. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 258 COTTON COVER-CROPS the first bolls. The bloom opens wide early in the morning, and is of a light cream-color; it begins to close and change to a pink color in the afternoon, and by the following morning is a deep pink color, and falls to the ground. Gathering season.âThe gathering season usually begins in the hill country about the first of September, reaches its height in October, and is generally finished, except for scattering bolls, in November. On bottom-lands, the season usually begins later and lasts longer. The writer makes abo
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 258 COTTON COVER-CROPS the first bolls. The bloom opens wide early in the morning, and is of a light cream-color; it begins to close and change to a pink color in the afternoon, and by the following morning is a deep pink color, and falls to the ground. Gathering season.âThe gathering season usually begins in the hill country about the first of September, reaches its height in October, and is generally finished, except for scattering bolls, in November. On bottom-lands, the season usually begins later and lasts longer. The writer makes about three pickings, getting 20 per cent the first time, 60 per cent the second, and the remainder the third or last time. Handling the crop.âBefore gins were so numer- ous, farmers would pick out several bales, and per cent of the business is done on what is known as the "furnishing" or credit system. The crop is virtually put in the hands of the merchant and commission man before the seeds are planted. The farmer pledges his crop to the merchant for supplies (mules, tools, feed for himself and teams) to make his crop with. The merchant, in turn, pledges all the cotton he controls to â the commission man and banker for money tc supply the farmer. This system necessarily forces the bulk of the crop on the market in three or four months. Consequently, the speculators and others interested manipulate the prices very much to their own liking, and nearly always to the hurt of the producer. There is a decided ten- dency of recent years, however, to market the. Typical cotton-hauling scene. Mississippi. often their entire crop, before hauling to the gin. When this was the practice, we had a much prettier staple. The practice now is to pick, haul and gin the same day, if possible. This is not a good practice, for much of the cotton is green, and nearly always has on it dew or rain enough to make it damp; hence it is impossible for the gin to do first-class work. The ginner
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