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INDEX 



Cotton {continued) 



cultivation, literature, 360. 



culture in presence of the boll- 

 weevil, 405. 



culture in U. S., 379. 



culture in U. S., distribution of, 

 383. 



defects in bolls, 306. 



depth of cultivation, 357. 



depth of plowing for, 343. 



description of varieties, 296. 



directions for crossing, 302. 



distance experiments, 359. 



distribution of fertilizer, 347. 



draft on fertility, 315. 



early King-like group, 288. 



easy deterioration of varieties, 

 300. 



effects of raw and acid phosphate, 

 330. 



Egyptian, 280. 



family and genus, 274. 



fertilizers, 309. 



fertilizers, advantages of home 

 mixing, 321. 



fertilizers, amounts per acre, 324. 



fertilizers, amounts of crop in- 

 crease from, 322. 



fertilizers, factory-mixed, 320. 



fertilizers, laboratory exercises, 

 340. 



fertilizers, profits from, 323. 



fiber, breaking strength, 263. 



fibers of several varieties, 292. 



fiber, size, 263. 



fiber, uses of, 272. 



flowers, 25B. 



flowers, time required for de- 

 velopment, 265. 



forming beds for, 345. 



frequency of cultivation, 356. 



fruit, stages in life of, 265. 



fruiting branches, 250. 



gin, 370, 379. 



gin, roller, 370. 



gin, saw, 370. 



Cotton (continued) 



ginning, 366. 



ginning. Long Staple, 370. 



ginning. Sea Island, 369. 



glands, 257. 



grade, how determined, 374. 



ground phosphate rock for, 329. 



harvesting and marketing, 361. 



harvesting, laboratory exercises, 

 376. 



harvesting, literature, 376. 



hastening maturity against boll- 

 weevil, 400. 



Hawkins variety, 296. 



history and statistics in America, 

 377. 



hoeing, 356. 



immature fibers, 262. 



implements used in cultivation 

 of, 354. 



improvement profitable, 301. 



Indian, 258, 276. 



indications of need of nitrogen, 

 319. 



insect enemies, 388. 



Jackson, 296. 



King variety, 297. 



late cultivation, 356. 



Layton variety, 297. 



leaf -worm, 404. 



leaves, 255. 



leaves, weight of, 271. 



hme for, 335. 



lint, 262. 



lint, composition of, 267. 



lint, effect of storage on, 263. 



lint, plant food in, 271. 



lint, proportion of plant, 271. 



liuters, 383. 



list of leading varieties, 293. 



literature, 339. 



locks, 257. 



long-hmbed group, 290. 



long-staple upland, 290. 



maturity affected by fertilizers, 

 327. 



