CHAPTER VII 

 COTTON SOILS AND CLIMA TIC AD APT A TIONS 



WITH good management, nearly all types of soil within 

 the cotton-belt can be made to produce profitable crops 

 of cotton. However, this crop is not grown with equal 

 success on all types of soil. The sandy uplands, as a rule, 

 produce small yields. The heavy clays often produce a 

 large vegetative growth accompanied by a small amount 

 of lint. The same thing is often true of bottom-land soils. 

 The safest cotton soils are the medium grades of loam. 



The successful production of cotton in the United States 

 is lirnited by climatic conditions to the region south of 

 latitude 37 degrees. Attempts to grow cotton north of 

 this boundary have, as a rule, failed. 

 



COTTON SOILS 



78. Soil types. An attempt to classify the various 

 types of soil in the cotton-belt upon which cotton is being 

 successfully produced reveals a large number of soil types. 

 No attempt is made to give a complete classification of 

 these soils. The outline given on next page includes only 

 the more important types as regards their extent and use 

 in cotton production. This outline is based upon the work 

 of the United States Bureau of Soils. The types are 

 grouped in accordance with the soil provinces or regions in 

 which they occur. 



67 



