COTTON 199 
pick the open cotton without injury to plant or un- 
opened bolls. 
The fact that cotton opens slowly, necessitates, 
as has been seen, three, four, or even five pickings, 
and this complicates cotton harvesting: but if rows 
are placed at proper distances, fields planned for 
horse or steam drawn tools, the cotton picker may 
be operated twice or three times without serious 
injury to plants or bolls. 
