VIII COTTOX CULTURE. 



CHAPTER VI. 



OF THE VALUE OF COTTON AS A PLANT, AND THE USES TO WHICH 

 IT MAT BE APPLIED. 



Cheapness of Cotton as an Article of Clothing. Cotton for Ropes ; 

 as a Material for Beds ; as a Material for Bed-Covers ; Cotton Blankets. 

 The Comfoj-ts that Two Bales of Cotton may be Made to Bring into One 

 Family. The Possible Employment of Cotton as a Building Material. 

 Cotton-stalk Hemp. Cotton Seed as Food for Animals; as Manure. A 



Medicine from the Root of the Cotton Plant. .'. p.p. 141149 



CHAPTER VII. 



THE PAST AND THE FUTURE OF COTTON ; ITS HISTORY AND STATISTICS. 



Cotton Previous to the Present Century ; no Mention of it in the 

 Earliest Writings. What Herodotus Says. Cotton Introduced from In- 

 dia to Rome. Hindoo Mode of Weaving ; Wonderful Delicacy of some 

 of their Fabrics. Difficulty of Producing Large Amounts of Cotton in 

 India. Cotton in Egypt and Africa. Early Notices of Cotton in the 

 New World. Its Culture in the West Indies and Brazil. First Culture 

 in the United States. Impetus given by the Invention of the Gin. An 

 Account of the Manner in which Eli Whitney Made the Discovery ; the 

 Importance of his Invention. Statistical Tables as to Increase, Amount, 

 Price, and Total Value of the Various Cotton Crops of the United States. 

 Five Conclusions with Respect to the Past and the Future of Cotton as 

 Drawn from a Study of the Tables. Views Expressed in the London 

 Economist. Question of Cotton Supply during the War. ..pp. 149 164 

 CHAPTER VIII. 



PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO VARIOUS CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO 

 PROPOSE TO ENGAGE IN COTTON GROWING. 



Modes of Producing Cotton in the Future ; Different Classes likely to 

 be Engaged in it. Suggestions to the Large Capitalist and Joint Stock 

 Companies as to the Best Cotton Lands ; the Advantages and Disadvan- 

 tages of Various Sections Examined. The Cotton Fields of Alabama, 

 Texas, and of the Mississippi Valley Considered. Attractions of the 

 Upland Cotton Fields ; their Desirableness for the Farmer. Middle 

 Tennessee Considered. The Northern parts of Alabama and Georgia. 

 North-western Arkansas. Northern Texas. The Poor Immigrant will 

 Go where he can Get the Highest Wages ; with Thrift he can soon Rise 

 above a Hireling ; Three Simple Rules for Keeping his Health. Con- 

 clusion p.p. 164 179 



CHAPTER IX. 



COTTON SEED OIL. COTTON SEED CAKE. 



The Discovery of Oil in Cotton Seed. Experiments. Process of 

 Manufacture of Oil. Difficulties to be Overcome. Seed Hullers. Ma- 

 chinery Required to Express Oil. How Oil is Expressed. _ How Refined. 

 Its Uses. Cotton Seed Cake. Its Value in Stock-feeding. As a Fertil- 

 izer. Ashes of the Hulls p.p. 380190 



