. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. THE ALPHA AND O:\IEGA OF COITON MAKING. The picture at the top shows the growth of cotton day by day—at 21 days itis still only a tiny two-leaved plant. Compare with corn. COTTON 181 mean the destruction of many. Hence it followsthat all rubbish, including cotton stalks, should beburned as early in the fall as practicable, and theland turned with the plow. Other effective remedies lie in trapping the beetlein the late fall by means of new plants left standing;by enticing with early plants those that escape
. Cotton, its cultivation, marketing, manufacture, and the problems of the cotton world. THE ALPHA AND O:\IEGA OF COITON MAKING. The picture at the top shows the growth of cotton day by day—at 21 days itis still only a tiny two-leaved plant. Compare with corn. COTTON 181 mean the destruction of many. Hence it followsthat all rubbish, including cotton stalks, should beburned as early in the fall as practicable, and theland turned with the plow. Other effective remedies lie in trapping the beetlein the late fall by means of new plants left standing;by enticing with early plants those that escape andlive through the winter, and then destroying them;by destroying all volunteer cotton plants—for theseare natural feeding places and brooding grounds;by picking summer squares so as to check thesummer ravages; and by using early-maturingseed and planting as early as possible. In some of these methods you can now find help;by some of these methods the final battle will bewaged and the victory will come to you and yourfellows. II. THE CATERPILLAR OR COTTON WORM This insect has a
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