42 KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



and about three weeks later thin to a stand. 

 Where planting is done toward the latter part 

 of the planting season it is advisable to bring 

 to stand at first thinning. 



The distance apart of plants in the drill will 

 depend upon the fertility of the soil. On 

 medium soils where plants grow about three 

 feet tall, leave plants from fifteen to twenty 

 inches apart in the drill. Where cotton nor- 

 mally grows four to four and one half feet tall 

 thin from twenty to twenty-four inches in the 

 drill. 



Later Cultivation. The first cultivation after 

 using the section harrow or weeder, may be 

 given with some form of cultivator. Among 

 the implements used for this cultivation and 

 with which satisfactory results are obtained 

 are the following: the fourteen-inch heel sweep 

 and short bull-tongue point on one-horse 

 Georgia stock; one-horse spring- tooth culti- 

 vator; five shovel, one horse cultivator; and 

 the sulky cultivator with short, narrow, dia- 

 mond point shovel attachments, or with spring- 

 tooth attachments. If the land has become 

 hard and compact from rains since plant- 

 ing, the first cultivations may be rather deep. 



