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COTTOX CULTURE. 



in the market, and is constructed on much the same 

 principle as here described. Some prefer the ordinary 

 corn-cultivators, and on light lands where it is not im- 

 portant to "bed high, they are probably every way as good 

 as the sweep. The principal thing is, that whatever tool 

 you may select should be kept briskly moving. After 

 the second working of the cotton crop, the hoe may to a 

 great extent be dispensed with, but the plow can by no 

 means be laid aside even though the weeds and grass are 



Fig. 8. THE COTTON FLOWER. (Sea Island.) 



subdued. During June and the early part of July it is 

 important to press the growth of the plant, and nothing 

 does this so effectively as frequent stirring of the soil. 

 As a rule, the planter should manage so as to get over 



