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THE FORAGE AND FIBER CROPS IN AMERICA 



The Tennessee and Alabama stations have determined the total 

 amount of dry matter in the whole plant, including roots, and 

 the chemical constituents contained therein for each 100 pounds 

 of lint produced, thus indicating the demands made upon the 

 soil for plant food. 



Dry Matter and Chemical Constituents for Each 100 Pounds 

 Cotton Lint 



415. COLLATERAL READING. J. M. Matthews: The Textile Fibres, pp. 124- 

 138, 139-155. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1904. 



William H. Seaman: On the Identification of Fibers. In U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Fiber Investigations Rpt. No. 9: A Descriptive Catalogue of the World, pp. 

 352-8. 



C. B. Williams: Cotton Plant. The Bulletin, North Carolina Dept. Agr. 

 (September, 1906), pp. 3-16. 



