38 BULLETIN 511, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



cultivation the cotton is gone over with a hoe a second time, to chop 

 out any weeds and extra stalks of cotton. 



Only a very few farmers use commercial fertilizer, and these only 

 in an experimental way. What stable manure is used is applied 

 broadcast on the least productive spots in a field. No cover crops 

 are grown, but organic matter is supplied by hay and pasture crops. 



The principal varieties of cotton grown are King's Improved, 

 Cook's Improved, and mixed vaideties. 



The most prevalent and troublesome weeds in this coimty are crab- 

 grass, careless weed, nut-grass, cocklebur, smartweed, morning-glory, 

 and Johnson grass. 



SURVEY IN BULLOCH COUNTY, GA. 



Bulloch County is located in the eastern part of Georgia in the 

 Coastal Plain area. The tillage records for this county (Table XIX) 

 were taken near Statesboro. The soil here is a sandy loam with a 



clay subsoil. The land is level 

 or gently rolling, and little arti- 

 ficial drainage is required. The 

 bottoms are drained by means of 

 open ditches. None of the land 

 is tiled. Many of the roads have 

 been macadamized or improved 



Fig. 19.— A l-horse turning plow used in many areas with Sand and clay and are in 

 when preparing land for cotton; also used in many p-Qod COuditioU. The aVCragC- 

 sections for cultivating cotton. • i c t i • 



Sized I arm studied is 178 acres, 

 with only 85 acres cultivated. Most of the farms are supervised by 

 the owners and worked with hired or tenant labor. 



No definite rotations are practiced. The principal crops grown are 

 cotton, corn, watermelons, oats, and peanuts. Many farmers grow 

 watermelons for market. Sweet potatoes, sorghum cane, and truck 

 crops are grown for home use. Cowpeas and peanuts are often grown 

 between the corn rows and harvested by hogs. Cowpeas are some- 

 times sown on oat stubble and the vines cut for hay. Many of the 

 oats are cut for hay while the grain is in the dough stage. Enough 

 cattle are kept for home use, and some hogs are raised for market. 

 The principal source of farm income is from cotton and watermelons. 



In preparing a seed bed for cotton the plowing is done in the early 

 spring after the old cotton or corn stalks have been cut up with a stalk 

 cutter during the winter months. 



The land is broken level with a l-horse or 2-horse plow. The soil 

 is very deep, and the average depth of breaking is 6 to 8 inches. 

 After plowing, a spike-tooth or disk harrow is sometimes used, but 

 this is not often necessary. A broad furrow is then plowed out for 

 the row. This is often done with a l-horse turning plow (fig. 19), 

 using two furrows and throwing the soil to each side, and then often 



