstand- 
ing features of this cotton. It is from 38 to 41%, 
varying with the soil and season. 1,300 pounds 
of seed cotton makes you a big bale. 
The staple of Harper’s new U Strain is greatly 
improved. It is uniform, hard, and wiry, §4"’ to 
1¥,'’. The length will depend on the land and 
season. 
The price on Harper Cottons is $2.60 a bushel, freight prepaid in Texas, shipments of three 
bushels or more. The Texas freight rate is allowed on out-of-State shipments. We do not accept 
orders less than three bushels. We offer very attractive prices on 100 and 300 bushel lots. In lots. 
of 9 bushels or more, 10c per bushel less than priced above. 
Watson Cotton 
Improved from Mebane—State Registered 
An Easy-Picking Cotton 
The Watson Cotton, on account of its many desirable characteristics, has now become one of 
the most popular varieties grown in the Southwest. Without a doubt, it is the easiest picking cotton 
in Texas. Many farmers say the difference in picking, alone, is worth the price of the seed. 
The Watson Cotton has been bred, grown and developed from the famous Mebane Cotton, in 
Dallas County, Texas, by Ferris Watson, a Cotton Breeder of more than twenty-five years’ 
experience. 
Watson Cotton is early fruiting with light foliage. It usually matures its crop from one to two 
weeks earlier 
than other standard varieties. The remarkable heavy yielding qualities no doubt 
are accounted for by the fact that its earliness, alone, enables it to mature its heavy crop of 
large five-lock bolls before the insects have time to destroy them. Its long, penetrating roots 
enable it to stand drought remarkably well. Its staple usually runs from 1 inch to 17s inches. Under 
atin condition 1,200 to 1,300 pounds of seed cotton will produce a bale of 500 to 525 pounds 
of lint. 
Watson Pedigreed seed are ginned on exclusive gins, where no other cotton is ginned. The 
seed are cared for in the most modern pedigreed seed plant in the South, and are put up in 
3-bushel bags. We carry a large stock of these seed and can make prompt shipment of any 
quantity desired. 
Price, $2.50 per bushel. In lots of 3 bushels or more freight prepaid to points in Texas. In 
shipments of 3 bushels or more, Texas freight rate allowed on out-of-state shipments. 
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Canada Field Peas 
(Pisum Sativum Arvense) 
INOCULATE SEED WITH NITRAGIN “C” 
Plant during the months of October and November, and again in the early spring. They 
improve the soil by gathering and storing nitrogen. Yield heavy crops that may be grazed 
or made into hay, that stock eat greedily and thrive on. Grows 4 to 6 feet high, but can be 
grazed when 6 to 10 inches high. Pasturing the Peas makes them stool out better. It is a 
good idea when sowing the Peas to mix a bushel of oats, barley or wheat with 50 pounds 
of Peas per acre. This makes a fine mixture and makes good hay. If sown alone, sow about 
75 pounds per acre, broadcast. Crop of this kind is splendid to plow under for green 
manure. Also used as a table Pea and is only excelled by the English Pea. Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 
45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 lbs., $2.20. Ask for prices in larger quantities. 
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Austrian Peas 
(Pisum Arvense) 
INOCULATE SEED WITH NITRAGIN ’’C” 
This wonder plant makes a heavy vine 
growth that will decay very rapidly when 
plowed under. 
As a cover crop, it only needs ten to twelve 
pounds of growth to each 10 feet square, to 
plow under for fertilizer. It therefore can be 
planted in South Texas and Louisiana as early 
as the first of January; in North Texas, January 
15 to February 1. Other crops planted on the 
same soil, following the plowing under of 
Austrian Peas, will show a tremendous increase 
in yield. Cattle, sheep and hogs will graze on 
a field of Austrian Peas and enjoy it. A greater 
tonnage of hay can be obtained when planted 
wth oats, the oats acting as a support for the 
peas and encouraging their growth. 
The most economical manner is to plant 
Austrian Peas in rows. In doing this, one should 
plant in three-foot sows such as in planting 
corn, then turn back and plant between the 
rows, thus giving you 8-inch rows when fin- 
ished. It requires only 30 pounds to plant an 
acre in this way. 
If wanted for pasture or hay, sow broadcast, 
60 pounds to the acre; also 60 pounds to the 
acre when sown with an ordinary grain drill. 
If you desire to sow with small grain such 
as oats, we suggest sowing one or two bushels 
of cats to the acre about as deep as the drill 
will put the oats, and then plant back over the 
oats with the Peas at the rate of 30 to 40 pounds 
to the acre, putting the Peas just deep enough 
to cover good, without disturbing the oats. This 
system of planting is necessary, as a mixture of 
peas and oats will not mix evenly enough to 
drill out uniformly. Sow in fall or early spring. 
Lb., 25c; 2 lbs., 45c, postpaid. Not prepaid, 20 
Ibs., $1.75. Ask for prices in larger quantities. 
HARPER’S DD STRAIN 
Harper’s newest and one of the highest yield- 
ing Rowden strains gets its name ‘’DD’’ DOU- 
BLE DUTY because of its high yielding record. 
It's very prolific. It's adapted to sandy, mixed, 
and other types of soil, It’s the latest improved 
plant type for tractor farming, up-right, open 
type, short jointed, and holds its fruit well 
above the ground. Its special root system makes 
it wilt resistant. The bolls are large to medium 
large, crack quickly after maturing, flaring 
wide open, making it easy to pick, and due to 
the shape of the burr it can be left unpicked 
longer with less waste than any other Rowden 
strain. The lint per cent runs 38 to 40 per cent, 
depending on the fertility of the soil and cli- 
matic conditions. The staple is considered its 
outstanding feature, uniform in length, with no 
waste, and has a breaking resistance not sur- 
passed by any cotton, 15/16” to 1-1/32", gov- 
erned by soil and season. 

HARPER'S “’U’ STRAIN COTTON 

ROBERT NICHOLSON SEED CO. 
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DALLAS, TEXAS 
