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especially adapted to its culture. The yield per 

 acre will be high because the land will be fertile. 

 When cotton brings ten cents per pound it can 

 be raised successfully on a still greater acreage 

 because it will not take as fertile land to keep 

 the cost under ten cents as under five. When it 

 can be sold for fifteen cents a large acreage is 

 given over to its production. The higher the 

 price, the lower the average yield per acre. 



Long staple cotton was only successfully 

 raised on the Sea Islands of the Carolinas. The 

 suitable land was strictly limited. When the 

 price went up, the yield per acre went up too. 



