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BULLETIN 511^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGEICULTURE. 



rent. The actual work is performed largely by negro tenants or 

 laborers. Most of the farms have good farmhouses, and the county 

 is very attractive and apparently prosperous. 



Table XVI. — Tillage practices xvith cotton in Pike County, Ga., showing depths of 

 plowing, implenunts used in order of use, number of times 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 wag^ 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. 







1 



.a 



si 



ft 

 a> 



i 



1-1 



o 



1 



i 



ft 



Bedded 

 with— 



=1 



1 





 



i) 



.-a 

 p< 



So 



.g 



£ 



i 



■ft 

 02 







M 



.a 

 s 



1-horse. 



a 

 



1 

 < 





Farm No. 



1 



3 



1 

 P. 



a 



ft 



i 





 m 



i 

 1 



a 





 ft 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



1... . 



8 



5 



6 



4 



5 



G 



4 



G 



6 



4 



4i 



5 



5 



4 



8 







.... 

 1 









3 

 "2 



"3 

 2 



"2" 



2 

 2 



"2' 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 4 



"4' 



"4' 

 4 



2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



1 



"4" 

 5 

 1 



.... 



3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 4 









1 



2 to 5 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 5 



2 to 6 



3 to 7 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 6 



2 to 6 

 lto5 

 lto4 

 3,4,5 



5 

 2,3,4 

 2,3,4 



4 to 7 



3 to 6 



2 to 6 

 2,3,4 



3 to 6 

 lto6 

 2,3,4 

 2 to 6 

 2 to 6 



2 to 5 



3 to 6 



5 

 5 

 5 

 G 



5 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 , 5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 6 



750 



2 



.... 



.... 



1 

 1 





2 



"2" 

 2 



1 







800 



3 





1 





1,000 



4 . . 



1 



1,2 





750 



5 «.. 









1,400 



6 





1 



1 





1,000 



7 







1,000 



8 





2 



a 1 





850 



9 









1,000 



10 















750 



11 . 













1>2 

 lto4 



1 



750 



12 





2 



1 









1,000 



13 









750 



14 



1 







1 





1,000 



1.5 





1 



62 



b2 



2 



62 



2 



2 



2 



62 



2 



62 





i,2,3 

 1,2 



1,200 



16 













1,000 



17 



10 





1 

 1 

 2 





1,000 



18 



8 

 6 

 4 

 6 

 8 

 10 

 5 

 8 











1 000 



19 







1,200 



20 











750 



21 





1 

 1 







750 



22 







800 



23 





i' 



1>2 



900 



24 







500 



25 









700 













Farms using, per cent.. 

 Average 



'^ 



80 



20 



60 



60 



60 



100 



20 



'3' 



20 



24 



16 



32 



100 







5.5 



904 







1 























a One-horse, 5-shoveI cultivator. 



b Shovel and wings. 



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

 rotations are practiced. Cotton is grown usually on the best land. 

 Cowpeas are sown on all stubble land and the vines cut for hay„ 

 Cowpeas also are planted between the com rows and the vines 

 plowed under after the peas are gathered. Some wheat is grown on 

 a few farms. Sugar cane, peanuts, and sweet potatoes are grown 

 for home use. This area is just on the border of the Georgia peach 

 belt, and nearly every farmer grows a few peaches for home use. Very 

 little fruit or truck is produced for market. Only enough cattle and 

 hogs are kept for home use, and the farm income is almost entirely 

 from cotton. 



