110 KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



Department of Agriculture, outlined the fol- 

 lowing plan for the production of cotton under 

 weevil conditions: 



(1) Under boll- weevil infestation the fields 

 selected for cultivation should be well drained, 

 because a successful crop will then depend upon 

 the possibility of cultivating them at the proper 

 time. The poorly drained lands should be 

 devoted to other crops. They have always 

 been an uncertain factor in cotton production. 

 It is not the intention to state that well- 

 drained alluvial lands should not be planted 

 to cotton. 



(2) The early destruction of the cotton 

 stalks before frost and the burning of all rubbish 

 in and about the infested field are imperative. 



(3) Break the field deep as early in the fall 

 as possible with an implement that does not 

 bring too much of the subsoil to the surface. 

 Some winter cover crop should be grown if 

 practicable; if not, harrow occasionally during 

 the winter. Before planting, thoroughly pul- 

 verize the soil and make the best seed bed 

 possible. 



(4) Care must be taken to secure seed of an 

 early-maturing variety and of the highest 



