FARM PEACTICE IN THE CULTIVATIOlSr OF COTTON. 



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Table VIII. — Practices with cotton in nineteen regions surveyed, showing average data 

 in regard to depths of plowing, number of cultivations, price of land, commercial ferti- 

 lizer used, and normal acre yields. 



Region surveyed (fig. 1). 



Depth 



of 

 plow- 

 ing. 



Average number of— 



Price 



of 

 land. 



Commercial 

 fertilizer used. 





Key 

 letter. 



County, State, etc. 



Work- 

 ings 

 after 

 plowing 

 and 

 before 

 plant- 

 ing. 



Culti- 

 vations 

 after 

 plant- 

 ing. 



Hand 

 culti- 

 vations. 



Farms 

 apply- 

 ing. 



Per 



acre. 



Yield. 



A 



Pemiscot, Mo 



Inches. 

 5 

 4i 

 6i 

 6' 

 6 

 6 

 7 



5J 

 7 

 4 

 4 



5i 

 4 

 5 

 4J 

 4i 

 4i 

 4| 

 6 



2.5 



2 



3 



3.5 



3.5 



3 



3.5 



3.5 



3.5 



1.5 



2 



3 



2 



1.5 



2.5 



2 



2 



1.5 



2.5 



6 



9.5 



6.5 



5.5 



6.5 



6.5 



6.5 



5.5 



6.5 



5 



6 



5.5 



5.5 



5 



5 



4.5 



4.5 



5 



4.5 



2 



2.5 



2.5 



2 



2.5 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2 



2.5 



2 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



S108.00 

 55.00 

 55.00 



120. 00 

 34.50 

 44.00 

 41.50 

 67.50 

 64.00 

 34.50 



146. 50 

 30.00 

 34.00 

 22.00 

 20.50 

 85. 50 

 26.00 

 35.00 

 97.00 



P.ct. 







24 



100 



100 



100 



100 



100 



12 



100 











100 



4 



92 



84 







60 



48 







Pounds. 



""136' 

 676 

 330 

 666 

 416 

 342 

 200 

 506 



""3i2" 

 300 



286 

 205 



'""262" 

 202 



Pounds. 

 1,200 



B 





1,034 



c 



Robeson, N C. 



1,006 



D 





958 



E 



Barnwell, S. C 



925 



F 



Pike, Ga.. 



904 



G 



Tift, Ga . . 



881 



H 



Giles, Teun 



860 



I 



Bulloch, Ga 



816 



J 



St Francis, Ark 



767 



K 



Ellis, Tex 



684 



L 





676 



M 





676 



N 





665 



o 





644 



P 





642 



^ 



Houston, Tex ... 



610 





586 



s 



Bexar, Tex 



472 









Summary Showing Averages by Regions and Divisions. 





Area in farms. 



Per acre. 



Depth 



of 

 plow- 

 ing. 



Average number of— 



Commercial 

 fertilizer used. 



Regions and divisions. 



Total. 



Culti- 

 vated. 



Price 



of 

 land. 



Nor- 

 mal 

 yield. 



Work- 

 ings 

 after 

 plowing 

 and 

 before 

 plant- 

 ing. 



Culti- 

 vations 

 after 

 plant- 

 ing. 



Hand 

 culti- 

 vations. 



Farms 

 apply- 

 ing. 



Per 

 acre. 



Regions: 



Nine best . . 



Acres. 

 311 

 245 



Acres. 

 193 

 137 



164. 50 

 55 00 



Pounds. 

 954 



628 



Incites. 

 6 

 4.5 



3 

 2 



6 

 5 



2 

 2 



P.ct. 

 70 

 43 



Lbs. 

 408 



Nine poorest 



251 



Average of all 

 ' areas studied. . 



282 



168 



58.50 



790 



5 



2.5 



5.5 2 



54 



341 



Divisions: 



Delta area 



South Atlantic di- 



212 



737 

 251 



236 



121 



486 

 148 



135 



50.00 



81.50 

 39.50 



78.00 



854 



1,117 

 714 



617 



6 



5 

 4.5 



5 



3 



2.5 

 2 



2 



5.5 



7.5 

 5 



5 



2 



2.5 

 2 



2 



99 



12 

 36 



13 



442 

 130 



Intermediate areas 

 Southwestern di- 

 vision 



202 



251 







The price of land and the yields of cotton per acre are somewhat 

 related, but there is only a slight correlation. (See Tables VIII and 

 X.) However, the average acre value of land for the nine areas 

 having the highest acre yield of seed cotton is $64.50, while the 

 average acre value for the nine having the lowest average normal 



