FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OP COTTON. 7 



The rotations practiced h\ the South are such that cotton generally 

 follows a cultivated crop, and most of the land is plowed in the spring. 

 Many heavy rains occur during the winter months, and when land 

 is plowed in the fall it is hard to prevent erosion. This is particu- 

 larly true in the areas having a clay or clay-loam soil and a rolling 

 topography. An- 

 other reason — and 

 probably the princi- 

 pal one — ^why more 

 land for cotton is 

 not plowed m the 

 fall is because the 

 previous crop is not 

 harvested in the fall 

 in time to permit 

 such plowing to be 

 done. 



It is customary 

 when plowuig in the 

 fall to plow the land 

 sHghtly deeper than 

 if plowed in the 

 spring. For all the 



areas surveyed the average depth of fall plowing is 6 inches, while 

 the average depth of spring plowing is 5^ mches. 



Table IV. — Tillage practices with cotton in nineteen regions surveyed, showing data in 



regard to plowing. 



Fig. 3.— a stalk cutter. By using this implement before plowing, the 

 stalks and other vegetable matter on the land are chopped up so that 

 they decay more readily and do not interfere with cultivation. 



Region surveyed (fig. 1). 



Fall plowing. 



Spring plowing. 



Farmers plow- 

 ing land- 



Plows used by farmers. 



Key 

 let- 

 ter. 



Comity, State, etc. 



Farmers 

 practic- 

 ing. 



Depth. 



Farmers 

 practic- 

 ing. 



Depth. 



Level. 



Into 



beds. 



1- 

 horse. 



2- 

 horse. 



3- 



horse. 



4- 

 horse. 



A 

 B 

 C 

 D 

 E 

 F 



Pemiscot, Mo 



Mississippi Delta. . 



Robeson. N. C 



MecklenDui'g, N. C. 



Barnwell, S.C 



Pike, Ga 



Per cent. 

 



16 

 4 



52 

 



56 



16 



12 

 

 

 4 

 

 8 

 8 

 



6S 

 8 

 4 



92 



Indies. 



4" 



6| 



6*' 



li 

 5 



6 



4" 



10 



5 

 7 



3h 

 6 



Per cent. 



100 

 84 

 96 

 48 



100 

 44 

 84 

 88 



100 



100 

 95 



100 

 92 

 92 



100 

 32 

 92 

 96 

 8 



Inches. 

 5 

 5 



a 



6 



?' 



5i 



7 



4 



4 



5J 



a 



4.V 



5 

 4 

 5 



P.ct. 

 60 

 24 

 56 

 80 

 100 

 SO 

 100 

 100 

 96 

 4 

 4 



72 

 60 

 52 

 28 

 

 8 

 20 

 92 



P.ct. 



40 



76 



44 



20 







20 











4 



96 



96 



28 



40 



48 



72 



100 



92 



80 



8 



P.ct. 

 





 33 



4 

 52 

 12 



4 





 32 

 56 





 28 





 48 

 32 









 12 



P.ct. 



76 

 76 

 64 

 88 

 48 

 88 

 92 

 96 

 68 

 44 

 4 



72 

 60 

 52 

 68 

 80 

 96 

 84 

 12 



P.ct. 

 24 



8 

 

 8 

 

 

 4 

 4 

 

 

 

 



36 

 

 

 

 

 



36 



P.ct. 

 

 13 

 

 

 

 



G 



Tift, Ga 







H 

 I 

 J 

 K 



Giles, Term 



Bulloch, Ga 



St. Francis, Ark... 

 Ellis, Tex . 



s 





 96 



L 

 M 



N- 

 

 P 

 Q 



R 



s 



Chambers, Ala : 



Johnston, Okla 



Jefferson, Fla 



Lincoln Parish, La. 



Lavaca, Tex 



Houston, Tex 



Monroe, Miss 





 4 

 

 



20 

 4 

 4 



48 









a Five-horse plow. 



