Il6 KNAPP METHOD OF GROWING COTTON 



We therefore wish to emphasize the two 

 points, the early destruction of the stalks in the 

 fall and the picking up and burning of the 

 squares, as of primary importance in making a 

 successful crop of cotton. The early destruc- 

 tion of stalks in the fall has a double advantage. 

 It not only kills a vast number of the weevils, 

 but it destroys all their supply of food so that 

 such as are not killed by fire mostly perish for 

 lack of food before winter. 



The crop must be worked regularly and the 

 period of cultivation extended until the early 

 maturing bolls begin opening. It has been 

 found by actual experience that a profitable 

 crop may be made under the heaviest infesta- 

 tion of the boll weevil if the weather is fairly 

 seasonable, that is, if there is not too much rain. 

 It is utterly impossible for the farmer to make a 

 profitable crop of cotton with the boll weevil 

 present under the old system of farming. The 

 system of farming has been materially changed 

 in every section where the weevil has yet 

 appeared. The people have been forced to 

 abandon the all-cotton system and to adopt the 

 method that will enable them to produce all of 

 the home supplies. The first few years have 



