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SOVTIIEBN FIELD CROPS 



(2) Implements supplied with small points on the side 

 next to the cotton; 



(3) Moldboard- or turn-plows, with the bar side next the 

 line of plants, so as to throw the soil away from the row. 



While the use of the turn-plow in this first cultivation 

 by rows is perhaps more coininon than that of any other 



Fill. 151. — Onb Form of Plciw-stoi'k. 

 Showing handli'.s, hcain, and foot, to fhr lower |)ar( of whicli sweeps, 

 scrapes, or other implements may be attached. 



implement, its use iu "barring off" cotton is subject to 

 the following ol)jections : — 



(1) It leaves the young jjlants on narrow high ridges, 

 which quickly dry out. 



(2) These narrow high ridges may crunil)le, pulling the 

 plants down, if heavy rains occur. 



(3) The deep plowing by the turn-plow cuts many roots. 



