Excerpt from Effects of Defoliation, Plant Maturity, and Ginning Setup on Cotton Quality and Value in the Midsouth Porter and others (9) indicated that some of the advantages resulting from defoliation are higher harvesting efficiency, increased picking time per day, retardation of crop deterioration, reduction of insect population in the crop, and reduction of lint stain and trash content. They also gave some general tips concerning the ap plication of a defoliant. Thomas and Williamson (13) found that early and intermediate defoliation appeared to lower the fiber as judged by length, strength, Micro naire, and similar measurements and quantity of the crop harvested by the picker. Defoliation also tended to improve grade. Riley and Williamson (10) compared weather parameters in defoliated and untreated fields. They discovered that the relative humidity re mained at less than 50 percent for about an hour longer after sunrise in a defoliated field; these measurements indicate that defoliated cotton fields are drier in the daytime during the time of picking. They also found that the maximum temperature before frost averaged almost 5° F higher in the defoliated field and the minimum temperature 1° F lower. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.