AROUND THE YEAR WITH COTTON 173 



doll, a knife, some fireworks, apples, oranges, nuts, and 

 candy are the legitimate right of every child, and the 

 cotton cropper's children will find them in their stockings 

 Christmas morning. 



The cotton grower's vacation has begun. Croppers on 

 the Black Waxy of Texas, Negroes on the plantation in 

 the Mississippi Delta, the small farm owners in the 

 Georgia uplands have finished the routine of the seasons 

 and added a billion dollar crop to the world's supplies. 

 For a time they stop and talk about "having a good 

 Christmas." After respite comes again the question to 

 move or not to move. And soon again it is time to cut 

 stalks and plow land. Another billion dollar crop is 

 under way. 



