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Chapter XI. — Breeding Up the Cotton Plant . . 93 
Chapter XII. — The King's Realm: The Land of Sunshine 104 
Chapter XIII. — Soils and How to Handle Them . 109 
Chapter XIV. — Bringing Exhausted Soils Back to Life 115 
Chapter XV. — Cotton Unique : A Self-Supporting Crop . 120 
Chapter XVI. — Buying Fertility for the Soil . .126 
Chapter XVII. — Farm-Made Manures : Savin gFertility 
for the Soil . . . . . .134 
Chapter XVIII. — Home-Mixing of Fertilizers : Saving 
the Manufacturer's Profit . . . .139 
Chapter XIX. — The Cotton Farmer's Equipment of Tools 147 
Chapter XX. — Culture From Seed to Boll . .153 
Chapter XXL— The Ills That Cotton Is Heir To . 165 
Chapter XXII. — Insect Enemies of the Cotton Plant . 175 
Chapter XXIII. — Harvest Time in the Cotton Field . 194 
Chapter XXIV. — What Does It Cost to Make Cotton ? .200 
SECTION III.— MARKETING AND PRICES 
Chapter XXV. — Preparing for Marketing: The Work of 
the Gin . . . . . .215 
Chapter XXVI. — Marketing: The Trip to the Spindle . 224 
Chapter XXVII. — The Unceasing Contest Between Bulls 
and Bears ...... 234 
Chapter XXVIII. —Statistics: How the World Watches 
While the Plant Grows ... . 249 
Chapter XXIX. — Prices : The Puzzling Problem of Cotton 
Values ...... 260 
