36 
BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
The soil is mostly of a sandy-loam type with a sandy-loam subsoil. 
The low lands contain more clay. The land is so rolling that tile 
drains are not usually necessary. 
Table XVII. — Tillage practices with corn in Hartford County, Conn., showing 
depth of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is 
used, and normal yield of the crop. 
[In columns 3 to 6 and 8 to 14 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 
farms; as, 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, etc.] 
2 
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Tillage after plowing 
and before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
Harrow. 
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Total culti- 
vations. 
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1-horse. 
Once to row. 
2-horse. 
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1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18 
1 
6 
7 
8 
7 
10 
8 
7 
7 
9 
7i 
7 
6 
8 
6 
7 
7 
8 
7 
7 
8 
7 
8 
8 
7 
""2 
2 
1,2 
1 
1.2 
1.2 
1 
1 
3 
2 
1,2 
3 
3 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
2 
3 
1 
1 
3 
4 
3 
2 
3 
2 
4 
3 
2 
4 
3 
3 
3 
5 
4 
4 
3 
2 
2 
2 
4 
1 
3 
4 
1 
5 
6 
4 
5 
5 
4 
4 
4 
2 
4 
4 
3 
3 
5 
4 
6 
3 
3 
3 
4 
4 
3 
3 
4 
40 
2 
1 
.... 
2 
1,2 
3.4.5 
6 
4 
'"4 
2 
2 
1 
3 
2 
2 
45 
3 
3.4.5 
40 
4 
2,3 
4,5 
4,5 
50 
5 
1,2,3 
1.2 
1,2 
T 20 
6 
3 
3 
1.2 
3 
3 
"3 
3 
3 
3.4 
2,3 
1,2 
T 15 
7 
50 
8 
1,2 
40 
9 
1,2 
.... 
.... 
1,2 
2 
1.2 
1 
2 
2 
1 
4 
1 
20 
10 
40 
11 
lto4 
2.3 
17 
12 
3.... 
2 .... 
1 
i 
1.2 
4 
2,3 
3 
5 
3.4 
5,6 
1 
'"2 
37 
13 
2 
9 
45 
14 
T 17 
15 
1 
1.2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
3 
3 
lto4 
1,2 
40 
16 
33 
17 
1 
.... 
.... 
1 
1,2 
1 
1.2 
1,2 
1,2 
3.4 
50 
18 
1.2.3 
2,3 
45 
19 
2.... 
2! 
1 
1 
1 
2 
""2 
30 
20 
1 
1,2 
2,3 
T 12 
21 
3 
2 
""3 
1,2 
"3 
3,4 
60 
22 
1,2,3 
4 
3 
3 
3.4 
33 
23 
1 
2 
35 
24 
1.2 
1,2 
37 
25 
50 
Farms using, 
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8 
'2*4 
20 
40 
48 
16 
24 
16 
56 

52 
Average... 
7.4 
.... 
3 
3.S 33.9 
a Yields are given in bushels except those marked " T," which are tons of ensilage. 
Xo general rotation is practiced and tobacco is often grown on 
the same land for 20 years without a change. Usually enough corn 
and hay is grown to supply home demands. A large part of the 
corn is grown on sod land. Most of the breaking is done in the 
spring with a 2-horse plow. This land is very easy to get into good 
condition. After plowing, the land is usually harrowed once or 
twice with a disk or acme harrow and then once with a spike-tooth 
harrow. 
