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BULLETIlsr 961, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



Table X. — Harrowing beds. 



Implement. 



Width of row. 



Spike- tooth harrow 



Do 



Do 



Log 



Do 



A harrow 



Shovel cultivator. . 



4feet 



4feet 



Avg. 8 feet - 



Avg. 6 feet . 

 Avg. 6J feet 

 Avg. 3i feet 

 Avg. 3J feet 



Crew. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 reports. 



Average 

 acreage 

 per day. 



Men. 



Mules. 



1 



1 



16 



7.87 



1 



2 



17 



8.11 



1 



2 



lo 



13. 30 



1 



1 



26 



13.07 



1 



2 



36 



13. 49 



1 



1 



99 



0.98 



1 



1 



72 



7.06 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



8 (12 reports). 

 8 (6 reports). 

 14 (6 reports). 

 12 (8 reports). 

 14(6 reports). 

 12(12 reports). 

 14 (8 reports). 

 6(33reports). 

 8 (31 reports). 

 6 (26 reports). 

 ,8 (22 reports). 



Commercial fertilizer is applied sometimes before planting and 

 sometimes after, and occasionally both before and after planting. 

 Perhaps the most common practice is to distribute the fertilizer and 

 bed on it, then plant. Ordinarily only one application is made, 

 about 200 pounds per acre. (See Table XI). 



Table XI. — Fertilizing before and after planting. 



Method. 



Width of row. 



Crew. 



Num- 

 ber of 

 reports. 



Average 



Men. 



Mules. 



per day. 



1 





31 



5.66 



1 





23 



5.86 



1 





10 



6.16 



1 



1 



23 



5.42 



1 



1 



72 



6.61 



1 



1 



99 



7.25 



1 



1 



14 



7.31 



1 



1 



12 



8.33 



1 



1 



10 



9.11 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



By hand... 



Do 



Do 



Distributor 

 Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



Do 



3i feet 



4 feet. 

 4 J feet 



3 feet. 

 31- feet 



4 feet. 



4.Heet 



5 feet., 



6 feet. 



f5 (5 reports). 

 [6 (11 reports). 

 6 (8 reports). 

 6 (5 reports). 

 f5 (9 reports). 



16 (13 reports). 

 f6 (29 reports). 



17 (34 reports). 

 17 (22 reports). 

 [8 (39 reports). 

 8 (6 reports). 

 Scattering. 



Do. 



OPERATIONS ON INDIVIDUAL CROPS. 



The crops most commonly grown in this region are cotton, corn, 

 sweet potatoes, and cowpeas. These four crops are groAvn by nearly 

 every farmer. Most farmers, however, grow other crops also, though 

 the acreage is generally small. Thus, in addition to the above- 

 mentioned staple crops, the farmer may grow oats or meadow hay 

 as feed crops, and sometimes sorghum or peanuts. A few make 

 sorghum sirup for market, and in certain cormnunities peanuts 

 are grown to a considerable extent for the market. On some of these 

 farms sugar cane is grown for sirup. All of this sirup, except what 

 is needed for home consumption, is sold. Occasionally watermelons 

 are grown in small areas. Cotton is the only money crop of conse- 

 quence generally grown. Occasionally a farmer will grow native 



