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and improved farm machinery. The two, 

 three, and four horse breaking plows, the sulky 

 cultivator, disk harrow, section harrow, the 

 weeder and the mower are fast coming into 

 use on the cotton farms. 



The mule has been the principal work animai 

 on the cotton farm in the past. In recent 

 years many progressive farmers have substi- 

 tuted heavy draft mares in the place of mules 

 and have found them just as satisfactory as 

 the mule except for the very rough work. 

 These mares will do any ordinary farm work 

 and will raise a valuable colt each year. 



The necessary equipment in teams and tools 

 for a i6o-acre cotton farm, where one fourth of 

 the area is devoted to pasture, one fourth to 

 cotton, one fourth to corn and one fourth to 

 small grain and hay, is as follows: 



2 mules ......... @$200 = $ 400 



4 mares . . . . ..... * @ 200 = 800 



i farm wagon 60 



1 mower and rake 60 



2 combination planters . . . . @ 15 = 30 



3 12-inch moldboard plows . . . @ 12 = 36 

 I 24-inch disk breaking plow . -. 35 



1 2O-inch 8 disk, disk harrow . . 25 



2 riding sulky cultivators . @ 35 = 70 



