FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. 



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SURVEY IN MONROE COUNTY, MISS. 



Monroe County is located in the northeastern part of Mississippi. 

 The tillage records for this county (Table XXVIII) were taken 

 near Aberdeen, which is the county seat. 



Table XXVIII. — Tillage practices with cotton in Monroe County, Miss., showing depths 

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

 acre yields. 



[In columns 5 to 10 and 12 to 17 the figures show the order in which the implement 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. 





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a Six-shovel cultivator with shovels. 



& Turning plow. 



This county is very irregular in regard to soil and topography. 

 Most of the upland is sandy loam, with a clay subsoil, but some of the 

 soil is very sandy. The bottom lands, which comprise a large acreage, 

 are mostly clay. A large part of the county is in the prairie region 

 which has a black-clay soil with a clay subsoil. The prairie land is 

 gently rolling, and only surface ditches are required for drainage. In 

 the bottoms a few ditches or canals have been cut. The sandy or 



