June and a start is made with the plucking between loth July and 
loth October. 
Singular characteristics, concerning the growth in South Caro- 
lina are shewn by the following: — 
Of loo seeds, planted io per hole one foot apart, on 29th March, 
24 sprang up, of which again 2 died, 39 could not be found again! 
perhaps these were eaten by insects, 23 had rotted, and 14 seemed 
good but would not vegetate. 
The first plant made its appearance 14 days after planting and 
the rest followed within 18 days and after thirty days no more 
came up. 
The climate was cool and moist. In very dry climates the seeds 
can remain in the ground from the 1st April to the 10th of June 
and still come up well. 
Eight days after the seeds had sprung up, or 23 days after sow- 
ing the third leaf appeared. The fourth leaf shewed itself on the 
following dav. 
The first bud was visible 41 days after the seeds had sprung up 
or 33 days after sowing, and 25 days afterwards it blossom ed. & 
The capsules visible on the 25th May burst open on the qth of 
August. 
If the weather is not suitable in the fruiting season, the cotton 
plant which is then weak shews the greatest sensibility. Then the 
buds, blossoms and half-grown fruits fall off. 
rite following statement coming from the same source as the 
above, shews the losses, which unsuitable weather can cause: 
Month of 
Springing 
up. 
No. of plan 
Buds Vis i bi 
.5 
r n 
ro 
Blossoms. 
0^ 
S 3 JS 
. c OT 3 
_4J 5 £ 
"nj x 
Ripened frui 
1 
II 
1 S3 u 
,0 t 
April ... 
1 
7 1 ,700 
1.231 
469 
I63 | 
306 
18 
May ... 
; 10 2,586 
1,819 
767 
j 199 j 
568 
18 
■ 
June ... 
2 1 54 
icj6 
' 48 
1 12 ! 
36 
23 
July ... j 
1 60 
I 
24 1 
36 
19 
i7 
1 1 
Mghty five iruits give one pound of raw cotton. 
plucking of the cotton is the most annoying and the most 
expensive work in the cotton industry. 
le ^rvest of 1894 amounting to 7,400,000 bales is said to have 
cost to pluck alone 150,000,000 guilders 
e average cost of plucking 50 k.g. of raw cotton is from f r to 
/ 1.25. A plucker can gather about 333 lbs. a day but they usually 
ga ler only about 100 lbs, Bad plucking can cause a lot of harm 
