. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. odi amount is open and ready to lie harvested, the rule being witli niimy, tu fonunence picking as soon as one laborer can pici< a hundred pounds per The ripening of the bolls is indicated by their lurning a dark brown, and expanding, which causes the cotton to protrude. The picking is performed by hand. Heavy rains at this season sometimes cause considerable loss in the crop. It may be ginned as the picking- progresses, or be first dried, and afterwards g
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. odi amount is open and ready to lie harvested, the rule being witli niimy, tu fonunence picking as soon as one laborer can pici< a hundred pounds per The ripening of the bolls is indicated by their lurning a dark brown, and expanding, which causes the cotton to protrude. The picking is performed by hand. Heavy rains at this season sometimes cause considerable loss in the crop. It may be ginned as the picking- progresses, or be first dried, and afterwards ginned. One of the most successful planters at the South says that it should first be dried until the seed will crack when pressed between the teeth, being frequently turned over and stirred so as to facilitate thci drying process; after which it should be packed away to remain until ready for the ginning process, or it may be ginned as soon as dried. The same authority also says: — " Having all things ready for picking cotton, I commence as usual, early, as soon as the hands can gather even twenty pounds each. This is ailvisable, not only in saving a portion of tliat from being destroyed, if rains should fall, which often do at this season (about the middle of August), but for another reason; passing through the cotton has a tendency to open out TO sun and air the limbs that have interlocked across the rows, and hastens the early opening. On low grounds, especially, much loss is incurred in some seasons from the want of the sun to pro luce an expansion of the fiber within the boll, so as to cause it to open. If the cotton seed is not wanted, pack the seed-cotton away into the house, to remain imtil a gentle heat is discovered, or until sufficient for ginning; after it has heated until it has a feeling of warmth to the hand, and looks as if pressed together, open out and scatter it to cool. The cotton will gin faster, have a softer feel, is not so brittle, therefore not s
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