xxiv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAGE 



145. Diagram showing Method of selecting Cotton. (H. J. 



Webber) 312 



146. Cotton Plants, showing Retention of Leaves ; and Shedding 



of Leaves . . . . . . . ,.. . 316 



147. A Field of Cotton, Fertilized and Unfertilized . . .322 



148. A Field of Cotton, showing the Effects of Potash in retain- 



ing the Leaves . . . . . . , ... 334 



149. A Middle Burster, or Double Moldboard Plow. (B. F. 



A very & Sons Co.) . . . , * , . .346 



150. An Inexpensive Cotton Planter 349 



151. One Form of Plow-stock 352 



152. A Young Cotton Plant, showing Two Seed-leaves and Two 



True Leaves ... . . . ' . . . 353 



153. Various Forms of Sweeps and Scrapes used in cultivating 



Cotton. (L. H. Bailey) 354 



154. An Alabama Cotton Field. (Farmer's Cooperative Demon- 



stration Work) . . ... . . . . 362 



155. The Worswick-Hardt Cotton Picker at Work . . .364 



156. The Dixie Cotton Picker ....... 366 



1571 Vertical Section through the Dixie Cotton Picker when at 



Work 367 



158. Section through a Ginnery. (Continental Gin Company) . 368 



159. Transverse Section through a Cotton Gin. (Continental 



Gin Company) . . . . . . .... 369 



160. Foreign and American Bales . , . .> . . . 370 



161. Cotton Bales left unprotected from Rain . . . .372 



162. Side View of Cotton Bales . . ... . ... 372 



163. Bales from a Gin Compress. (Farmers' Gin Compress 



Company) . 373 



164. The Propelling Mechanism of an Old Horse-power Gin. 



(From D. A. Tompkins' " Cotton a Factor, in Progress ") 378 



165. Percentage of the Total American Crop of Cotton grown in 



Each State in 1908. (U. S. Census Bureau) . . .382 



166. Percentage of World's Mill Supply of Cotton contributed 



by Each Country in 1908. (U. S. Census Bureau) . . 385 



167. Moths of Cotton Boll-worm and Corn Ear-worm. (U. S. 



Dept. Agr. , Bureau of Entomology) . . . . 390 



