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BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SURVEY IN GILES COUNTY, TENN. 



Giles County is located in the south-central part of Tennessee. The 

 topography of this county is very irregular. Parts of it are extremely 

 rolling and rough, while the bottoms and lowlands consist of gentle 

 slopes and low, rolUng hills. The soil of the upland is a clay loam 

 with a clay subsoil, but the bottom land is a silty loam. The latter 

 lands are drained by open ditches and are exceptionally fertile. 

 The tillage records for this county are shown in Table XVIII. 



Table XYIII.— Tillage practices with cotton in Giles County, Tenn., showing depths 

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

 normal acre yields. 



[In columns 4 to !1 and 13 to 18 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.] 





Plow- 

 ing. 



Tillage after plowing and before 

 planting. 



Tillage after planting. 







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1 



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 with — 



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ft 

 I. 

 1 







Cultivator. 



ft 



1 



.1 

 1 









Farm No. 



1-horse. 



4 







1 







s 



5 



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 ft 



ft 

 1 



ID 

 1 





 ft 



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E 





 



% 

 



1 



1 

 oil 



1 



'to 







ft 

 2 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



IS 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



1 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 7 

 5 

 7 

 8 

 5 

 7 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 7 

 .5 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 6 

 .5 

 5 

 6 

 4 







2 

 3 







1 









2 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 



i' 



1 



"i" 



i' 

 1 



1 



1 

 1 

 1 

 2 to 6 

 2 

 1 



61 

 c2 



1,2 



1,2 



1,2 



1 



l,d2 



1,2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



1,2 

 1 



1,2 



1,2,3 



2 



2 



2,3 



2 to. 5' 

 2 



4 

 2 to 5 







4 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 6 



5 

 5 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 6 

 5 



1,000 

 1,000 



2. . .. 



1 

 2 

 2 

 a4 

 2 





2 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 4 









6' 



3 



3 









800 



4 



::': 



1>4 

 1 



i,3' 



"2 

 1 

 1 



1,4 

 3 

 3 



d4 

 2 



1,4 



1,3 

 3 

 3 



1,3 

 4 



1,4' 







3,4.5 







500 



5 



3 













1,500 



6 







5 

 2 to 5 





3,4 



.... 



1,000 



7 











800 



8 



2 



3 



'3' 









2,3,4 

 3,4,5 



5 



1,200 



9 







700 



10 







3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 1 

 3 

 2 

 2 



2 



4 

 3 



6 



3 to 6 



3,4 



3,4,5 



800 



11 













600 



12 













5,6 

 6 

 6 



800 



13 















2 to 5 



4,5 



5,6,7 



SOO 



14 













3 



3,4 



2 to .5 



3 

 2,3,4 



2 



3,4 



2,3,4 



3,4,5 



4,5,6 



3 





800 



1.5 



2 











800 



16 











800 



17 



2 











4,5 







1,000 



18 















1,000 



19 



1 









3,4,5 



"5" 

 5 

 6 



800 



20 





2 







500 



21 







2 



«3 

 '3 











800 



22 









1 

 2 









700 



23 



' 2' 





3 







800 



24 . . 



4,5,6 







1,200 



25 





2 



3 





3,/ 4 



5 



800 

















Farms using, 



per cent . . 



Average 





100 



44 



80 



40 



12 



20 



80 



16 



8 



"3i 



20 



100 



76 



24 



32 



36 







5i 





5* 



860 

































a One-horse 2-shovel plow. 

 li Spring-tooth harrow. 



b Spike-tooth harrow. 

 « Lister. 



c Roller. 



/ With sweeps. 



The county is fairly well improved. Many of the roads have been 

 macadamized, and good country schools are maintained. The aver- 



