A WORD ABOUT STONEVILLE PEDIGREED SEED COMPANY 
For thirty years, Stoneville Pedigreed Seed Com- 
pany, located at Stoneville, in the heart of Mis- 
Sissippi’s great cotton-producing Delta, has de- 
voted its resources to developing and maintaining 
fine strains of pedigreed seed, both cottons and 
pats. 
Founder and president of Stoneville Pedigreed 
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 gen- 
eticist. This staff is kept busy developing, test- 
ing and improving foundation strains. From 
these registered breeders’ foundation stocks, the 
company supervises the growth of increase lots 
in order to produce these quality seed in large 
quantities 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 
STONEVILLE PEDIGREED SEED 
are Stoneville 2-B, Deflos 9169 and Stoneville 
S202, 
Today, Stoneville is one of the most copied 
cottonseed 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 
utmost 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. 
CO., INC. Stoneville, Mississippi 
