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BULLETIN 511^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



hay. Watermelons are gro%\Ti extensively in this county and shipped 

 to northern markets. Enough truck and fruit is produced to supply 

 local markets. Some cattle and hogs are sold, but the principal 

 source of income is cotton. 



Table XIV. — Tillage practices with cotton in Mecklenburg County. N. C, showing depths 

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

 acre yields. 



[In columns 5 to 8 and 10 to 16 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 

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





Plowing. 



Tillage after plowing 

 and before planting. 



Tillage after plantings 







•s 



a 

 a 



ft 



1 

 ,3 



o 



o 



c3 



5 



J: 3 



3 



i 





 



M 

 ■ft 





i 





 



i 

 p< 





1^ 



1 -o 



° u 



it 



^2 &■ 



2 => 



i 



i 



i 



Cultivator. 



1 



3 

 





Farm 

 No. 



"3 

 



> 

 



ci 







"3 

 



■? 



00 



i 







ft 



2 

 "3 



>3 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 * 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



1 



6 



4.V 



8' 



5 



8 



8 



6 



6 



8 



5 



5 



4 



8 



6 



5 



6 



6 



6 



5 



6 



8 



5 



5 



4i 



9 



1 



.... 



"'i' 



1 



.... 



1 

 1,3 



1 



1 

 1,4 



1 

 .... 



i,4' 

 1 



1 



3 



"i" 



3 



1 

 2 



1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2,3 

 1 



2 

 2 

 3 

 3 



3 

 3 

 4 

 4 



3 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 





1 



2,3 

 1,2 



2 

 2 







4 to 7 





5 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 4 

 8 

 6 

 7 



750 



2 



3,4,5 

 3 

 4 





750 



3 



.... 



1 







4,5 



1,000 



4 



3,5,6 

 3 to 6 

 3,4,7 





800 









1,200 



6 



3 

 3 



"3' 

 2 

 4 

 ? 



4 



4 



2 



.... 



5 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 4 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 4 



::::'i;2 



"'i,'4' 



5,6 

 2,3,5 







900 



7 







1,400 



8 





4,5 



4,5,6 



3,4 



2 



1,2,3 





750 



9.. 



1 

 1 

 1 





^1 



5' 



3,4,5 



2,3,4 



6,7 



2,3,4 



5,6 



4,5 



1,000 



10 







600 



11 







1,000 



12.. 





1 



3,4,5 



1 



2 



2,3 







1,200 



13 



3 !.... 



..'.1.2 









1,000 



14 



2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1,2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 1 



3 

 3 



02' 

 2 













1,000 



15 



.... 

 .... 



'i' 



1 



2,3 



1 



1 



1,2 



3,4 







750 



16 







1,000 



17 



3 to 6 

 '3V06" 







850 



18 . . 





3 to 6 

 ""5,'6' 



2 





750 



19 



1 



.... 



1 

 — f 

 .... 



2 



2,3,4 



2 



2 



2,4,8 

 2 

 4 



1,100 



20 







750 



21 



4 



64 







3 to 6 



1,000 



22 



3,4 



3,5,6,7 



3 to 6 



5,6,7 







750 



23 



3 



"2 

 2 



1,4 

 3 

 3 









1,400 



24 













750 



2.5 



1 











1,500 













Farms 

 using, 

 percent. 



Average... 



"e" 



80 



20 



64 



100 



76 



84 



35" 



36 



48 



76 



72 



40 



12 



8 







5.5 



958 

































a Lister. 



b Log drag. 



In preparing a seed bed for cotton on land that was in cotton or 

 com the previous year, the old stalks are cut up with a stalk cutter 

 or disk harrow before plowing the land in the spring. Where cotton 

 follows sod or stubble, the land is usually broken level in the fall 

 about 6 inches deep with a 2-horse turning plow. After plowing, the 

 land is harrowed with a disk harrow. In the spring the rows are laid 

 off with a 1 -horse shovel plow and the fertilizer applied with a dis- 

 tributor in the furrow. A bed is made on this fertilizer with a 1 -horse 



