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THE COST OF PRODUCING COTTON. 29 
TaBLE XXIV.—Drag or smooth. » 
Reporting. Acres per farm. . Crew. Hours per acre. 
| 
State and county. ‘t Per zeees : eee 
um- } cent o Ov- : 
nent totai \cotton.| ered. Man. | Mule. } Man. | Mule. 
records. | | 
Georgia: | 
Laurens County...-..-..-- 6 7 | 56.83} 33.50 fee 1 1.8 1.7 3.0 
Greene County......-.-.. 34 44 | 66.97] 58.91 ie? 1 1.8 1.9 3. 2 
Sumter County..-......- 6 8 | 116.00 | 116.00 1.0 1 2.0 1.4 2.8 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County....- -- 6 7| 14.08] 14.08 | 1.0 1 1.0 1.8 1.8 
Marshal] County........- 5 Go) 150" |e 50. 1.0 1 1.8 1.7 2.8 
DaleiCountyassss-4---- 1 1} 13.00] 13.00 1.0 4 2.0 ie 3.4 
South Carolina: 
Anderson County....---- 60 67 | 35.69] 33.64 sal iL 7 1.3 2.0 
Barnwell County .. .----- 9 10} 71.67] 45.83 1.0 1 | 1.8 1 2. 2 
Texas: | 
Hlis\Countyes22-22--—- - - 3 4} 100.00 | 35.00 1.0 ils] Dev SE fees 
Ruski Countyess--2> 55. - 1 1} 64.00] 64.00 2.0 1 | 3.0 1.8 5.4 
BED AND REBED. 
Bedding may be defined as the practice of throwing two or more 
furrows together for the purpose of forming a ridged surface. In 
many of the cotton-growing districts of the South it is customary 
to break the land, and harrow or smooth, open rows, and after dis- 
tributing the fertilizer the soil is thrown into beds. In cases where 
the land is not broken, bedding may be the first operation after stalk 
cutting. Some cultivation may be given between the beds and after 
the fertilizer is distributed the land is rebedded, leaving a ridge 
upon which the cotton seed will be planted. Seventy-eight per cent 
of the farms surveyed reported rebedding. In the column “Times 
over,’ in Table XXV, the areas in which rebedding occurred are 
indicated by the figures showing bedding in excess if one time over. 
TABLE XX V.—Bed and rebed. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
{ 
State and county. = Per a é ee 
um- | cent 0 Ov- | ; y 
ber. total |cotton.| ered. Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
records. 
Georgia: 
Laurens County. ..=..--- 24 28} 48.88] 46.90 1.0 1 iil 2.6 FT! 
Greene County... .--.-- 54 69 | 46.46 | 39.70 1.6 1 a2 6. 2 7.0 
Sumter County....--.-.-.- 72 96} 53.20] 51.94 eS 1 Weak 4.3 4.5 
Alabama: ; ; 
Tallapoosa County..-...--| 62 TOA A GS Its 2, 1 1.0 Onl Bs ¥ 
Marshall County........- 84 93 | 14.00] 14.00 12 1 Vales 6. 0 6.4 
Dale;Countyssee—- se 78 87 13. 02 12.16 leas 1 1.0 6.6 6.6 
South Carolina: 
Anderson County... .--- 78 88 | 32.12} 31.92 15 1 3 6.6 8.1 
Barnwell County.....--- 52 57 | 45.89 | 41.97 1a 1 1.0 3.1 3.1 
Texas: 
BD iss@Goun byes. =e =e 75 100 | 108.64 | 108. 04 bal 1 3.9 lis 7 6.7 
Rusk County— : 
Bedaiaes-= Bea ies 75 100 | 34.24} 33.39 1.0 1 1ls'7 2. 4 3.6 
Re Rede eet eae 59 79 | 32.47 | 26.81 1.0 1 15 27 3.6 
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