ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Fig. 1. Cotton should be cultivated as soon as the plants are through 



the ground well enough to make the row Frontispiece 



Fig. 2. Good plowing 267 



Fig. 3. Poor plowing 267 



Fig. 4. Volunteer cotton 271 



CONTENTS 



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Types of cotton 265 



Seed 265 



Land adapted to growing cotton 266 



Preparation of land for planting 266 



Planting 268 



Thinning 269 



Cultivation 269 



Irrigation of cotton 270 



Picking 270 



Volunteering or ratooning 271 



Topping 272 



Fertilizing cotton 272 



Angular leaf spot 273 



Bichloride of mercury treatment for angular leaf spot 273 



Cotton anthracnose 274 



Root rot 274 



Insect pests 274 



Cotton in Arizona 274 



Short-staple cotton 274 



Summarv 275 



