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BULLETIN 511^ U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



SURVEY IN TIFT COUNTY, GA. 



Tift County is located in the south-cfentral part of Georgia. The 

 soil is sand or sandy loam and the subsoil clay. The land is gently 

 rolling, so that little drainage is required except in the bottoms, 

 where open ditches surromid the fields. Most of the roads have been 

 improved with sand and clay and are in fair condition except in dry 

 weather, when the sand becomes deep. The farms are of medium 

 size, averaging 160 acres, with only 93 acres cultivated. Most of the 

 farms are operated by the owners with hired labor. The larger farms 

 are worked by tenants mider the supervision of the owners. The 

 tillage records for Tift County are shown in Table XVII. 



Table XVII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Tift County, Ga., showing depths of 

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

 acre yields. 



(In columns 4 to 10 and 12 to 15 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 

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





Plow- 

 ing. 



Tillage after plowing and before 

 planting. 



Tillage after planting. 







i 



> 



Harrow. 



II 



Q ^ 



3 ° 



^ •-* 

 



5 ■ 

 1 



Bedded with— 





.1 



1 





 



i 

 ■3, 



1-horse. 



w 



tuo 



a 





Farm No. 



.2 



S3 



O 

 o 



1 

 p. 



.a 









txo3 



a" 



CQ 



u 

 



P. 



i 

 p. 



> 

 





 & 



2 

 "3 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



1 



6 

 6 



H 

 8 

 5 

 7 

 7 

 9 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 8 

 7 

 8 

 6 

 5 

 8 

 7 

 7 

 8 

 7 

 6 

 6 

 7 

 9 







1 



2 



4 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 



2 

 1,4 



""2 

 1,3 



5 





5 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 4 





1,2 



1 



3 to 6 

 2 to 5 



1 to7 

 3,4,5 

 2,3,4 

 lto4 

 2,3,4 



2 to 5 

 2 to 6 



2,3,5,6 

 2 to 5 



2 to 5 

 lto5 

 2,3,4 

 3,4,5 

 3,4,5 

 2,3,4 



3 to 6 

 2 to 6 

 5 to 8 



2 to 5 

 4,5,6 



4,5 

 3,5,6 



3 to 6 



"2 

 "1 



"h' 

 4,6 



3,4 

 3 



6 

 5 

 7 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 8 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 6 



1,400 



2 



1,000 



3 







3 



"3" 



750 



4 







1 

 1 



2 



700 



5 









1,000 



6 













700 



7 







1,3 

 3 









1 



700 



8 







03 

 1 

 2 

 2 







700 



9 





2 







1 

 ""l" 



"Vi" 

 1 



cl,2 

 " i,2 



"" i' 

 'i,2 



"1,4 

 1 



i' 



1 



1,2 



2 



i 



3,4 

 1,6 

 2,3 

 1,2,3 

 4 

 1,2 



1,100 



10 





4 



"4 



900 



11 



1,400 



12 : 



3 

 '""'3' 



5 

 3 



750 



13 



1,000 



14 





1 



3 



1 



.... 



1,000 



15 





2 





5 



800 



16 







800 



17 











18 





3 

 3 



4 







750 



19 







1,000 



20 





2 

 2 

 1 

 2 



800 



21 



700 



22 









700 



23 











4 

 3 



700 



24 







800 



2.5 





] 



2,4 





1,000 















Farms using, 



per cent 



Average.. 



"Y 



100 



48 



20 



68 



100 



36 



32 



20 



3.5" 



40 



76 



100 



24 







5.5 



881 





























a Lister. 



b Disk harrow. 



c Weeder. 



Because of the large area of land not cultivated, the cultivated 

 fields are fenced to keep out cattle and hogs, which are allowed to 



