STAPLE CROPS. 



Cotton and Fiber Plants. 



Cotton is profitably groAvai on nearly all kinds of soil, 

 but does best perhaps on a strong, sandy loam. On light 

 uplands the yield is light, but with a fair proportion of 

 lint; on heavy bottom lands the growth may be heavy, 

 but the proportion of lint to the whole plant much 

 reduced. 



The preparation of the soil must be even and thor- 

 ough. About one bushel of seed per acre is the usual 

 allowance. 



Many fertilizer formulas have b§en recommended, and 

 by all kinds of authority, and green manuring is widely 

 advised as a means of helping to get a supply of cheap 

 Nitrogen; but, with this crop especially, cheap forms of 

 Nitrogen are very dear. 



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