VI COTTON CULTURE. 



November, Avoid Night Work ; Ginning ; Cotton Should Lie for a 

 Time in the Seed. 



December. Gathering of other Crops ; Hauling Cotton to Market ; 

 Clearing the Fields for the following Crop p. p. 5968 



PART II. 



CHAPTER I. 



QUALITY, EXTENT, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COTTON LANDS 

 OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Boundaries of the Cotton Belt. Which are the Cotton States ? Texas : 

 Extent and Character of its Cotton Lands ; Soil and Climate described ; 

 Valley of the Brazos ; Black Prairies ; Valleys of other Rivers in Texas. 

 Louisiana and Arkansas : their Cotton Fields ; the Washita Lands ; 

 Cotton South of Red River, and North of the Arkansas. Mississippi : 

 Its Alluvial Lauds ; Cotton Planting in the Hills ; the Tombigbee Lands. 

 Alabama : Its Alluvial and Black Cane Brake Lands ; Extent and Fertil- 

 ity of its Richest Fields. Georgia : its Three Divisions, Southern, Mid- 

 dle, and Northern ; Climate and Soil of each ; the Facilities for Cotton 

 Growing. South Carolina: Three General Classes of Lands as in 

 Georgia ; the Best Cotton Lands ; Inferior Lands. North Carolina and 

 Tennessee : the Limited Region in these States where Cotton is Grown ; 

 Cotton north of 38 ; Principal Dates in a Cotton Crop ; Effect of Short- 

 ening the Season ; the Experiment of 1862 p.p. 69 84 



CHAPTER II. 



ENEMIES AND DISEASES OF COTTON. 



The Cotton-louse and How to Get Rid of it. The Cut-worm; How to 

 Prevent his Ravages. The Cotton-moth or Caterpillar ; its Fearful Rav- 

 ages Described. Full Account of, arid Description of the Insect in its Dif- 

 ferent Forms ; two Modes of Attacking it. Effect of Rotation of Crops ; 

 Manner in which it Destroys itself; Conclusions with Regard to it. The 

 Army-worm ; Compared with the Caterpillar ; How to Arrest its March ; 

 Army-worm Described. Boll-worm ; Peculiarities of this Insect ; the 

 Moth described ; Manner and Place of Laying Eggs ; Appearance of the 

 Worm ; Mischief it Produces ; How to Get Rid of it ; Modes of extermi- 

 nating the Moth. Diseases of Cotton : Rust ; What Produces it ; Sore 

 Shiu ; Rot, or Gangrene. Blue Cotton p.p. 84 100 



CHAPTER III. 



IMPROVED AND SCIENTIFIC CULTURE OF COTTON. 



Reasons for the unskillful Manner in which Cotton has generally been 

 Raised. The Preservation and Restoration of Cotton Lands Depends on 



