8 KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



There are vast possibilities for the extension 

 of the cotton industry in the Southern States. 

 In the strictly cotton-producing states there are 

 303,000,000 acres of land. Of this not over 

 100,000,000 have been put into cultivation. 

 In recent years 28 to 36 million acres, or about 

 one third, have been planted to cotton. This 

 is about 9 per cent, of the total area of the 

 cotton states. There are still vast areas avail- 

 able for cotton production. 



It would appear from the above figures that 

 the quantity that could be produced might be 

 greatly increased by the utilization of all avail- 

 able lands. There are, however, certain im- 

 portant factors that will limit production. 

 The problem of maintaining soil fertility; the 

 adjustment of the labor problem, now a most 

 serious one; and the increasing population with 

 constantly advancing prices for other farm 

 products will have a tendency to limit the 

 acreage devoted to cotton. Again, it must be 

 remembered that cotton is one of the most 

 tedious and difficult crops to grow and harvest. 

 It will always be hard to get those accus- 

 tomed to growing other crops less troublesome 

 to adopt cotton farming. This will be the case 



