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COTTON 
do as much work as two one-horse plows and 
thereby save you the labor of one man. 
Where money is scarce or where labor is also 
scarce or insufficient, it is always economy to use 
the best tools on the market. The two-horse walking 
plow or the two-horse sulky plow ought soon to 
find a place on even the smallest farms. The 
disk plow has already been used on some cotton 
farms. It pulverizes well, and covers in an effec- 
tive manner, and goes deep into the soil. It is 
not practicable, however, for use in stony lands. 
TOOLS FOR COMPLETING THE SEED BED 
The harrow follows the plow. Commonly this 
tool is used in connection with the roller to com- 
lete that pulverization of the soil which has been 
egun by the plow. And this is necessary. You 
have observed that the cloddy spots, even in 
fertile fields, make a poor harvest. In these 
places bad mechanical condition of the soil forbids 
it holding moisture, hardens up plant food, and so 
brings about lack of fruitfulness. The harrow and 
the roller will correct this trouble. A single kind of 
harrow will not do for all soils nor for all seasons of 
the year. 
A fine peg-tooth smoothing harrow should find a 
place on every cotton farm. It levels the land and 
disintegrates the larger particles of the soil. You 
may use it also to advantage in harrowing cotton 
after planting. 
The spring- tooth harrow you should have also. 
It comes in nicely where you have leveling and 
smoothing to do, or where a heavy rain has com- 
pacted the surface too much just before planting 
time. 
