LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 
Picking Scene Frontispiece 
FACING PAGE 
A Monarch that Brooks no Rivals .... 16 
Part of Our $410,000,000 in Cotton Export Values . . . 17 
Production of Cotton 1850 to 1900 ... 22 
Cotton Statistics ...... 23 
Production of Cotton 1900 (by States) . .34 
Breaking Land for Egyptian Cotton .... 35 
How The Negro Tenants Live .... 38 
Negro Pickers at Work and at Home .... 39 
Cotton Picking in the Lowlands .... 50 
"Light-hearted, good-natured and aisily lynched." (Mr. Dooley) 51 
Cotton Bolls, Fibres Other than Cotton .... 56 
The Mechanical Cotton Picker .... 57 
Soft and Compressed Bales : Gathering Samples . 64 
More Cotton Statistics .... 65 
Southern Views 72 
More Scenes from Dixie .... 73 
The Cotton Association is a Factor to be Reckoned with . 80 
Holding for Better Prices .... 81 
Varieties of Cotton 90 
Varieties of Cotton 91 
Varieties of Cotton .... 94 
Economical and Expensive Cotton-making . . 95 
Improvement of Cotton .... 10 o 
Where Cotton Grows Best .... 10 j 
Getting Fertilizer from the Air 116 
Cultivating the Crop 117 
The Rescue of Old Lands .... 122 
Old-fashioned Methods Not Yet Forgotten . . . .123 
Diagram Showing Relative Quantities of Nitrogen, Potash and 
Phosphoric Acid Required for the Production of an Average 
Yield (per Acre) of Corn, Wheat, etc.; Crimson Clover; Cotton- 
Cultivation in its Final Stage ... 126 
