FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 



45 



SURVEY IN CHAMBERS COUNTY, ALA. 



Chambers County is located in the east-central part of Alabama. 

 The tillage records for this county (Table XXII) were taken near 

 Lafayette. The soil is principally a clay loam with a clay subsoil, 

 but the bottoms and lowlands are sandy loam. This county is on 

 the border line between the Piedmont and Coastal Plain areas and 

 there is a combination of gently sloping plains and steep hills. The 

 steeper lands are drained by numerous terraces and surface ditches. 

 The organic content of the soil is very low, and this extensive drainage 

 system is necessary to prevent erosion. 



The landowners of the county are very prosperous and have good 

 country homes. The farms are large and are mostly worked by 

 negro tenants and supervised by the owner or by a white tenant 

 who rents the entire farm from the owner for a stated quantity of 

 cotton or amount of money, and then subrents to negro tenants on 

 a share basis. 



Table XXII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Chambers County, Ala., shovAng depth 

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

 were yields. 



[In eolumns 5 to 9 and 11 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 worlcing or cultivation, etc.] 





Plowing. 



Tillage after plowing and be- 

 fore planting. 



Tillage after planting. 





Farm No. 



i 



p. 



> 



B 



o 



"3 



3 



o 



'^^ 



w a 

 o 



'■B ^ 

 s 



a 

 1 



1 . 



il 



0) 3 

 w 





 j3 



CO 



d 

 



< 







u 

 a 





 



S 



a 



m 



03 



1-horse. 



.1 

 1 



< 





■d 



Pud 



d^ 







03 



1 





 & 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



1 



8 

 4 

 7 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 8 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 4 



4 

 4 

 9 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 6 

 4 

 7 



1 

 .... 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 .... 



1 

 1 



... 



1 



.... 



"i" 



.... 



1 





2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 



3 

 2 



4 



4 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 











2 to 6 

 2 to 6 

 lto7 

 2,3,4 

 2,4,5,6 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 6 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 5 

 lto6 

 2 to 6 



2 to 5 



3 to 6 

 2 to 6 

 4-7,9 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 6 

 3,4,5 

 2,3,4 

 2 to 6 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 6 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 5 

 2 to 5 



6 

 6 

 7 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 6 

 9 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 5 



750 



2 







7.50 



3 - . 





""i,"3' 



...... 



...... 



2 





750 



4 











"i' 





500 



5 









3 

 3 



4 

 3 

 2 

 3 



"3' 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 



a'i" 



62" 



"i- 



"i' 

 "4' 

 "3" 





3 



750 



6 .... 







600 



7 







600 



8 



1 





•iOO 



9 . . . 













800 



10 









800 



11 





i" 





1 









750 



12 





1 

 2 





500 



13 



1 

 "i" 



"i 



3 



750 



14 







600 



15 



2,8 

 1 





7on 



16 



600 



17 



1 

 1 





1 



800 



18 







1 

 1 



2 



600 



19 





"i' 



1 



"'i' 







750 



20 





1 



1 



mo 



21 



1 



1 



.... 









700 



22 



1 





750 



23 





1 



700 



24 



1 





700 



25 





1 



600 











Farms using, percent.. 

 Average. . . 



'5i 



72 



18 



60 



24 



100 



84 



32 



"3' 



16 



48 



40 



12 



100 







5i 



676 











1 



















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