COTTON 199 



pick the open cotton without injury to plant or un- 

 opened bolls. 



The fact that cotton opens slowly, necessitates, 

 as has been seen, three, four, or even five pickings, 

 and this complicates cotton harvesting: but if rows 

 are placed at proper distances, fields planned for 

 horse or steam drawn tools, the cotton picker may 

 be operated twice or three times without serious 

 injury to plants or bolls. 



