FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTOIST. 



39 



an 8-inch shovel plow is run in the bottom of this furrow. Sometimes 

 a 2-horse middle buster, or lister, is used to make this furrow. Ferti- 

 lizer is applied in the bottom of the furrow with a distributor and the 

 land rebedded on the fertilizer with a 1 -horse cultivator equipped 

 with turning shovels. Cotton is planted on this bed with a 1-horse 

 planter. The average width of row is 4 feet, and 3 pecks of seed are 

 planted per acre. After thinning, the stalks are left from 15 to 20 

 inches apart in the drill. 



Table 'X.TK..^-Til,lage practices with cotton in Bulloch County, Ga., showing depths of 

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

 acre yields. 



[In columns 5 to 10 and 12 to 19 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the sev- 

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





Plowing. 



Tillage after plowing and 

 before planting. 



Tillage after planting (all 1-horse implements). 













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2 to 6 



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16 



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6 

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7 

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1,100 



21 







2 







750 



22 



3 

 3 

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3 







700 



23 





1 





2,3 

 1,2 









700 



24 





2 







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25 







1,4 











750 

























Farms 









































using, 









































per cent. 



...96 



4 



20 



52 



68 



24 



76 



100 



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36 



36 



32 



12 



8 



28 



88 



8 







Average. 



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ff Spike-tooth harrow. 



b One-horse 2-shovel plow. 



c Cultivations 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8. 



