4 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BULS. 326-350. 



Department Bulletin No. 332. — Community Production of Egyptian 



Cotton in the United States: Page. 



Introduction 1 



Sources of long-staple cotton 2 



Character and supply of Egyptian cotton 3 



American consumption of Egyptian cotton 4 



Production of Egyptian cotton in America 5 



Future possibilities of the industry ' 7 



Conrparison of American and Egyptian conditions ' 8 



Early attempts to establish Egyptian-cotton growing in the United States. . 10 



Beginning of experiments in the Southwest 11 



Unsatisfactory character of the original stocks 12 



Development of more uniform varieties 12 



Maintaining the purity of the variety 13 



Solving the problems of commercial production . . . 14 



Cooperative organization of the growers 15 



Labor for picking _ 16 



Community credit for financing the crop 17 



Ginning in relation to production 18 



Grading the crop 19 



Marketing the crop 19 



Maintenance of the seed supply 20 



Agricultural relationships of the crop 21 



Cost of production 22 



Tillage methods 24 



Late thinning and close spacing 24 



Undesirability of ratooning of Egyptian cotton 25 



Enemies of the crop 25 



Conditions of successful Egyptian-cotton production 26 



Conclusions- 27 



List of publications bearing on Egyptian cotton growing in the South- 

 western States 28 



Department Bulletin No. 333. — Termites, or "White Ants," in the 

 United States: Their Damage and Methods of Prevention: 



Introduction 1 



Classification .' 1 



Description of the insects 2 



Communal organization and life 4 



The life cycle -> 5 



The swarm 8 



Geographical distribution 12 



Economic importance of termites in the United States 13 



Preventive and remedial measures - 26 



Department Bulletin No. 334. — Directions for Blueberry Culture, 1916: 



Special requirements 1 



Importance of superior varieties 3 



Propagation 3 



Field planting 11 



Yield and profits .' 15 



Conclusion 16 



Department Bulletin No. 335. — Development of Sugar and Acid in 

 Grapes During Ripening: 



Introduction 1 



Changes in the chemical composition of grapes during the ripening period . 2 



Sources and preparation of samples 4 



Methods of aralysis 7 



Analytical results on the juice samples 9 



Composition of the whole fruit 22 



Analytical results on the whole-fruit samples 24 



Comparison of results on juice and whole-fruit samples '. 27 



