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BULLETIN 961, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 



The first hoe work on cotton is generally spoken of as "chopping." 

 Chopping means chopping to a stand or thinning out. (see fig. 4.) 

 Subsequent hoe work is usually spoken of as "hoeing." Hoeing is an 

 operation primarily intended for removing grass rather than for thin- 

 ning to a stand. (See Table XIV.) 



Fig. 4.— Negroes chopping cotton. The plants when they come up are too close together, and are 

 thinned out to the proper distance with a hoe. 



Table XIV. — Chopping and lioeing cotton — one man. 



First time. . . 



Do 



Do 



Second time. 



Do 



Do 



Third time. 



3 feet.. 

 SHeet. 



4 feet.. 



3 feet.. 



34 feet. 



4 feet.. 

 Sifeet. 



Number 



Average 



of 



acreage 



reports. 



per day. 



12 



0.82 



97 



.97 



76 



.99 



12 



1.18 



82 



1.38 



63 



1.40 



13 



1.38 



Acreage reported 

 most frequently. 



1 (6 reports). 

 1 (47 reports). 

 1 (43 reports). 

 1 (5 reports). 

 1 (35 reports). 

 .1^(15 reports). 

 1 "(18 reports). 

 .IJ (21 reports). 

 1 (9 reports). 



Crew duty at cultivating has been separated according to the 

 method employed, for some begin to cultivate without previously 

 scraping, while others cultivate after scraping. 



Cultivating middles has been considered separately from other 

 cultivating;, because there is nothins: to interfere with this work, as 



