INDEX 



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Cotton (continued) 



maturity or earliness, 254. 



methods of plowing for, 342. 



methods of separating large 

 seeds, 313. 



mildew, 418. 



minor leaf diseases, 418. 



nitrogenous fertilizers, 325. 



no indications revealing the need 

 for phosphorus, 318. 



not fertilized according to com- 

 position, 317. 



pasting the seed of, 348. 



Peruvian, 280. 



petals and sepals, 257. 



Peterkin variety, 296. 



picker, Dixie, 365. 



picker, Lowry, 365. 



picker, Oliver, 366. 



picker, Price-Campbell, 366. 



picker, Thurman Vacuum, 366. 



pickers, mechanical, 361. 



pistil, 257. 



plant breeder's methods of im- 

 proving, 309. 



plant, composition of parts 

 of, 270. 



plant food in, 271. 



plant, habit of, 274. 



plant in budding stage, 401. 



plant-to-row method of breeding, 

 310. 



planters, 348. 



plants, weight of stems, leaves, 

 etc., 271. 



pollen, 256. 



pollination of, 256. 



principal qualities desired in 

 plant, 305. 



principal species, 274, 275. 



principal uses, 267. 



-producing countries, 384. 



productiveness of varieties, 291. 



quality affected by fertilizers, 338. 



qualities needing improvement, 

 307. 



Cotton (continued) 



reasons for variation, 282. 



Rio Grande group, 287. 



rivers, 277. 



roots, 254. 



roots, plant food in, 271. 



roots, weight of, 271. 



root-knot, 414. 



root-rot, 414, 415. 



Russell variety, 297. 



rust, checked by potash, 333. 



score-card for, 313. 



Sea Island, 276, 279. 



seed, 264. 



seed as fertilizer, 325 



seed, composition of, 268. 



seed, effects on hogs, 272. 



seed, effects on young calves, 273. 



seed, germination of, 264. 



seeding, 381. 



seed, number per bushel, 349. 



-seed meal, poisonous effects of, 

 272. 



-seed meal versus manure, 328. 



-seed meal, sometimes unprofit- 

 able, 328. 



seed patch, 306. 



seed, plant food in, 271. 



-seed products, 270. 



seed, production and uses of, 381. 



seed, proportion of fiber, hulls, 

 and meats in, 264. 



seed, proportion to entire plant, 

 271. 



seed, rolling, 349. 



seed, time to apply as fertilizer, 

 327. 



seed, uses of, 272. 



seed versus cotton-seed meal as 

 fertilizer, 269, 326. 



semicluster group, 285. 



size of seed for planting, 312. 



soils, 315. 



sowing seed in, 357. 



species, American group, 276. 



species, Asiatic group, 276. 



