TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

 CHAPTER IV. 



COTTON PICKING. 



Time of Commencing. Utensils and Preparation. Picking M^ 

 Done Mainly by Hand. Slow and Fast Picking ; Conveniences and En- 

 couragements. Health of Field Laborers. Sorting and Trashing of the 

 Cotton. Four Grades. Economy of Time and Labor in Handling the 

 Crop. The Picking Season ; its Length. Task Work. Weight of Lint 

 as Compared with Unginned Cotton p.p. 36 15 



CHAPTER V. 



GINNING, BALING, AND MARKETING. 



Principle of the Whitney Gin ; Description of Its Parts. The Gin- 

 house. Plans of First and Second Stories. The Drying Scaffold. Im- 

 provements Suggested. The Old Wooden Packing-box and Screw. 

 Cost of Bad Packing. Cut and Description of an Improved Press. The 

 Iron Hoop. Honor and Reliability in Putting up a Crop. The Planter 

 should be a Judge of the Market. Speedy and Direct Communication 

 between Producer and Consumer p.p. 45 59 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE COTTON PLANTERS' CALENDAB. 



January. The Gin ; the Market ; Pressing. Clearing off the Fields. 

 Filling up Washes and Gulches. Taking Care of Seed Cotton. Using 

 the Remainder of the Cotton Seed for Manure. 



February. About Time to Commence Plowing. Plan and Prepare 

 for Another Crop ; Cut Wood ; Haul out Manure ; Decide on Rotation 

 of Crops ; " Bedding Up " for the Rows. Oats. 



Jfarch.'The Garden ; Melons ; Plantation Roads ; Circle Ditching 

 and Circle Plowing ; Beginning to Plant. 



April. Careful Planting; First Going Over; the Shanghai Plow; 

 Cutting Away to a Stand. 



May. Another Thorough Working ; Best Mode of Plowing between 

 Cotton Rows ; the Sweep ; Importance of Good Plowing. 



June. Cultivation Varies Somewhat with the Season and Moisture ; 

 Caring for the Well-being of Man and Beast in the Field. 



July. Last Working in Advanced Crop ; Fodder Pulling ; Drink for 

 Field Hands ; Effect of Fodder Pulling upon the Grain. 



August. Picking at Hand; Advance of the Enemies of Cotton ; How 

 to Fight the Army-worm ; the Caterpillar or Cotton-moth ; How to De- 

 stroy them. 



September. The Picking to be Pushed ; Care for the Hands ; Coffee in 

 the Morning. 



October. Keeping up the Spirits ; Sorting Cotton ; the Trasher. 



