4 BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



of farming practiced in the various areas in so far as can be indi- 

 cated by tlie crops grown, crop acreage, and crop yields. 



Table II. — Norjiml average acreage per farm and acre yields of various crops on the farms 

 surveyed in each of the nineteen regions studied. 



(The key letters under "Region surveyed" refer to the location of farms studied, as follows: A= Pemiscot 

 County, Mo.; B= Mississippi Delta; C= Robeson County, N. C; D= Mecklenburg County, N. C.; E= 

 Barnwell County, S. C; F=Pike Coimty, Ga.; G=Tift County, Ga.; H= Giles County, Tenn.: 1= Bul- 

 loch Coimty, Ga.; J=St. Francis County, Ark.; K= Ellis County, Tex.; L=Chambers Coimty, Ala.; 

 M= Johnston County, Okla.: N= Jefferson County, Fla.; 0= Lincoln Parish, La.; P= Lavaca County, 

 Tex.; y=Houston County, Tex.; R=Monroe Coimty, Miss.; S= Bexar County, Tex.] 



Region 



Cotton. 



Com. 



Oats. 



Sugar cane. 



Sweet potato. 



surveyed 

 (flg. 1). 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



A 



Acres. 

 71 



540. 5 

 65.5 

 35 

 62.5 

 49.5 

 34.5 

 26.5 



•40.5 



145.5 



132 



138 

 72.5 

 29 

 24 



51.5 

 58.5 

 75.5 

 75. 5 



Pounds. 

 1,200 

 1,034 

 1,006 



958 



925 



904 



881 



860 



816 



767 



684 



676 



676 



664.5 



644 



642 



610 



586 



472 



Acres. 

 57 

 197 

 39.5 

 32 

 47.5 

 24 



21.5 

 69.5 

 29 

 59 



25.5 

 54.5 

 44 

 50 

 21 

 30 

 35 

 46.5 

 34 



Bushels. 

 37 

 30.5 

 24 



22.5 

 16.5 

 20.5 

 21 



35. 5 

 21 

 28 

 27 

 19.5 

 25 

 12.5 

 17 



26.5 

 17 



24.5 

 24.5 



Acres.' 



B7ishels. 



Acres. 

 





Acres. 



Bushels. 



B 



39 



7 



17 

 12 

 12 

 10 



9.5 



6 



3 



10.5 

 21.5 

 17.5 



4 



2 



42 



30 



26 



22 



35.5 



27 



24.5 



28 



27 



40 



25.5 











C 











D 











E 











F 











G 







1.5 



109 



H 









I... 











J 



K 



0.5 

 1.5 



a 100 

 6 3.5 



.5 



87 



L 







M 



29 

 18 

 16.5 



6.5 

 1 



.5 

 2.5 



C28 

 

 6 208 

 6 2.5 



1 

 1 



1 



183.5 



N 



145.5 







114.5 



P. 





Q 



1.5 

 9.5 

 4 



38.5 

 21.5 

 25 



.5 

 1.5 



105.5 



R 



2 

 15 



a 100 

 6 2.5 



79.5 



S 











Region surveyed 

 ■ (fig.l). 



Alfelfa. 



Peanut. 



Cowpea. 



Irish potato. 



Pasture 

 and all 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



Per 



farm. 



Yield. 



Per 

 farm. 



Yield. 



other 



crops 



per farm. 



A . 



Acres. 

 IS 

 3 



Tons. 

 4 

 3 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



A cres. 



Tons. 



Acres. 



Bushels. 



Acres. 

 1.5 



B. 







13.5 











3L5 



C 











11 



D 



rf8 



1 















23 



E 















8.5 



F 











5 











5.5 



G 







4.5 



16 







10.5 



H 



21.5 



1.5 











8.5 



I 



3.5 









] 





5.5 



J 







10.5 



1.5 



0.55 



73 



6.5 



K 











4.5 



L 



















17 



M 



4 



2 















17.5 



N 



6.5 

 6.5 



27.5 

 27.5 











9 



. . .. 















6 



P 



e 13. 5 



1 













4 



Q 



1 



2 



25 

 32.5 



2.5 

 14 



1 

 1 









8.5 



R 



1.5 



3.5 



1 



127 



13 



s 



1.5 









1 



1" 







a Gallons. 6 Tons. ' Bushels. d Crimson clover. « Prairie grass. 



SUBSOILING. 



Subsoiling is the process of breaking up the subsoil without mix- 

 ing it with the topsoil. It is most often accomplished by plowing 

 a furrow with an ordinary turning plow and then running a smaller 

 shovel plow in the bottom of this furrow. Throughout the cotton 

 belt, where the land as prepared for cotton is often plowed into beds 



