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CHAPTER XI. Breeding Up the Cotton Plant . .93 



CHAPTER XII. The King's Realm : The Land of Sunshine 104 

 CHAPTER XIII. Soils and .How to Handle Them . 109 



CHAPTER XIV. Bringing Exhausted Soils Back to Life 115 

 CHAPTER XV. Cotton Unique : A Self-Supporting Crop . 120 

 CHAPTER XVI. Buying Fertility for the Soil . .126 



CHAPTER XVII. Farm-Made Manures : SavingFertility 



for the Soil . . . . . .134 



CHAPTER XVIII. Home-Mixing of Fertilizers: Saving 



the Manufacturer's Profit . . .139 



CHAPTER XIX. The Cotton Farmer's Equipment of Tools 147 

 CHAPTER XX. Culture From Seed to Boll . .153 



CHAPTER XXL The Ills That Cotton Is Heir To .165 



CHAPTER XXII. Insect Enemies of the Cotton Plant . 175 

 CHAPTER XXI 1 1. Harvest Time in the Cotton Field . 194 

 CHAPTER XXIV. What Does It Cost to Make Cotton ? . 200 



SECTION III. MARKETING AND PRICES 



CHAPTER XXV. Preparing for Marketing: The Work of 



the Gin . . . . v . 215 



CHAPTER XXVI. Marketing : The Trip to the Spindle . 224 

 CHAPTER XXVIL The Unceasing Contest Between Bulls 



and Bears ...... 234 



CHAPTER XXVIII. Statistics: How the World Watches 



While the Plant Grows . . . .249 



CHAPTER XXIX. Prices : The Puzzling Problem of Cotton 



Values . 260 



