A WORD ABOUT STONEVILLE PEDIGREED SEED COMPANY 
For thirty years, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Com- 
pany, located at Stoneville, in the heart of Missis- 
sippi's great cotton-producing Delta, has devoted 
its resources to developing and maintaining fine 
strains of pedigreed seed, both cottons and oats. 
Founder and president of Stoneville Pedi- 
greed Seed Company is George B. Walker, known 
around the world for his development of famous 
Stoneville and Delfos cottons. Associated with 
Mr. Walker in developing these outstanding cot- 
tons is a research staff composed of C. A. Tate, 
plant breeder and production manager, George 
Rea Walker, plant breeder and general manager, 
and C. W. Manning, plant breeder and genet- 
icist. This staff is kept busy developing, testing 
and improving foundation strains. From these 
registered breeders’ foundation stocks, the com- 
pany supervises the growth of increase lots in 
order to produce these quality seed in large quan- 
tities for cotton growers all over the world. 
Three varieties of Stoneville cottons have won 
acclaim in the American cotton belt and in other 
cotton areas all over the world. ‘These varieties 
are Stoneville 2-B, Delfos 9169 and Stoneville 
3202. 
Today, Stoneville is one of the most copied 
cotton seed on the market. As a matter of fact, 
eight commercial varieties of cotton on the mar- 
ket today are selections of Stoneville strains. 
In addition to its scientific development of 
superior strains, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Com- 
pany handles and processes its seed with the ut- 
most care. Ultra-modern equipment and storage 
facilities assure the grower that when he buys 
Stoneville seed he can be sure of getting seed of 
the highest quality. For some time now, the com- 
pany’s sales slogan has been “It'll cost you less 
to plant the best.” 
From its beginnings, Stoneville Pedigreed 
Seed Company has tried to develop seed which 
are bred to give the grower a better balance of 
all those characteristics necessary for superior all- 
around cotton. 
In addition to its three outstanding cottons, 
the company has developed the famous Nortex 
107 Oats, which are now in demand by farmers 
everywhere. 
STONEVILLE PEDIGREED SEED CO., INC., STONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI 
