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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The principal farm incomes are from wheat, hay, tobacco, and 
hogs. Most of the corn is fed on the farm. Very little fruit or truck 
is grown except for the local market. 
Table XIX. — Tillage practices with, corn in Christian County, Ey., 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 5 and 7 to 12 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.] 
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a Roller. 
This region combines the desirable conditions of the level prairie 
lands of the corn belt with the cheap labor conditions of the cotton 
belt, and the tillage methods emplo} T ed here combine the practices 
of both sections. Corn is generally grown on sod land. Usually as 
much plowing is done in the fall as time and the weather will per- 
mit, and the remainder is plowed in the spring. A few farmers 
plow in the fall and then rebreak the land in the spring. After 
plowing, the land is usually harrowed twice with a disk and once 
