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Cuapter XI.—Breeding Up the Cotton Plant : 93 
Cuapter XII.—The King’s Realm: The Land of Sunshine 104 
Cnapter XIII.—Soils and How to Handle Them . 109 
Cuaptrer XI]V.—Bringing Exhausted Soils Back to Life 115 
Cuaprer XV.—Cotton Unique: A Self-Supporting Crop . 120 
Cuapter XVI.—Buying Fertility for the Soil : . 126 
Cuaprer XVIIJ.—Farm-Made Manures: SavingFertility 
for the Soil . ; ‘ ; ; . 134 
Cuapter XVIII.—Home-Mixing of Fertilizers: Saving 
the Manufacturer’s Profit. : ; . 139 
CuapTer XIX.—The Cotton Farmer’s Equipment of Tools 147 
Cuapter XX.—Culture From Seed to Boll : . 153 
Cuaprer XXJ.—The IIs That Cotton Is Heir To . 165 
Cuaprer XXIJ.—Insect Enemies of the Cotton Plant 1 175 
Cuapter XXIII.—Harvest Time in the Cotton Field . 194 
CuaptTer XXIV.—What Does It Cost to Make Cotton? . 200 
SECTION III.—MARKETING AND PRICES 
CuapTeR XXV.—Preparing for Marketing: The Work of 
the Gin : . 215 
Cuapter XXVI. ere The 2 Trip to the Spindle : 224 
Cuapter XXVIJI.—The Unceasing Contest Between Bulls 
and Bears. : : : « 234 
Cuapter XXVIII.—Statistics: How the World Watches 
While the Plant Grows : : . 249 
Cuapter XXIX.—Prices: The Puzzling Problem of Cotton 
Values : 3 : , ‘ . 260 
