FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 



41 



and is grown on the most productive land. Only a few oats are 

 grown, and these are often cut for hay while the grain is in the 

 dough stage. Cowpeas are usually sown on the stubble land and the 

 vines cut for hay. Cowpeas and peanuts are also planted between 

 the corn rows and harvested by hogs or cattle. Some alfalfa is 

 grown on the bottom lands. Watermelons and truck crops are 

 grown for home use on nearly every farm. Little fruit is produced. 

 Many farmers grow Bermuda grass for pasture. Enough cattle and 

 hogs for home use are kept on every farm and a few are sold, but 

 the principal source of farm income is cotton. 



Table XX. — Tillage practices with cotton in St. Francis County, Arh., showing depths 

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

 acre yields. 



Iln columns 5, 6, and 8 to 12 the figures show the order in which the implernent was used on the several 

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





Plowing. 



Tillage after 



plowing and 



before planting. 



Tillage after planting. 







1 

 1 



s 







"3 



l-H 



1 



ca 





 



i 



'ft 

 m 



3 



ii 



•1 

 < 



1-horse. 



Cultivator. 



1 







< 





Farm. No. 



as . 



2S2 



c« CO 



> S 



ft 

 

 



"3 



> M 



ft 



IN 



1 

 



.a 



a 

 1 



! 



ft 

 2 



1 



" 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



1 



3 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 6 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 6 

 6 

 3 

 3 

 ,") 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 6 

 4 



"'i' 





1 

 1 



1,2 



1,4 

 1 

 1 



1,2 

 2 



1,2 

 2 



1,2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 



"i' 

 1 



1 

 2 



"b's 

 c2,3 



...... 



""1 

 1 



...... 



" "i' 



1 



"""i" 

 ""i 



1 

 1 

 3 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 2 



a 1,2 



i 



i' 



1 



1,5 



5 



4 



4" 



""di 



3,4 

 1,2,3 



3,7 



1,2,3 



2 to 5 



2,3,4 



2,3,6,7 



3,4 

 lto5 







5 

 5 

 7 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 7 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 4 



600 



2. 





5 



900 



3 



2, 4, 5, 6 



900 



4 



750 



5 







750 



6 







650 



7 







750 



8 







750 



9. 





• 



750 



10 



a 1,2,4 



1 



1,6 



1,5 



1,2,5 



2 



3,5 



'""'4,"5" 

 3 







750 



11 



2 to 5 



2 



2.4 







600 



12 





3 



750 



13 







14 . . . . . ... 



3,6 4 







750 



1.5 



4,5 



1,3,6 



1 too 



2,6 



2,4 



2,3 



4,5,6 



ItoS 



4,5 



2,3,5 



■' 2,6 



3,4 







700 



16. 







700 



17 



1 



1,3,5 



1 



1,2 



3,4,5 



4' 



3 







1,200 



18 







750 



19 





5 



750 



20 





900 



21 







750 



22 



1 



1,4 



1 

 1 



"3,'4,'5" 

 2 



2,3 





700 



23 



800 



24 







750 



25 







750 











Farms using, per cent . . 

 Average 



"4' 



4 



96 



96 



44 



'i.'s' 



76 



56 



96 



8 



12 







5 



767 























a Spike-tooth harrow. 

 b Plank drag. 



c Shovel plow. 

 d Turning plow. 



e Cultivations 1, 2, and 3, with turning plow. 



