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mule of his cotton rival. The net income of the 

 mule farm is $263.00, while the team of five 

 horses brings a net income of $1,563.00. 



When the cotton is picked by a machine of 

 efficiency equal to the harvester, the cotton and 

 wheat farmers will meet on equal ground. 



A system of cropping that makes admirable 

 use of the time of man and horse is the six-year 

 rotation: corn two years, wheat two years (fall 

 sown), and timothy and clover two years. None 

 of these crops competes with the others — that 

 is, requires attention at the same time. The 

 corn is planted and cultivated before the har- 

 vest of the hay begins. The wheat is garnered 

 before the corn is ripe. Each follows on the 

 heels of the others. This provides daily work 

 for the horses from early spring until the 

 ground is frozen up in the fall. It obviates the 

 hiring of extra teams and neither men nor 

 horses are overworked at one season and idle 

 at another. 



The limiting factors are (1) the area of corn 

 land that one man can prepare for planting, (2) 

 the area of corn land which one man can culti- 



