FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 



11 



Cotton is always sown in drills and thinned to a stand at the first 

 or second cultivation. The rows range from 3 to 4 feet apart and the 

 stalks are left one or two to the hill, with the hiUs from 12 to 18 inches 

 apart in the row. Usually from 2 to 4 pecks of seed are planted per 

 acre. More seed is usually planted per acre on clay soils which bake 

 readily than on light sandy soils. Very little cotton is planted by 



Fig. 7.— a combined lister and planter, an im- 

 plement used for planting cotton in parts of 

 Oklahoma and Texas, especially in those areas 

 where dry weather prevails during the growing 

 season. 



This same type of planter with 



Fig. 6.— A type of 1-horse cotton planter. 



hand, 1-horse 1-row planters 

 being generally used (fig. 6). In 

 some areas of Texas and Okla- 

 homa the 2-horse 1-row planter 

 is used, and quite often a lister 

 is attached to the planter (fig. 7). 

 a different atta-chment is used for planting com. 



Details as to the time and methods of planting cotton will be found 

 in Table VII. 



Table VII. — Tillage practices with cotton in nineteen regions surveyed, showing the 

 dates and methods of planting. 



[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 County, Ga.; G=Tift Coimty, Ga.; H= Giles County, Term.; 

 1= Bulloch County, Ga.; J=St. Francis Coimty, 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.; Q= Houston County, Tex.; R= Monroe County, Miss.; S= Bexar County, Tex.] 



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Date. 



Farmers plant- 



Ulga— 



Average dis- 

 tance apart. 



I-. 

 ft 



i 



M 

 < 



ft 

 Id 



a 

 CO 



Planters used by 

 farmers. 



o 



■a 



Average. 



Range. 



> 



a 

 o 



tab 



3 







w 



i 



2-horse. 



i 



i 



u 



A 

 B 



r 



Apr. 21 

 Apr. 11 

 Apr. 14 

 Apr. 23 

 Apr. 11 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 4 

 Apr. 15 

 Apr. 1 

 Apr. 25 

 Apr. 13 

 Apr. 11 

 Apr. 21 

 Apr. 1 

 Apr. 18 

 Mar. 25 

 Apr. 16 

 .Apr. 15 

 Mar. 25 



Apr. 10 to May 10 

 Mar. 25 to Apr. 30 

 Apr. 8 to Apr. 20 

 Apr. 15 to May 5 

 Mar. 15 to Apr. 30 

 Apr. 1 to May 1 

 Mar. 15 to Apr. 20 

 Mar. 10 to Apr. 30 

 Mar. 15 to Apr. 15 

 Apr. 1 to May 20 

 Apr. 1 to May 15 

 Mar. 25 to May 1 

 Apr. 1 to June 8 

 Mar. 1 to Apr. 15 

 Apr. 1 to May 15 

 Mar. 1 to May 1 

 Mar. 30 to May 30 

 Apr. 1 to May 1 

 Mar. 1 to Apr. 15 



P.ct. 

 ----- 



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28 

 20 

 4 

 4 

 8 



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8 



4' 



4 

 40 



P.ct. 



100 



84 



92 



100 



100 



84 



64 



80 



84 



■ 96 



92 



100 



64 



92 



100 



100 



96 



96 



20 



p.ct. 



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 '"12 



'"'26' 

 ""46' 



Feet. 

 ^ 

 4 

 4 

 3| 

 4 

 3i 

 4 

 3 

 4 



f 



^ 



? 



4 



3i 

 3i 

 3i 

 3^ 



In. 



16 



17 



13 



12i 



15-J 



13 



m 



13 

 16^ 

 14 

 13 



lo^ 

 13 

 14 

 13 



15 



18^ 



Sq.ft. 

 5 

 6 

 4 



3.5 

 5 



3.5 

 5.5 

 3.5 

 5.5 

 4.5 

 3.5 

 4 



4.5 

 4 



4.5 

 4 



3.5 

 4.5 



. 5.5 



Pecfc. 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 5 



2.5 

 5.5 

 3 



5.5 

 2.5 

 5 



2.5 

 4 

 4 



6.5 

 3 

 4 

 3 



P.ct. 



60 

 96 

 100 

 100 



p.ct. 



40 

 4 



p.ct. 



D 







F, 







F 



100 

 100 

 100 

 100 

 100 



"166' 

 64 

 92 

 100 

 8 

 92 

 96 







G 







H 







T 







T 







K 

 T, 



64 



96 



M 

 N 

 O 



4 



4 



32 



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P 



Q 

 E 



S 



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92 

 8 

 4 



96 



a All planted with drill. 



6 Three-horse 1-row planter. 



c Hand planter, 



