TABLE OF CONTENTS. VH 



Two Practices: Circle Plowing and Ditching, and Manuring. The 

 Amount to which Uplands in Cotton Deteriorate by Washing. The 

 First Practice of Circle Plowing. Circle Ditching ; Detailed Instruc- 

 tions. Fertilizing Properties Removed from the Soil by Cotton. Anal- 

 ysis of the Lint and of the Seed. Fertilizers which Best Restore the 

 Elements Abstracted. Best Manure for Cotton Lands : Guano. Cotton 

 Should not be Manured in the Drill. Dr. Cloud and his Improved Cul- 

 ture. Reasons for not Manuring in the Hill. "High Farming" in 

 Connection with Cotton ; what it Consists in. The proper Rotation of 

 Crops on a Cotton Farm. Most Suitable Arrangements for Making 

 Large Amounts of Manure ; Best Method of Applying it. Mode of Cul- 

 tivation that Should Follow ; the Results. Cotton Seed Better as a Ma- 

 nure the Second Year than the First. The Length of Time for which this 

 High Manuring is Felt Contrast between "High" and "Low Farm- 

 ing" in Cotton. Jmprovement of the Seed by the Use of Fertilizers ; 

 Gypsum to be Applied with Guano p.p. 100 119 



CHAPTER IV. 



VARIOUS KINDS OF COTTON CULTIVATED IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Upland and Sea Island. Mexican Seed, how Introduced. Petit Gulf 

 Seed, and "Why so Called. Prices at which Improved Varieties Sell. 

 Methods of Improving any Seed ; Something Depends on Locality. Va- 

 rious Seeds Developed from the Mexican and Petit Gulf. Mr. Phillips 

 on the Varieties of Cotton Seed. Manner in which Choice Varieties De- 

 teriorate ; "Banana" and "Mastodon" instanced; Five Conclusions 

 on the Subject. Sea Island Cotton ; its Average Yield and Price. Sea 

 Island Cotton described ; Time when it Began to be.Cultivated ; Results 

 of an Analysis of Sea Island Cotton and Soil ; how Cultivated ; Method 

 of Ginning and Preparing for Market. Mr. Chichester's Invention. The 

 Largest Crop of Sea Island. Other Statistics p.p. 119132 



CHAPTER V. 



HOW TO REALIZE THE MOST FROM A CROP; SUGGESTIONS AS TO 

 THE UNION OF THE GROWING OF COTTON "WITH ITS MANU- 

 FACTURE INTO YARNS AND FABRICS. 



No probability that the South will ever Manufacture All the Cotton 

 she Grows. A Plan Suggested for Manufacturing : One Large, Central 

 Factory in every Town or Township ; Machinery Driven by Steam ; 

 Facilities for Ginning, Packing, and Manufacturing Enough Cloth for 

 that Community. Ground Plan of such Factory with Oil-mill Attached ; 

 the Bagging also to be Made there from the Trashy Cotton. Advantages 

 of the Plan Proposed. Perfection of Ginning and Baling. Modifica- 

 tions of the Proposed Plan for Different Localities. Associated Capital 

 Compared with Individual Enterprise. The Plan Proposed Adapted to 

 the Small Producer. Question of Operatives p.p. 133141 



