INDEX 



ABSOLUTE uniformity unattainable, 



123 

 Accidents, 77, 95, 99, 117, 160 



duration of, 104 

 Acclimatization, 129 

 Accurate data, value of, 162 

 Adverse conditions, 97 

 Agricultural investigation, 177 

 Alkali soil, 39 

 Amateur grading, 184, 193 

 Ancestors of cotton, 3 

 Appearance of crop deceptive, 113 



of lint, an index, 130 

 Asiatic cottons, 4 

 Association of characters, 145 

 Average properties, 136 



Bale, properties of, 93 

 Bees, carrying pollen, 62 

 Best existing cottons, 152 

 Boll, age of, 179 



appearance of, 57 



development of, 65 



of, tabular summary, 83 



maturation of. See Matura- 

 tion 



opening of, 68, 82 



size of, 67 



and yield, 48 



weight, 163 



Boiling, observation of, 163 

 Boll-worms, 38, 73, 88, 112 

 Bowman, Dr. F. H., 56 

 Branches, 58 



growth of, 46 

 Branching, 42 



breeding for, 18 



inheritance, 137 



Breaking strain. See Strength 

 (hair) 



methods, 188 



Breeding, 167 



for yield, 18 

 Bud, flower-, 58 

 Business considerations, 150, 154 



Calyx, 60 



Carbon dioxide, assimilation, 31 



Chance, 95, 104. See also Error, 



probable 



Change of conditions, causing non- 

 uniformity, 122 



of seed, 20 



Changes in lint, daily, 93 

 Characteristics, inherited, 127 

 Chemical composition of soil, 38 

 Classification, 2 

 Climatic factors, 93 

 Collapse of lint hair, 79, 142, 149 

 Colour of flower on fading, 62 



of lint, 7, 138 



deterioration of, 136 

 Combed lint length, 182, 184 

 Commercial applications, 105 



characters, 130 



class of lint, 93 



classification, 114 



lint, 137 



varieties. See Varieties 

 Constitution of environment, 124 

 Constructive factors, 49 

 Contamination of varieties, 16 

 Continuity of observations, 177 

 Convolutions of lint, 78, 82, 139 



in spinning, 147 

 Copying of statements, 57 

 Cost of pure strains, 168 

 Cotton lint. See Lint 



trade, 126, 153, 169 

 Counting hairs, 102 

 Crop. See Field crop 



forecasts, 46 



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