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lAuqcr Plows and More Mulrs Xcrdrd. Tlu- old 

 coiiihiiuilion of oiu- small and uiidcircd iiiule, a lif^lil 

 plow and an indolent larnicr seeking to get along with 

 the least work possible has never produced either ani 

 economical or a j)rofi table type of agriculture in the 

 South. Such a combination insures a poor farm and a 

 farmer who is steadily growing poorer. It is important 

 that farmers should accomplish more work at less ex- 

 pense and this they can do by using more mules and 

 better implc>menls. This is a very important matter in 

 making a successful light against the boll weevil. 



WfCDils Escape if Plowed Under SludloiD. — It is not 

 j)ossible to do a satisfactory job in trying to plow under 

 cotton stalks in the fall with a light, one-mule plow. 

 With such ])l()wing a large proportion of the adult 

 weevils may escape to find food until frost and then 

 hibernate elsewhere. Kven the immature stages in 

 squares and l;olls buried lightly may mature and the 

 weevils escai)e under such conditions. 



SUdIx Chopper Xol Xecessary for Good Work. It is 

 an easy matter to turn under completely cotton stalks 

 of small size but it has been rather a difficult matter 

 heretofore to do satisfactory burying of green cotton 

 stalks of more than average size. Some farmers have 

 used cotton stalk choppers to cut down the stalks be- 

 fore trying to plow them under. This method in- 

 volves the extra cost for a rather expensive chopper 

 and an additional o|)eration for a man and two mules 

 in cutting down stalks. 



St(dk Bender is Cheap and Effeclive Attachment to 

 Plow. — The expense thus involved for the chopping of 

 stalks can be saved by the use on the plow of a very 

 simple attachment known as a "stalk bender." This 

 inexpensive device, produced by an Alabama man as 

 a result of the campaign for cotton stalk destruction 

 in the fall of 1915, is a very simple iron attachment, 

 so made that it can be clamped to the beam of any 

 plow in the position ordinarily occupied by the coulter, 

 Plate VI. figure 2. It gathers \n cotton stalks or similar 

 growth and bends it flat upon the ground so that the 

 plow-share following closely behind it turns the soil 

 and completely buries the stalks, grass, etc., in the bot- 

 tom of the furrow. With this device attached to a 

 good two horse plow it is now possible to completely 

 bury the largest cotton stalks without any preliminary 

 use of the stalk choi)per. With this device, its cost 



