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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUEE. 



Table XV. — Tillage practice with cotton in Barnwell County, S.. C, showing depths of 

 ploicing, impleinents used in order of use, number of tinus each is used, and normal 

 acre yields. 



[In columns 4 to 7 and 9 and 10 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 planting 

 (all 1-horse imple- 

 ments). 





Farm 

 No. 



Depth 

 (inch- 

 es). 



Level. 



Disk 

 har- 

 row. 



Rows 

 nm 

 with 

 1-horse 

 1-shovel 

 plow. 



Ferti- 

 lizer 



distrib- 

 utor. 



Bedded 

 with 



turning 

 plow. 



All 

 work- 

 ings. 



Sweep or 

 scrape. 



1-shovel 

 plow. 



All 

 culti- 

 vations. 



Yield 

 (pounds). 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 10 



11 



12 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



k'.'.'.'.'.'. 



9 



10 



5.5 

 6 



8 



6 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



7 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 8 

 5 

 8 

 6 

 6 





1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1 



i' 



i' 



1 



i" 



'i' 



2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



1 



61 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 . 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



lto6 

 lto6 

 lto6 

 1 to6 

 lto6 

 lto7 

 1 to7 

 lto6 

 lto7 

 lto6 

 1 to6 

 1 to6 

 1 to7 

 1 to5 



1 to7 



2 to 7 

 1 to 6 

 1 to6 

 lto7 

 lto5 

 lto7 

 lto6 

 lto7 

 lto7 

 1 to5 



1 

 3 

 3 

 2 



2 



2 



a\ 



1 

 3 



"'2 to' 5' 

 i" 



6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 7 

 6 



6 

 6 

 6 



7 

 5 

 7 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 5 

 7 

 6 

 7 

 7 

 5 



' 800 



. 700 



1,400 



800 



1,000 



800 



700 



750 



7,000 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



2.5 



1,000 



900 



1,000 



750 



1,000 



1,000 



1,000 



750 



750 



. 900 



1,500 



800 



1,300 



1,100 



800 



Farms 

 using, 

 per 



cent 





100 



40 



100 



100 



100 



3.5 



100 



44 







Aver- 

 age. 



6 



6.5 



925 



















a Weeder. 



b Lister. 



c Spike-tooth harrow. 



The principal crops grown are cotton, corn, and oats. No definite 

 rotations are practiced, but frequently cotton is grown on the land 

 two years and followed by corn one year. Cowpeas or peanuts are 

 often planted between the corn rows at the last cultivation and 

 harvested by hogs. Hardly enough corn is produced to feed the 

 farm animals. When oats are sown they usually follow com and are 

 cut for hay or are fed without thrashing. Cowpeas are usually sown 

 on the oat stubble and the vines cut for hay. Some watermelons 

 and cantaloupes are grown for market, but very little fruit is grown. 

 Few cattle are kept, and only enough hogs are raised to supply home 

 demands. Almost the only squrce of farm income is cotton. 



In preparing the land for cotton the old cotton or corn stalks are 

 cut up during the winter with a stalk cutter or broken down by hand 



