44 



BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



by corn. Oats and wheat are not usually grown on the same land for 

 two succeeding years, but oats are often grown one year and wheat 

 the next. Some fruit and truck is grown. Few cattle or hogs are 

 kept, and the principal farm incomes are from cotton and grain. 

 Alfalfa is grown on some of the bottom lands and does well except in 

 dry seasons. 



Table XXI. — Tillage practices with corn in Rockivall and Grayson Counties, 

 Tex., showing depth of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of 

 times each is used, and normal yield of the crop. 



[In columns 4 to 7 and 9 to 11 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 

 farms; as, 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, etc.] 





"3 



.a, 

 .s 



is 



o 



ft 



O 



ft 



ft 



Tillage after plowing and before 

 planting. 



Tillage after planting. 







d 



0) 



M 



o 



42 



63 



® 

 Ti 

 T3 



pa 



Harrow. 



' 0> 



43 



'$ 



a 

 3 



1 



o 

 P3 



| 



| 



■oft 



c 



■a 



© 



4=s 

 o 



< 



i 

 o 

 u 



U. 

 53 



.a 



o 



o 



c£> 

 :« 



ft 



CO 



Cultivator. 



Total cultivation. 



Farm No. 



o 

 o 



i 



ft 

 CO 



s 



? 

 o 



a> 



in 



o 

 43 



0> 

 4h tt) 



T3 



o> . 



CD J^ 



£& 



63 



M 



ft 

 a) 



o 



1 



O 



Pi 

 <1 



t4 



o 



ft 



2 

 •2 

 '£, 



"o3 



a 



M 



O 



1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



1 



8 



4 



4 



4 



8 



8 



7 



8 



G 



7 



7 



G 



4 



8 



4 



5 



5 



4 



G 



8 



8 



8" 



H 



5 



1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



.... 



.... 



1 



1 



1 



«2 





2 

 1 

 1 



1,2 



3,4 

 1,2 



5,6 



3 



1,2,3 



4 



2.3 



1,2,3 



3,4 



2 



4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 



6 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 6 

 5 

 5 

 3 

 4 

 4 

 3 

 3 



37 



2. 



30 



3 





a\ 





25 



4 .. 









1,2,3 

 1 



40 



5 









1 



1 

 1 

 1 



2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 

 2 

 4 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 1 





30 



6.. 







30 



7 







1.2 



1,2 

 1,2,3 



1,2 



1,2,3 



1 



1,2 

 3,4,5 



1,2 



30 



8 



1 



1,2 



1 



2 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1 



1,2.3 



1.2 



1.2 



1 



1.2 



1 





a2 



20 



9 



3,4 





40 



10 .. 









50 



11 





1 

 2 

 2 

 2 





2.3 

 3,4 



3,4,5 

 1,2,3 

 2,3,4 

 4,5.6 

 2 to 5 

 3,4,5 

 3 

 4 

 2,3,4 

 1,2,3 

 1,2.3 



2 



3 

 1 



1 



25 



12 



30 



13 



40 



14 



40 



15 



20 



16 





2 



4 





1.2,3 

 1 



1 



1 



1,2 



1.2 



2,3 



1 



35 



18............... 



30 

 30 



19 









40 



20 





2 





40 



21 



35 



22 









50 



23 









35 



24 







1 





1 







25 















Farms using, 





41.6 



66.7 



4.2 



54.2 



4.2 



i.'B' 



20.8 



70.8 



87.5 



20.8 









Average. . . 



6.4 



3.5 



3.9 



33.6 























a Lister and planter combined. 



The tillage practices with corn are rather unusual. A large part 

 of the land is broken in the fall with a 4-horse lister, or middle 

 buster, which leaves the land in ridges the width apart the corn rows 

 are to be. This implement (fig. 4) plows out a furrow by throwing 

 the dirt to both sides. After ridging the land in the fall it is allowed 

 to stand until spring without further preparation. Before planting, 

 the ridges are usually harrowed with a spike-tooth harrow. Then 



