150 COTTON 



do as much work as two one-horse plows and 

 thereby save you the labor of one man. 



Where money is scarce or where labor is also 

 scarce or insufficient, it is always economy to use 

 the best tools on the market. The two-horse walking 

 plow or the two-horse sulky plow ought soon to 

 find a place on even the smallest farms. The 

 disk plow has already been used on some cotton 

 farms. It pulverizes well, and covers in an effec- 

 tive manner, and goes deep into the soil. It is 

 not practicable, however, for use in stony lands. 



TOOLS FOR COMPLETING THE SEED BED 



The harrow follows the plow. Commonly this 

 tool is used in connection with the roller to com- 

 plete that pulverization of the soil which has been 

 begun by the plow. And this is necessary. You 

 have observed that the cloddy spots, even in 

 fertile fields, make a poor harvest. In these 

 places bad mechanical condition of the soil forbids 

 it holding moisture, hardens up plant food, and so 

 brings about lack of f ruitf ulness. The harrow and 

 the roller will correct this trouble. A single kind of 

 harrow will not do for all soils nor for all seasons of 

 the year. 



A fine peg-tooth smoothing harrow should find a 

 place on every cotton farm. It levels the land and 

 disintegrates the larger particles of the soil. You 

 may use it also to advantage in harrowing cotton 

 after planting. 



The spring-tooth harrow you should have also. 

 It comes in nicely where you have leveling and 

 smoothing to do, or where a heavy rain has com- 

 pacted the surface too much just before planting 

 time. 



