. Cotton: its uses, varieties, fibre structure, cultivation, and preparation for the market and as an article of commerce, also the manufacture of cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal and fertilizers, with especial reference to cotton growing, ginning, and oil pressing in the United States. Cotton; Cotton growing. 178 COTTON. [ciiAr. III. After the third inoU it moves toward the top of the })hint, feeding on the tender foHagc. While preferring the leaves, it will eat the holls and all parts of the j)lant, even harking the stems. The worm does not thrive on anvthing hut tlic cotton. Fig. 85. Probo

---

. Cotton: its uses, varieties, fibre structure, cultivation, and preparation for the market and as an article of commerce, also the manufacture of cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal and fertilizers, with especial reference to cotton growing, ginning, and oil pressing in the United States. Cotton; Cotton growing. 178 COTTON. [ciiAr. III. After the third inoU it moves toward the top of the })hint, feeding on the tender foHagc. While preferring the leaves, it will eat the holls and all parts of the j)lant, even harking the stems. The worm does not thrive on anvthing hut tlic cotton. Fig. 85. Proboscis of cotton worm molh —enlarged : tip at right still more Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brooks, Christopher Parkinson, 1866-1909. New York, Spon & Chamberlain; London, E. & F. N. Spon, limited; [etc. , etc. ]

---

Size: 2240px × 1116px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectcottongrowing, bookye