124 AGRICULTURE 



Corn: 



Cultivation : 



Deep plowing before planting 

 Shallow cultivation of crop 

 Wheat: 



Cultivation : 



Deep, firm seed bed with fine mellow surface 

 Oats 

 Rye 

 Barley 

 Rice 



Cotton and Other Fiber Plants : 

 Uses: 



Fiber for clothing 



Seed for oil, stock food, and fertilizer 

 Cultivation : 



Deep plowing before planting 

 " Shallow cultivation, not continued late 

 Improved by 

 Seed selection 

 Good cultivation 

 Cross breeding 

 Cotton : 



Special requirements : 

 Long growing season 

 Even rainfall 

 Much sunshine 



Well-drained soil, loam preferred 

 Flax 

 Hemp 

 Tobacco : 

 Uses: 



Leaves for smoking and chewing 

 Stems for snuff 

 Requirements : 



Soil and climate adapted to type desired 



