in some of the articles which are published under one head, there may be found some things which would more appropriately fall under another head. The locality of each article, however, had to be determined by the complexion of the major part of that article. It will be seen that I have given the article of Professor McKay, on the cotton trade, from the year 1825 to 1850, both inclusive. Then follows a document, compiled in the State Department of the United States, which takes up the cotton trade where Professor McKay left it, and brings it down to the year 1855. The articles which go to make up this volume, I have compiled from various sources. I am under particular obligations to the Southern Cultivator, Soil of the South, and American Cotton Planter-especially the first. Errors have, in all probability, crept into this work. I invite communications from the pens of my brother planters, so that I may make a more complete treatise in a future edition of this book, or another volume. I trust that the planting interest of the South will liberally patronize the publishers who have so liberally stepped forward to give them the first volume ever published on the culture of their all-important staple. Turnwold, Putnam Co., Ga., Dec. 10, 1856. } J. A. TURNER. CONTENTS. 1. Chambers's Premium Essay on the Culture of Cotton. 2. Ex-Gov. Hammond's Re- port on Cotton, with a Note from the South-Western Farmer. 3. "Colo" to Hon. John C. Calhoun, on the Culture of Cotton. 4. Dr. M. W. Philips's Four Numbers on the Culture of Cotton. 5. Wm. Summer's Report on Cotton. 6. Report of the Union 1. Method of Manuring, Planting and Tilling. 2. The Principles and Philosophy of the System. 8. Experiments in Manuring. 4. System of Rotation in Cotton Culture. 5. System of Rotation in Cotton Culture continued. 6. Compost Manure, Stock- 1. Different Species of Cotton. 2. The Cotton Plant-Sea Island Cotton. 8. Varieties of Cotton Seed. By Dr. Philips. 4. Sugar Loaf Cotton. 5. Dr. Philips on Improved Seed. 8. Silk Cotton. 9. Multiflora Cotton-Money-Bush. 10. Dr. Philips on Varieties 94-186 1. De Bow's Review on the Cotton Worm. 2. Professor Harper on the Rust. 8. The Boll-Worm. 4. Cut-Worm. 5. Destroying the Cotton-Moth. 6. The Boll-Worm and "Sore Shin" in Cotton. 7. Birds vs. Insects. 8. Another Plea for the Birds. 9. Red Rust and Brown Rust. 10. "Blue Cotton." 11. The Dry Rot in Cotton. 12. Rot in 1. Shepard's Analysis of Cotton Seed and Cotton Wool. Plant and Seed, with Suggestions as to management, etc. 8. Report on the Analysis of Cotton and its Soil. By Messrs. Higgins and Bickell. 1. Cotton Bagging. 2. Cotton Beds-A good suggestion. 3. A New Use for Cotton. 4. Domestic Bagging and Blankets. 5. Cotton Rigging for Ships. 6. Paper from the Bark of Cotton. 7. Cotton Seed Oil. 8. Cotton Seed as a Manure. 9. Feeding Hogs with Cotton Seed. 10. Cotton Seed. 11. Feeding Sheep on Cotton Seed 12. Cotton Seed as Food for Stock. 13. The Cotton Trade from 1825 to 1850. By Professor McKay. |