. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. s&y&su. Washington, D. C. January 15, 1919 PRODUCTION OF AMERICAN EGYPTIAN COTTON. By C. S. Scofield, T. H. Keaeney, C. J. Brand, O. F. Cook, and W. T. Swingle. CONTENTS. Page. Community production of cotton 1 Sources of long-staple cotton 2 Character and supply of Egyptian cotton 3 American consumption of Egyptian 4 Production of Egyptian cotton in 5 Future possibilities of the industry 7 Comparison of American and Egyptian condi- tions 8 Early attempts to establish Egyptian-cotton growing
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. s&y&su. Washington, D. C. January 15, 1919 PRODUCTION OF AMERICAN EGYPTIAN COTTON. By C. S. Scofield, T. H. Keaeney, C. J. Brand, O. F. Cook, and W. T. Swingle. CONTENTS. Page. Community production of cotton 1 Sources of long-staple cotton 2 Character and supply of Egyptian cotton 3 American consumption of Egyptian 4 Production of Egyptian cotton in 5 Future possibilities of the industry 7 Comparison of American and Egyptian condi- tions 8 Early attempts to establish Egyptian-cotton growing in the United States 10 Beginning of experiments in the 10 Unsatisfactory character of the original stocks 11 Development of more uniform varieties 12 Solving the problems of commercial produc- tion 13 Cooperative organization of the growers 14 Page. Labor for picking 15 Community credit for financing the crop 17 Ginning in relation to production 17 Grading the crop 18 Marketing the crop , 19 Maintenance of the seed supply 19 Agricultural relationships of the crop 21 Tillage methods 22 Late thinning and close spacing 22 Undesirability of ratooning Egyptian cotton. 24 Enemies of the crop 24 Conditions of successful Egyptian cotton pro- duction 25 Conclusion 26 List of publications bearing on Egyptian cot- ton growing in the Southwestern States 28 COMMUNITY PRODUCTION OF COTTON. The purposes of this bulletin are to tell how Egyptian-cotton pro- duction became established in the Southwest as a result of community action, to describe the present status of the industry, and to give the reasons for encouraging the growing of this type of cotton in the United States. Attention is also directed to the conditions which appear to be indispensable to successful commercial production in this country. It is believed that Egyptian cotton can not be profitably grown except under irrigation and in the absence of the boll weevil. This would exclude it from consideration in any por-
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