rotation tobacco, cotton, and fallow. It should be mentioned here that 

 no crop of cowpeas is sown in this rotation, not even in the cotton. 



Cotton is planted from April 15 to April 30, about 1 inch deep in 

 rows 5 feet apart, which have been bedded by plowing several furrows 

 toward each other, and if the crop succeeds another cotton crop the new 

 beds are made in what were the furrows of the previous season. The fer- 

 tilizers used are mixed on the place from the simple ingredients and 

 usually consist of cotton-seed meal, acid phosphate or dissolved bone, 

 and sulphate of potash, so combined as to give a percentage of from 6 

 to 8 of phosphoric acid, 3 of ammonia, and 3 of potash. Of this mix- 

 ture, about 800 pounds per acre is used 500 pounds at time of plant- 

 ing, under the seed, and 300 pounds as a surface application about 

 June 15. The manner of applying varies somewhat with the season, 

 and sometimes a top dressing of about 60 pounds per acre of nitrate of 

 soda is used. One row of dwarf cowpeas is planted between the cotton 

 rows at the last cultivation, or about the middle of July, and the vines 

 left on the ground. 



Corn ground is prepared by plowing in beds 6 feet wide, then one 

 furrow is plowed back from each side and the planter run in that. Seed 

 is planted 2 inches deep in rows 6 feet apart, and thinned to 18 inches 

 apart in the row with one stalk in a place. The level of the corn rows is 

 at least 6 inches below the general level of the field. Fertilizer of the 

 same composition as that used on cotton is applied to the corn at the 

 rate of about 600 pounds per acre, but none is applied at the time of 

 planting. The corn is planted about April 1, and the first application 

 of 200 pounds of fertilizer is made beside the rows from May 20 to 30. 

 When the corn is about 2 feet high, another 200 pounds of fertilizer is 

 used, and the soil is plowed in toward the rows. The third application 

 of 200 pounds is made the latter part of June and more soil plowed in. 

 Early in July 100 pounds of nitrate of soda is applied, and a little later 

 two rows of cowpeas are planted between the corn rows. This method 

 is used by only a few planters in this section, but they are satisfied that 

 the resulting yield is nearly, if not quite, double that secured in the 

 usual way. 



Oats generally follow corn, and are drilled in at the rate of 3 bushels 

 per acre, the latter part of October, the ground being plowed to a depth 

 of about 7 inches with a disk plow. No fertilizer is used, except a top 

 dressing of about 75 pounds per acre of nitrate of soda given in March, 

 and the crop is harvested in June, followed by a crop of cowpeas. 



Bright tobacco entails a highly specialized treatment, and, as it is not 

 within the scope of this investigation, no detailed description will be 

 given. About 1,000 pounds of high-grade mixed fertilizer is used in 

 addition to 2 two-horse loads of stable manure per acre. The lighter 

 soils are used for this crop, and no attempt is made to increase the 



