. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. 1 ^ ri o — o ~s -3 ^ 1) 15 S J CJ J 5 S 0 y. w _>, :q OJ :3 S g ^ £^ ^ =^ M o 03 - 3 s 1 11 .^ 0 .Q = ff -3 O i •«-3 a 3 sl il fa S M^ M o il- •« o ?2 2ii5 O 3 if o £ 0 lU M >> 3> a on leafI centre i it variety , h (lark for resting p ^?^B > ~ —,•>- = - p p fa Pi Pi 33 i|§IPI — C Q; 3 ^ — hn f\^ Moj S O 3 ^ A-c-r —?=! c ^?JW Z{^Q-^<<< ? L^ _S w) —c^im . -f oo^ • . a M ii ?.?S ti si tf ^ sss^ aEEEc ^ 2 0. BEFORE THE FACTORY CAME. (A) Girls wind the yarn from spools
. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. 1 ^ ri o — o ~s -3 ^ 1) 15 S J CJ J 5 S 0 y. w _>, :q OJ :3 S g ^ £^ ^ =^ M o 03 - 3 s 1 11 .^ 0 .Q = ff -3 O i •«-3 a 3 sl il fa S M^ M o il- •« o ?2 2ii5 O 3 if o £ 0 lU M >> 3> a on leafI centre i it variety , h (lark for resting p ^?^B > ~ —,•>- = - p p fa Pi Pi 33 i|§IPI — C Q; 3 ^ — hn f\^ Moj S O 3 ^ A-c-r —?=! c ^?JW Z{^Q-^<<< ? L^ _S w) —c^im . -f oo^ • . a M ii ?.?S ti si tf ^ sss^ aEEEc ^ 2 0. BEFORE THE FACTORY CAME. (A) Girls wind the yarn from spools into skeins, just as our grandmothersused to do way down east. (B) The skeins of yarn are washed thoroughly in both hot and cold water. COTTON 189 insects, since it does a good deal of its feeding undercover of corn shucks, or within the shell of the cot-ton boll, while the cotton worm is usually exposedto bird enemies during the whole of its larva life. GETTING RID OF THE INSECTS Many kinds of traps have been devised for catch-ing the moths. As you know, moths of all kindare attracted by lights when darkness comes on,but the expense of operation, the comparativelysmall number that are caught, and the large per-centage of beneficial insects killed, seem to markthe moth trap as worthless. Poison has also been tried, but with unfavorableresults. It is quite impossible to destroy the cottonboll worm as we may destroy the cotton caterpillar,as the latter feeds within bolls or is hidden withinthe tassels or ears of corn. Nor have
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