16 BULLETIN 1034, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
A number of farmers devoted small acreages to sorghum in both 
1913 and 1918. In 1913 sorghum was used almost exclusively as a 
feed crop, but in 1918 the crop from 29 per cent of the acreage was 
made into sirup. 
No tobacco was reported in 1913, but in 1918 tobacco was reported 
on 5 white-owner farms. One farm had 25 acres in tobacco, and 
each of the others less than 10 acres. The yield per acre ranged from 
500 pounds to almost 900 pounds, averaging about 700 pounds. 
GARDEN AND TRUCK CROPS. 
Most of the farmers had small areas in garden or truck for family 
use and for supplying the hired labor. The average acreage in garden 
and truck for any farm was less than 1 per cent of the total crop 
acreage, and showed but little variation. More croppers had gar- 
dens in 1918 than in 1913. In fact, some farmers had come to require 
their croppers to grow a part or all of their own vegetables, in order 
to limit their need for credit and give them a better chance of break- 
ing even should the boll weevil or other conditions cause heavy losses. 
SECOND CROPS. 
In 1918 much more of the crop land was used for growing second 
crops or interplanted crops than in 1913. It is not thought that the 
longer growing season of 1918 was an important factor in increasing 
the acreage of second crops and interplanted crops, because this 
change seems to be in entire harmony with the other changes in the 
organization of these farms. The greatest increase in utilizing the 
land for this purpose was among the white owners. Furthermore, 
the greater part of such crops was grown on land operated by wage 
labor. This is in harmony with other changes in the farm organiza- 
tion for the several tenures. White owners showed the greatest 
tendency toward live-stock farming, consequently, more feed crops 
were required on their farms than on those of other classes. 
CROPS INTERPLANTED WITH CORN. 
It has been pointed out that cotton and oats were the two more 
important crops that show a decreased acreage in comparing the 
results of 1913 and 1918. Those showing considerable increases were 
corn, wheat, cowpeas, velvet beans, and peanuts. 
One of the very important changes in farm practice noted is the 
tendency to interplant more of the corn acreage with velvet beans, 
cowpeas, and peanuts. The growing of some leguminous crop be- 
tween the rows of intertilled crops, such as corn or cotton, affords 
the simplest system of growing crops for soil improvement. It is 
