COTTON 149 



plowing, and is known in all States and sections 

 where cotton is grown. 



In spite of the popular favor in which this tool is 

 held, it neither merits it, nor is its use in keeping 

 with the progress now manifest along other lines of 

 cotton culture. 



THE KIND OF PLOW WE WANT 



In the first place, the effective plow must so throw 

 the slice ripped from the furrow as to cover all 

 manure, trasn or green crops on the land. To do 

 this it must turn the slice entirely over or set it well 

 on edge. If it does either of these things for you 

 the first aim is achieved. 



In the second place, the plow should go deep into 

 the ground. This must be done for two reasons : 

 First, deep plowing enables the soil to drink in and 

 hold more water against a day of drought; second, 

 deep plowing gives cotton roots a wider pasture. 



In the third place, the effective plow must pul- 

 verize the slice it throws out. It is not enough 

 that your plow turn the soil; it must break, fine 

 and mellow it. 



A plow that does not do these things is a poor 

 plow. Measure your one-horse plows by this 

 standard and you readily see why the greater num- 

 ber of them should be thrown with your pile of 

 scrap iron, and from there carried to the junk shop 

 to be melted and remade into larger and more 

 effective tools. 



The one-horse plow is sometimes defended on 

 the ground of economy. Really, however, it is not 

 an economical plow. The two-horse walking plow 

 will not only prepare cotton lands better, but will 



