94 BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
of this work appeared to be in Barnwell County, 8S. C. Some side 
dressing was done in Anderson County, 8. C. Likewise a very small 
amount of this work occurred in Sumter County, Ga. Taking all 
records into consideration only 6 per cent of the men interviewed did 
any side dressing. 
Fic. 6.—Distributing fertilizers by hand. 
TaBLE XIX .—Cover fertilizer. 
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Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
State and county. Per 
Num-| cent | Incot-| Cov- ; E 
ber. |oftotall ton. | ered, | Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
records. 
Georgia: 
aurens Countyess-seeereree seer 32 38 | 58.09 | 56.28 1 1.0 1.6 1.6 
Sumter County=on eee 7 Oh eval |) GS zal ft 1.0 25 2.5 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County.-------2-- 2. =. 6 @ 1 125005) 12500 1 1.0 18 1.8 
Marshalli@ountymece eee Dey 28 | 14.90] 14.90 1 1.0 1.6 1.6 
DaleiCountyeas-ce ee ee 4 AS Se 2 5500 | eb2250 1 1.0 2.8 2.8 
South Carolina: 
Anderson: Countyee = 8 9) 21385 19545 1 iba dl 2.3 2aD 
Barnwell Countyseseseee eee eee 46 51 53.37 53.37 1 1.0 2.8 2.8 
Cover fertilizer—Only 15 per cent of the total number of farmers 
interviewed did any covering following the application of the fertili- 
zer. In cases where this plan obtained the rows were opened first 
with a stripper or middle-buster, then the fertilizer was applied either 
with a distributor or by hand and the covering was done with a 
