LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Picking Scene ....... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



A Monarch that Brooks no Rivals . . . . . 16 



Part of Our $410,000,000 in Cotton Export Values ... 17 

 Production of Cotton 1850 to 1900 . . . . . 22 



Cotton Statistics . . . . . , . . v . ' 23 



Production of Cotton 1900 (by States) . . . . 34 



Breaking Land for Egyptian Cotton .-.*;. . . 35 

 How The Negro Tenants Live . . , . J . . 38 

 Negro Pickers at Work and at Home . . . - . 39 

 Cotton Picking in the Lowlands . . . . '. . 50 



"Light-hearted, good-natured and aisily lynched." (Mr. Dooley) 51 

 Cotton Bolls, Fibres Other than Cotton ,.' v . . . 56 

 The Mechanical Cotton Picker .... . .57 



Soft and Compressed Bales : Gathering Samples * . 64 



More Cotton Statistics . . . . . .65 



Southern Views . . . . . . , . 72 



More Scenes from Dixie . . . . . . . 73 



The Cotton Association is a Factor to be Reckoned with . . 80 

 Holding for Better Prices . . ' . . . . .'81 



Varieties of Cotton . . . . . . . . 90 



Varieties of Cotton . . . . . . . .91 



Varieties of Cotton . . . . .' . . . 94 



Economical and Expensive Cotton-making . . ... 95 



Improvement of Cotton . ... . . . 100 



Where Cotton Grows Best . ... . . .101 



Getting Fertilizer from the Air . . . . , . 116 



Cultivating the Crop . . . . . . . .117 



The Rescue of Old Lands . . . . . 122 

 Old-fashioned Methods Not Yet Forgotten , . 123 

 Diagram Showing Relative Quantities of Nitrogen, Potash and 

 Phosphoric Acid Required for the Production of an Average 

 Yield (per Acre) of Corn, Wheat, etc.; Crimson Clover; Cotton- 

 Cultivation in its Final Stage 126 



