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INDEX 



Corn (Continued) 

 storing, 261. 

 sub-soiling for, 233. 

 suckering, tendency to, 191. 

 sunshine, influence of, 214. 

 temperature, influence of, 215. 

 tillers, 156. 



value in cotton-belt, 3. 

 value in United States, 3. 

 varieties, 182. 



varieties, discussion of, 185. 

 water, amount required, 165. 

 water requirements, 163. 

 wide beds for, 237. 

 wire-worms, 267. 

 yields of forage by different 



methods of harvesting, 



254. 

 Cotton, description of, 8. 

 acclimatization of, 66. 

 acid phosphate for, 86. 

 air cavities, 14. 

 Amarillo loam and silty clay 



for, 76. 

 Appalachian province, cotton 



soils of, 73. 

 bales, care of, 121. 

 bales, size of, 120. 

 baling, 120. 

 Big-boll type, 45. 

 bolls, 16. 



number of, 17. 

 branches, 10. 

 fruiting branches, 12. 

 vegetative branches, 12. 

 breeding, 53. 

 . need of, 53. 

 reasons for, 53. 

 broadcast tillage for, 112. 

 "buck shot" land for, 76. 

 Cahaba fine sandy loam for, 



76. 

 characters that determine 



quality, 56. 



Cotton (Continued). 



color and cleanliness of fi- 

 ber, 57. 

 length of fiber, 56. 

 strength of fiber, 57. 

 uniformity of fiber, 56. 



Clarksville soils for, 74. 



climatic adaptations of, 76. 



cluster type, 41. 



Coastal Plain Province, cotton 

 soils of, 69. 



commercial fertilizers for, 83. 



commercial grades, classifica- 

 tion of, 121. 



composition of, 22. 



composts for, 95. 



compressing, 121. 



Congaree loam for, 76. 



constituents of, 23. 



cotton-seed meal versus 

 cotton-seed for, 84. 



Crawford stony clay for, 76. 



crossing, method of, 64. 



cultivation, 110, 113, 114. 



Decatur clay loam for, 74. 



DeKalb soils for, 73. 



diseases of, 141. 



drainage for, 102. 



Diirant fine sandy loam for, 

 72. 



^g-ceUs, 28. 



embryo, 29. 



environment, influence of, 62. 



faU plowing for, 102. 



Fayetteville fine sandy loam 

 for, 73. 



fertility removed by, 81. 



fertilization, 28. 



fertilizer formulas for, 93. 



fertilizer needs, as judged by 

 appearance of plants, 91. 



fertilizer test for, 90. 



fertilizers, nitrogen-supplying 

 materials for, 83. 



