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BULLETIN 511, U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



In preparing the land for cotton very uniform methods are em- 

 ployed. If cotton follows cotton or corn the old stalks are cut up 

 with a stalk cutter soon after the crop is harvested. Most of the 

 land is plowed in the fall. For breaking, 3-horse and 4-horse sulky 

 and gang plows are generally employed. The land is plowed level 

 and no other preparation is given until the following spring, just 

 before planting time, when the land is harrowed with a spike-tooth 

 harrow. Many farmers use a 2-horse 4-shovel cultivator for laying 

 off the rows, which leaves the land shghtly ridged. These ridges 

 are the distance apart of the cotton rows. If the land is rough or 

 cloddy, sometimes a disk harrow is used, but this is not a common 

 practice. 



Table XXIX. — Tillage practices with cotton in Bexar County, Tex., showing depths 

 of ploiving, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, andnormal 

 acre yields. 



[In columns 5 to 8 and 10 to 15 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 

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





Plowing. 



Tillage after plow- 

 ing and before 

 planting. 



Tillage after planting (all with cultivators). 









Har- 

 row. 



2-horse. 



< 



2-horse 6-shovel 

 with- 



2-horse 4-shovol 

 with— 



S2 

 



1 



D 

 



<; 







1 







o 

 o 



.-a 

 ft 



s 



"3 



M . 



li 



es 



i 



"3 

 .a 



i 



^ ■ 



CO 



13 



03 . 



fto 



■3 



a 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



1 . 



5 

 6 

 4 



1 

 1 

 ^ 



... 



1,2 





.... 



2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 



2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 



1 



2,3,4 

 lto6 











4 4.';0 



2 













 5 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 6 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 7 

 7 

 4 

 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 5 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 5 



400 



3 







1,2,3 

 1 

 1 



lto5 

 lto5 









4,5 



500 



4 . 



8 1 1 









3,4 



2'to'5 



2 



400 



5 ... 





 8 

 8 

 4 

 

 

 













400 



G 















500 



7 

















400 



8 





2 



1 





1,3,4 

 1 to4 

 1,2,3 

 1 to5 

 1 to7 



2,5,6 







400 



9.. . 











500 



10. . . 



















400 



11 



i' 



1 



2 

 2 













500 



12 



■^ 1 













500 



13 



(i 





 6 

 6i 

 C 



c 



5 

 5 

 5 

 7 

 8 

 

 5 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



i' 



i' 

 1 



1 

 1 



1 





2,3 

 1,2 



2,3 









1,4 to 7 



500 



14.. 



2 

 2 



3 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 2 





1,2 

 1,4,5,0 



3,4 

 2,3 





500 



15 











600 



l(j 





1 



2,3,4 

 2,3 



2,3 





400 



17 







1 

 4 









750 



18 







1 









500 



19 







3,4,5 

 2 





1,2 



500 



20 











1,3,4 



400 



21 











lto4 





4flO 



22 







1 to 4 

 1,2,3 











400 



23 





2 

 1 



1 













500 



24 





2,3 





1 





500 



25 









1,3,4,5 



2 





500 





















Farms us- 

 ing, per 

 cent 





92 



8 



84 



8 



30 



96 



h'k 



48 



24 



44 



24 



16 



12 







Average.. 



6 



5 



47? 



















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