CHAPTER 24: COTTON PRODUCTION.

Chapter 24 of the book "Traditional American Farming Techniques: A Ready Reference on All Phases of Agriculture for Farmers of the United States and Canada," by Frank D. Gardner is presented. The chapter describes cotton and its production in the U.S. The Gossypium barbadense or Sea Island cotton grows on the Sea Island along the coast of South Carolina. Cotton is considered as tap-root plant because of the ability of its roots to deeply penetrate loose and subsoil and grows up to five or six feet high.