146 REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. 



hands, renting, $337.75; on three hands, (two at $12.50 and one at 

 $10 per month,) under control of land-owner, $1,202. Total, $2,109.75. 



In Titus, 20 bales vrere made on 35 acres, on a sandy loam bottom, 

 bedded early in March, subsoiied and rebedded, seed sown in drill, har- 

 rowed as soon as up ; in 10 days cultivated lightly with sweep and hilled 

 up; again in 12 days with sweep, then close and deep with bull-tongue; 

 then chop to stand, and sweep till July 20. 



Several farms in Tyler have averaged 1 bale per acre on 10 to 50 

 acres, black laud and creek-bottom, broken six inches deep and care- 

 fully worked with plow and hoe. The usual style is very slovenly. 



The largest yield in TJpslmr was 1,000 pounds seed per aero on 22 

 acres deep sandy loam. "It costs less to raise cotton at 1^ acres per bale 

 than 2f acres per bale." 



In Uvalde, 300 pounds lint per acre may be realized on black sandy 

 loam, with flat beds, and thorough and late culture by irrigation. 



The best crop made in Wilson was a little more tban thrco-quartera 

 of a bale per acre. 



Arkansas. — In OaMand, 750 pounds lint i)er acre on 30 acres rich 

 bottom, usual culture, and 30 per cent, of whole crop lost by bad weather. 



In Boone, a farm produced 1 ,000 pounds seed per acre on 80 acres of 

 light sandy loam. 



The largest yield in Craighead was 1,500 pounds per acre on 150 acres 

 dark sandy bottom, with usual culture. 



Oar Craivford correspondent, Dr. L. C. White, made three-fourths of a 

 bale per acre on 20 acres creek-bottom, sandy loam, cultivated with 

 turning-plow, cultivator, and hoe. 



Our correspondent iii Comcay, Mr. N. W. Moore, made 00 bales on 90 

 acres in 187C, and in 1875 a bale per acre. Another farm produced 

 1,000 pounds seed-cotton. 



A few single acres in Fulton yield 2,000 pounds seed-cotton, and sev- 

 eral instances are reported of 1,500 pounds per acre on 5 acres ; soil 

 virgin, semi-prairie or upland. 



A farm in Orant, produced 1 bale per acre on 18 acres of sandy loam, 

 creek-bottom, with ordinary culture. 



In Independence, 1,200 pounds seed-cotton can be obtained on 1 acre 

 upland black soil, known as " manganese land," by the usual mode, but 

 with more thorough cultivation. 



Any of the bottom-land farms of Jefferson, if well cultivated, will 

 yield a bale per acre. 



In Mississsippi County, the largest yield indicated is 1 J bales per acre, 

 on sandy loam, with some black or buckshot land. • 



Mr. George ¥. lioselle, in Perry, made 400 bales on 1,000 acres best 

 river-bottom. 



The largest yield in Saint Francis is estimated at 300 pounds lint per 

 •acre on dark loam with very little sand. 



A farm in Scott produced 500 bales, or 75,000 pounds seed-cotton, on 95 

 acres loam. 



One man in Sevier made 7 bales on 12 acres of sandy land. 



Tennessee. — In Hardeman, 13 bales (500 pounds) were made on 18 

 acres. 



' A field of 50 acres in Henderson yielded 250 pounds lint per acre, 

 black sandy bottom, fertilized with stable-manure. Profits, 4 cents per 

 I)Ound. 



The largest yield in Lauderdale is 500 pounds lint per acre. 



Mr. Samuel Ozier, in Madison, got 60 bales from 120 acres. He also 

 had 70 acres in corn, 1,750 bushels; 120 in wheat, oats, and grass; and 



