CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAG* 



I. Introduction. History of Cotton 3 



II. Description of Cotton Plant . 13 



III. Climate and Soils . . . . 23 



IV. Cotton Culture ..... 33 

 V. Fertilizers for Cotton ... 47 



VI, Improvement of Cotton by Seed 



Selection . . ... . 69 



VII. Varieties of American Upland 



Cotton ........ 79 



VIII. Some Cotton Diseases and Insect 

 Pests With Suggestions for 



Their Control ..... 97 



IX. Harvesting and Marketing Cotton 121 



X. Cost of Cotton Production . . 135 

 XI. Equipment in Teams and Tools 



for Cotton Farms .... 145 



XII. Cotton By-products .... 151 



XIII. Soil Improvement on Cotton 



Farms 161 



XIV. Outlook for the Cotton Industry 181 

 XV. The Supply and Distribution of 



Cotton 191 



Supplement 197 



