26 BULLETIN 896, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TABLE XX.—Flat break land. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
State and county. < Eo ae? G eee 
um- | cent o n Ov- g 
ber. | total |cotton.| ered. Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
records. 
Georgia: 
Laurens County ...-..--- 85 100 | 46.68} 46.51 1.0 1.0 1.8 6.1 10.5 
Greene County...-....-- 54 69 | 55.53 |} 42.51 1.1 Hell ike 7 6. 6. 11.0 
Sumter County. -.....-.. 78 98 | 53.01 | 51.60 1.0 1.0 j 1.9 4.9 9.3 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County....-.. 53 60 | 13.84 | 13.84 1.0 1.0 2 8. 4 9.5 
MarshallCounty........- 42 AT MO eta 432, 1.0 1.0 Nez 6. 4 10.3 
Dale.Counmtyaes see 51 » 57 | 17.06 | 16.67 1.0 1.0 1.7 6.4 9.8 
South Carolina: 
Anderson County... --.-.-.-| 24 27 | 29.87 | 27.50 1.0 1.0 1.8 5.6 10.1 
Barnwell County .-....-- 88 97 | 44.19 | 44.18 1.0 1.0 1.4 6.1 8.1 
Texas: 
Ellis County..........-.- 48 64 | 120.00 | 21.35 1.0 1.0 3.3 4.7 14.7 
RuUskaCountyees eee 43 57 | 40.05 | 30.86 1.0 1.0 1.9 5.0 9.9 
HARROW. 
Twenty-four per cent of the farm operators reported harrowing. 
(See Table X XI.) The period for this work extended from Feb- 
ruary to April. In the western part of the cotton belt the crew 
sizes reported for harrowing were uniformly larger than in the eastern 
districts. It was not uncommon to find one man and four mules 
assigned to this work in the Texas areas visited. It will be seen that 
about 5 acres would be harrowed per day in several of these districts. 
TABLE X XI.—AHarrow. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre, 
State and county. . Ee A ; pies 
um- | cent 0 n ‘OvV- H a 
ber. tota!] |cotton.| ered. Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
records. 
Ceorgia: | | 
Laurens County ......... 34 40 | 48.74) 37.10 1.2 1.0 252 lez, Sali 
Greene County .........- 26 33 | 62.33 51.37 1.4 1.0 1.9 2.2 4.3 
Sumter County.......... 33 41 | 52.73 | 51.79 1.4 1.0 2.9 2.0 4.9 
Alabama: | 
Tallapoosa County......- 25 28 | 14.00 14.00 1.0 1.0 1 1.9 2a 
Marshall County.......-.- 3 3 | 24.00) 24.00 1.0 1.0 1.7 1.2 1.9 
DalesGourrty eae er 3 3] 21.67) 13.67 1.0 1.0 ibs 7 1.3 1.9 
South Carolina: | 
Anderson County.......- 13 15 | 30.54 | 28. 23 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.7 2.6 
Barnwell County .......- 18 20 | 82.17) 68.44 1.4 1.2 Pe) 1.9 3.6 
Texas: 
Hillis Countyeseseeosenece 23 31 | 120.83 | 33.13 te? 1.0 3.3 Su 2.4 
Rusk Countyaese-eeeaeee 26 35 | 44.92 | 34.46 1.1 1.0 yo V2 1.1 2.6 
LAY OFF ROWS. 
After breaking the land and doing some harrowing, it is customary 
to lay off or mark out the rows with a small shovel plow. Rows are 
laid off as a guide for bedding or planting. The fertilizer is dis- 
tributed in the bottom of this furrow. <A bed is then made over the 
