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How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory - George Howard Alford
George Howard Alford
How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory
Published by Good Press, 2022
EAN 4064066173418
Table of Contents
Introductory
How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory
The System of Farming Necessary to Obtain Best Results Under Average Conditions in Boll Weevil Territory
How to Reduce Boll Weevil
Best Methods of Reducing the Number of Weevil to a Minimum—Results of Many Experiments Conducted
The Cotton Boll Weevil
Its History, Habits, Food Supply and Life Rate of Increase and Damage Done to Crops
Rotation of Crops
A Safe and Sane System of Crop Rotation in Boll Weevil Territory Absolutely Necessary
The Personal Element in the Boll Weevil Fight
The Boll Weevil’s Influence in the Regeneration of the South
Letter from the Late Dr. S. A. Knapp to G. H. Alford
Picking Weevils and Squares
Profitable Farming in South
A Very Instructive Letter
Boll Weevil Literature
I H C Booklets
A good stalk of cotton
Introductory
Table of Contents
This book was prepared to furnish information on farming in the boll weevil territory. Special attention has been given to the production of cotton in infested districts and to showing how to adopt a system of farming which has been found profitable by many farmers in boll weevil territories. It was written by a man who has had practical experience all his life in growing cotton in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. He later devoted a number of years to the special study of the boll weevil in the cotton fields of these states as special agent for the Farmers’ Co-operative Demonstration Work. In addition to this, he is acquainted with the financial and economic conditions throughout the cotton belt.
Dedicated to all Cotton Growers
How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory
Table of Contents
The System of Farming Necessary to Obtain Best Results Under Average Conditions in Boll Weevil Territory
Table of Contents
In order to obtain profitable returns from farming in boll weevil territory, we must—First, grow an early crop of cotton; second, use every means possible to destroy the weevil and reduce their number to a minimum; third, follow a system of diversified farming.
Grow an Early Variety of Cotton: To secure maximum cotton crops in spite of the boll weevil pest, the cotton grower must use every effort to bring the crop to maturity just as early in the season as possible. An early crop means profit—a late crop goes to the weevil, not to the farmer. If we are to succeed in growing cotton under boll weevil conditions we must—
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