34 BULLETIN 8, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
SIDE (DIRT BACK, RUN AROUND, ETC.). 
Siding may be done with an ordinary sweep or with a side harrow 
or with a small shovel plow. Prior to chopping, the cotton is barred 
off or the soil is worked away from the plants. Immediately follow- 
ing the chopping the cultivation known as “siding” is given. This 
operation usually throws the dirt back to the plant. If the work is 
done with a scooter, the soil is simply stirred up and weeds are. 
destroyed along the ridge left by the barrmg. This work was done 
on 86 per cent of the farms visited. (See Table XXXT.) 
For all areas, with the exception of Rusk County, Tex., where 
about one-half of the growers reporting used a crew of one man and 
two mules, the common crew consisted of one man and one mule. 
In a few districts it required a day and a half of a man’s time, or 
slightly more, to do the siding on an acre of land. There were other 
districts where this work was ordinarily done at the rate of 1 acre 
per day. 
TaBLe XX XI.—Side (dirt back, run around, etc.). 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew. Hours per acre. 
Per Times 
State and county. Num-|centof| In Cov- | over: 
ber. | total |cotton.| ered. Man. | Mule. | Man. | Mule. 
records. 
Georgia: | 
Laurens County....-.---- 70 82 | 43.99) 43.77 4.5 1 1.0 12.9 12-9 
Greene County..-.-.-.--- 78 100 | 53.17 | 52.96 4.1 1 1.0 14.3 14.3 
- Sumter County.......-..- 80 100 52.36 | 52.36 5.1 1 | 1.0 16.5 16.5 
Alabama: | 
Tallapoosa County....-.- 88 89, 13.24 | 13.24 2.6 1 1.0 9.6 9.6 
Marshall County...-.----- 90 100 | 13.88 | 13.88 3.3 1 | 1.0 10. 9 10.9 
Dale Countye v2 2s oee 90 100 13.63 | 18.63 2.9 1 1.0 10. 4 10.4 
South Carolina: 
Anderson County...-. eee 87 98 | 31.83 | 31.83 4.7 1S eset bes( 1) 16. 4 16.4 
Barnwell County.....-.- 91 100 | 48.25 | 43.25 6.4 1 | 1.0 17.8 17.8 
Texas: 
RuskaCountys 22 -e-ee se 49 65 34.80 | 33.24 3.7 1 | Ld: 11-0) eee te? 
RUN OUT OR SWEEP MIDDLES. 
This operation is usually done with a sweep. The object of the 
work is to tear down the ridges between the rows. The middles 
were cultivated with the sweep from one to four times. Highty- 
five per cent of the farmers visited gave estimates concerning this 
operation. (See Table XXXII.) 
Taste XXXII.—Run out or sweep middles. 
Reporting. Acres per farm. Crew, Hours per acre. 
Per Times | 
cial aud county: Num- |centof| In | Cov- | over 
ber. | total |cotton.| ered. Man. } Mule.) Man. | Mule. 
records. | 
Georgia: | 
Laurens County.......-.- 66 78 | 44.21] 44.21 2 Leal 3.2 | 29) 
Greene County.....-...- 74 95 | 53.80] 53.80 2.3 1 | 1.0 4.1 4.1 
sumter\County22-222-2-5 80 100 | 52.36] 52.36 3.5 1 1.0 5. 9 | 5.9 
Alabama: 
Tallapoosa County......- 77 87 | 14.23} 14.23 1.6 1 1.0 3), 44 | 3.2 
Marshall County......... 89 99} 13.75) 13.75 2.3 1 1.0 3.8 | 3.8 
Wale:County: 2-0-5. e 85 94 14.96 | 13.96 2.0 1 1.0 3.8 | 3.8 
South Carolina: | 
Anderson County.......- 89 100 |; 32.20] 32.20 2.0 1 1.0 3.7 3.7 
Barnwell County........ 87 96 | 44.42} 44.42 5 1 1.0 B58) S53) 
Texas: 
iis County... -......... 4 5 | 103.75 | 25.50 1.0 1 1.8 1.6 2.9 
RaskiCounty <4. ..- 2. 67 89 | 33.61 | 32.63 2.4 1 1.1 3.9 | 4.1 
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