Addresses Delivered at the Triennial Celebration ..., Volumes 18-231879 |
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Page 15
... cotton grower has this advantage over every other farmer . He sells a minimum of the fertility of his soil in his product . Cotton is com- posed chiefly of carbon , hydrogen , and oxygen , which are drawn from the atmosphere , the ...
... cotton grower has this advantage over every other farmer . He sells a minimum of the fertility of his soil in his product . Cotton is com- posed chiefly of carbon , hydrogen , and oxygen , which are drawn from the atmosphere , the ...
Page 16
... cotton , or the region in which the soils are warm enough and the seasons long enough to mature the cotton without any artificial aid , there lies a region , the north - western boundary of which is still receding , in which cotton can ...
... cotton , or the region in which the soils are warm enough and the seasons long enough to mature the cotton without any artificial aid , there lies a region , the north - western boundary of which is still receding , in which cotton can ...
Page 104
... cotton is the shape of these pockets , and their location in the fibre , the best cotton showing the most regular pockets , oval , and crossing the fibre diagonally ; while in lower grades the pockets run into all sorts of shapes , and ...
... cotton is the shape of these pockets , and their location in the fibre , the best cotton showing the most regular pockets , oval , and crossing the fibre diagonally ; while in lower grades the pockets run into all sorts of shapes , and ...
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