10 CONTENTS 



Chapter 16. COTTON PRODUCTION 191 



Species — Characteristics of the plant — Seed — Varieties of upland cotton grouped 

 — Cluster group — Semi-cluster group — Peterkin group — King _ group — Big-boll 

 group — Long-staple upland group — Desired qualities of a variety — Selection — 

 Soils adapted to cotton — Special types of soils. 



Fertilizer and Cultivation. 

 Plant food removed by cotton — Need of humus— Need of nitrogen — Need of 

 phosphoric acid — Need of potash— Commercial fertilizers profitable — Three-year 

 rotation suggested — Preparation of land — Time of plowing — Seed-bed — Planting 

 —Tillage. 



Harvesting and Marketing. 

 Picking — Ginning — Cotton seed — Storing — Grades of cotton. 



Chapter 17. TOBACCO 203 



Types and their commercial uses — Principal tobacco districts — Soils — Prepara- 

 tion and care of seed-beds — Preparation of the soil — Fertilizers — Transplanting 

 and cultivation — Methods of harvesting— Barn curing — Preparation for market — 

 Methods of selling. 



Chapter 18. WEEDS AND THEIR ERADICATION 215 



Damage done by weeds — Weeds reduce crop yields — How introduced and spread 

 — Classification of weeds — Weed habitats — Principles governing control — Canada 

 thistle — Quack grass — Foxtail — Dodders — - Buckhorn — Plantain — Pigweed — 

 Lamb's-Quarters — Wild mustard or charlock — Shepherd's-purse — Peppergrass — 

 Cocklebur — Field bindweed or wild morning glory — Hedge bindweed — Fifty 

 worst weeds. 



PART II. DISEASES OF FARM CROPS 



Chapter 19. DISEASES OF FARM CROPS AND THEIR REMEDIES.... 239 

 Bean. Anthracnose — Rust — Blight — Downy mildew — Leaf spot. 

 Pea. Spot. 



Beets. Leaf spot — Root rot. 



Cabbage, Cauliflower, Turnips, etc. Black rot — Club root or finger and toe disease. 

 Carrot. Soft rot. 



Potato. Late blight or downy mildew — Early blight — Wilt, stem rot and dry rot 

 — Black leg — Scab — Little potato, rosette, stem rot, scurf — Bacterial wilt — 

 Tipburn. 



Peanut. Foliage and root diseases. 



Tobacco. Granville tobacco wilt — Mosaic, calico or mottle top — Leaf spots — 

 Root rots. 

 Corn. Smut. 



Wheat. Rusts — Loose smut — Stinking smut or bunt. 

 Oats. Rust — Smut. 



Sugar Cane. Red rot — Rind disease — The pineapple disease — Other diseases. 

 Cotton. Anthracnose — Damping off — Sore shin — Seeding rot. 

 Flax. Wilt. 



Chapter 20. INSECT PESTS AND THEIR CONTROL 250 



General Crop Insects. 

 Caterpillars (leaf-eating) — Cutworms — Grasshoppers or locusts — Leaf beetles 

 Plant lice — White grubs — Wire worms. 



Field Crop Insects. 

 The army worm — The alfalfa leaf weevil — The chinch bug — Clover mite — Clover 

 root borer — Corn ear worm — The corn root aphis — Cotton boll worm — Cotton 

 worm — The cotton red spider — The fall army worm — The green bug or spring 

 grain aphis — The Hessian fly — Mexican cotton boll weevil — Spring grain aphis — 

 Southern corn root worm or bud worm — Tobacco flea beetle — Tobacco worms or 

 horn worms — Western corn root worm — Wheat joint worm — Wheat straw worm. 



