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THE LOWER PINE BELT, OR SAVANNA REGION. 



Cost of each Item of Labor and Material expended in the Cultivation of 



an Acre of Cotton : 



Rent 



Fencing, Repairs and Interest 

 Knocking stalks ...... 



Pulling and burning stalks . 



Other clearing uj) 



Listing . . 



Bedding with hoes 



Breaking up 



Harrowing 



Barring old beds 



Splitting middles 



Reversing 



Laying off 



Commercial manures .... 

 Home-made manures .... 



Ap[)lying manures 



Bedding up 



Splitting middles 



Knocking off beds 



Planting — opening 



dropping. . , . 



covering. . . . " 



Replanting 



Seed ..... 



00$ 3 

 00 1 

 20 



00$ 2 

 OOi 1 

 25 . . 



1 00 



25 



50 

 25 



Thinning 



Plowing ! 1 



Hoeing j 2 



Picking ] 5 



Hauling to gin 



Ginning j 3 



Management i 1 



Wear of implements \ 



Bagging and ties j 1 



16 



ool 



00 

 65^ 

 30| 

 30: 

 15| 



20! 

 20' 



40j 



B 



OOi 



60 5 

 lOi 

 OOi 



00 . . 

 40! . . 

 ()( 



25 

 00' 

 OOi 

 501 



50; 



25 

 25 



25: 

 25; 



40 

 50 

 25 

 00 

 60 

 10 

 37 



00 

 00 



25 

 50 



20 

 40 



20 



2 50 

 1 25 



25 

 30 

 32 

 10 

 40 

 20 

 10 

 10 

 45 

 10 

 1 00 



3 00 



00 

 00 

 50 

 00 



1 00 1 00 



Total ■ . . . . |$31 851$35 97|$26 1^ 



DISEASES, INSECTS, ENEMIES, &C. 



It may be safely said that more injury is done to cotton in this section 

 by grass than by anything else, and the only remedy that can be devised 

 against this is hoeing and plowing. Crab grass is the chief intruder. In 



