Losses to cotton, what to look for and where to find it, being one of a series of articles in relation to crops, their common diseases and insect pests to which they are subject . ion) -. 16 Smartweed Caterpillar, The (Illustration) 13 Soil and Seed-Sick Conditions- -— — 20 Sore Shin, Damping Off, or Seedling Rot -— 29 Summary of Losses to Cotton 42-43 Texas Root Rot 29 Transformation of Cotton Boll Worm (Illustration) 11 Various Stages of the Web Worm (Illustration) 18 White Grubs- 17 White Grubs (Illustration) 18 Zebra CaterpiUar, The (Illustration) 14 46 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 002 8
Losses to cotton, what to look for and where to find it, being one of a series of articles in relation to crops, their common diseases and insect pests to which they are subject . ion) -. 16 Smartweed Caterpillar, The (Illustration) 13 Soil and Seed-Sick Conditions- -— — 20 Sore Shin, Damping Off, or Seedling Rot -— 29 Summary of Losses to Cotton 42-43 Texas Root Rot 29 Transformation of Cotton Boll Worm (Illustration) 11 Various Stages of the Web Worm (Illustration) 18 White Grubs- 17 White Grubs (Illustration) 18 Zebra CaterpiUar, The (Illustration) 14 46 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 0 002 811 533 7. Pul)lislied byHAIL DEPARTMENT Western Adjustment & Inspection Co. CHICAGO o ^^ \IVO Copyright, 1919, W. E. Mariner © Stroniberft, Allen & Co., 1 I lL ^ -J 1 COTTON The raw material of our most im-portant maniifacturino- enterprisesand export trade, the nature andspecial characteristics of its growth. Knowledge directeth practice andpractice increaseth knowledge. INTRODUCTORY Cotton furnishes the raw material for one of our mostimportant manufacturing industries, and from one-fourthto one-tliird of our total exports. Its economic importance is far beyond numerical ex-pression, for, while the total crop of the world is ap-proximately ascertainable, the effect of cotton upon thecommercial and social relations of mankind is too far-reaching for estimation. Of the four great staples thatprovide man with clothing—cotton, silk, wool and flax—cot-ton, by reason of its cheapness and its many excellenciesis rapidly superseding its several rivals. Fifty yealossestocottonwh00west
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