COTTON 
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plowing, and is known in all States and sections 
where cotton is grown. 
In spite of the popular favor in which this tool is 
held, it neither merits it, nor is its use in keeping 
with the progress now manifest along other lines of 
cotton culture. 
THE KIND OF PLOW WE WANT 
In the first place, the effective plow must so throw 
the slice ripped from the furrow as to cover all 
manure, trash or green crops on the land. To do 
this it must turn the slice entirely over or set it well 
on edge. If it does either of these things for you 
the first aim is achieved. 
In the second place, the plow should go deep into 
the ground. This must be done for two reasons : 
First, deep plowing enables the soil to drink in and 
hold more water against a day of drought; second, 
deep plowing gives cotton roots a wider pasture. 
In the third place, the effective plow must pul- 
verize the slice it throws out. It is not enough 
that your plow turn the soil; it must break, fine 
and mellow it. 
A plow that does not do these things is a poor 
plow. Measure your one-horse plows by this 
standard and you readily see why the greater num- 
ber of them should be thrown with your pile of 
scrap iron, and from there carried to the junk shop 
to be melted and remade into larger and more 
effective tools. 
The one-horse plow is sometimes defended on 
the ground of economy. Really, however, it is not 
an economical plow. The two-horse walking plow 
will not only prepare cotton lands better, but will 
