. Agriculture for southern schools. Fig. ioo. — A Long-staple Upland Cotton Plant crust and the drvino; of the land during the few weeks before the seeds areplanted. Cot-ton is plantedas soon as dan-ger of frost ispast. Cultiva-tion should beshallow andfrequent, andif possible af-ter rains andbefore a crustwould form onthe soil, rather than at regular intervals. On poor land the rows may be as narrow as three feet and the plants as close as one foot apart. As the land becomes richer or is better fertilized, the space for each plant must be increased, be-cause the limbs grow longer. On rich lan
. Agriculture for southern schools. Fig. ioo. — A Long-staple Upland Cotton Plant crust and the drvino; of the land during the few weeks before the seeds areplanted. Cot-ton is plantedas soon as dan-ger of frost ispast. Cultiva-tion should beshallow andfrequent, andif possible af-ter rains andbefore a crustwould form onthe soil, rather than at regular intervals. On poor land the rows may be as narrow as three feet and the plants as close as one foot apart. As the land becomes richer or is better fertilized, the space for each plant must be increased, be-cause the limbs grow longer. On rich land the rows may be four feet or more apart and the plants about two feet from each other. Planting cotton in checks saves labor, but requires. Fig. ioi. — A Big-boll Cotton Plant COTTON 153
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