40 KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



vided that depth reaches moisture, in which 

 case plants will be up in a few days. 



In sections of light rainfall or when planting 

 late in the season, it will be necessary to plant 

 deeper than one inch. More stands of cotton 

 are lost from planting too deep than from 

 planting too shallow. 



Amount of Seed Per Acre. Where seeds are 

 distributed in continuous drill, three pecks of 

 good seed per acre is ample. A stand may be 

 secured with half this amount of seed when 

 planted the proper depth on a good seed bed, 

 but it is an advantage to have more plants on 

 the land than necessary, so that if a few of 

 them are destroyed in the first cultivation the 

 stand will not be injured. 



First Cultivation. Begin the cultivation as 

 soon as the seeds are planted by running once 

 or twice across the rows with a section harrow. 

 When cotton is up to a stand, run diagonally 

 across the rows with a section harrow with the 

 teeth slanted backward at an angle of forty-five 

 degrees. One week later go over the cotton 

 again with the section harrow, diagonally 

 across the rows in the opposite direction. This 

 will destroy a few of the plants, but if three 



