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BULLETIN 511^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SURVEY IN ROBESON COUNTY, N. C. 



Robeson County is located in the southeastern central part of 

 North Carolina in the Coastal Plain area. The tillage records for this 

 county (Table XIII) were taken near Lumberton and Rowland. 



This is a typical cotton section. The country is very flat, and 

 in some sections swampy. The soil is a sandy loam with a clay 

 subsoil. It is easily cultivated, and where organic matter is added 

 and large quantities of commercial fertilizers are used good crop 

 yields are obtained. 



The farm conditions in this region are typical for southeastern 

 North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina. The farms are 

 rather large, and most of the farming is done by tenants, usually on a 

 share basis and under the supervision of the owners. In the system 

 most often practiced the tenant furnishes the labor and gets one-third 

 of the crop; all else, including work stock, fertilizers, equipment, 

 and a house for the tenant, is furnished by the landlord. 



Table XIII. — Tillage -practices with cotton in Robeson County, N. C, showing depths 

 of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of tim£ each is used, and normal 

 acre yields. 



[In columns 5 to 9 and 11 to 15 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 

 farms; as, l=fijst working or cultivation, 2=second working or cultivation, etc.] 





Plowing. 



Tillage after plowing 

 and before planting. 



Tillage after planting. 





Parm No. 



■s 



.g 



ft 



a 

 ft 



t 



4 



o 



1 



o 

 1 



s 



1. 



.it 



si 

 i 



1 

 3 







"3 



1 



a 



d 



.g 











■z> 



ft+^ 







ft 



<B 



,d 





 ft 



1 



g 

 .1 







ft 



i 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



1 



4 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 7 

 4 

 6 

 8 

 8 



? 



8 

 8 

 4 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 9 

 7 

 8 

 7 

 5 



i' 

 1 



'i' 



i 



1 

 .... 



1 



"i' 

 1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 











1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



2 

 3 

 3 



3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 ? 









lto7. 

 2to6.. 

 ItoS.. 

 lto6.. 

 lto6 



2 



7 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 6 

 8 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 8 

 5 

 7 

 8 

 7 

 5 

 7 



1,350 



2 





1 



.... 







1 



900 



3 . . 











1,200 



4 



1 





1 

 1 

 1. 









750 











900 



6 



1 



"i' 

 1 



2,4,5,6 

 2to6.. 

 2 to 8 



a3 

 3 



1,000 



7 



1,000 



8 







2 

 1 







1,000 



9 







lto7 





600 



10 













2to6.. 





1,000 



11 



.... 



1 



1 









lto7 . 



1,000 



12 







1,2 



3 to 6 



1,200 



1.3 



2 





i 



1,2,3 

 2,3,4 



4 to 8 



1, 100 



14 





65 



1,000 



15 



1 

 1 



"2 



2 



4 







1 to6 



900 



16 



4 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 





1,2 





3 to 7 . . 



1,000 



17 



lto7 



1,500 



18 















1 to6 



1,000 



19 



1 

 1 

 1 



"2 



2 



2 



.... 



1 



1 







1 



1 



"i' 

 1 



2 to 8 



1,150 



20 







2 to 5 



800 



21 





1 



2 to 7 . . 



1,000 



22 



2 to 8 



1 000 



23 









1 







2 to 7 .. 



800 



24 







2 





1,3,4,5 2 

 lto7 



1,000 



25 













1,000 





















Farms using (per cent) 





66 



44 



32 



36 



36 



100 



100 



"3' 



16 



16 



32 



100 20 









6i 



6i 



1,006 





'1 1 1 : 1 









a One-horse 4-shovel cultivator. 



b Turning plow . 



