. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. THE FIBER CROPS 277 stout, erect stems from one to five feet tall with wide, spreading branches, the longest ones being nearest the ground and the shortest ones at the top. The flowers of both are regular, with five petals which are creamy white or yellow in color. The butter print flower remains open but a short time while the flowers of many varieties of cotton open in the early morning, showing a creamy yellow color, turn pink or red dur- ing the day and at nightfall close never to open again. The pistil of the f
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. THE FIBER CROPS 277 stout, erect stems from one to five feet tall with wide, spreading branches, the longest ones being nearest the ground and the shortest ones at the top. The flowers of both are regular, with five petals which are creamy white or yellow in color. The butter print flower remains open but a short time while the flowers of many varieties of cotton open in the early morning, showing a creamy yellow color, turn pink or red dur- ing the day and at nightfall close never to open again. The pistil of the flower of either butter print or cotton develops into a boll. When ripe, these bolls open, ex- posing dark-colored seeds. Those of the butter print show a trace of lint when examined under the hand lens, while the lint on the cotton seed is pearly white and from one- half to two and one half inches Flu. 121. — Cotton seeds with lint. 210. Growing the Cotton Crop. — Rotation. — The chief criticism offered to the methods practiced by cotton growers is that they raise this crop in the same fields too many j^ears in succession, selling the fiber and seed and returning nothing to the land. The yield of the crop is in proportion to the fertility of the soil. To maintain this fertility, a rotation of at least. 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 Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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