174 COTTON 



WHAT TREATMENT THESE DISEASES SUGGEST 



We see from what has been said that the cotton 

 plant falls heir to many kinds of diseases. You 

 naturally look for some treatment that will keep 

 your plants from disease and help them to be 

 strong and healthy. What is the remedy? It 

 lies along one general direction: fitting the plant 

 to its environment. If its atmosphere, its home 

 conditions, and life in general, are good, it will in a 

 large measure resist all diseases. 



The central thought then is to apply preventive 

 rather than remedial measures. Get your soil 

 deep, and well loosened; fill it with vegetable 

 matter so as to control the warmth and moisture 

 and plant food; rotate your crops so that no dis- 

 ease may gain headway; apply humus fre- 

 quently and constantly to the soil, because humus 

 is the life of the land; and select seed only from 

 strong and vigorous plants, for these will possess 

 endurance. 



The right treatment of disease lies in these 

 directions. Follow them and neither fungus nor 

 bacteria can destroy your crop; follow them and 

 your reward will be found in a plenteous harvest. 



