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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table XXV. — Tillage practices with corn in Bates County, Mo., showing depth 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, niunber of times each is used, 
and normal yield of the crop. 
[In columns 3 to 5 and 7 to 11 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on 
farms; as, 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, etc.] 
the several 
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1 
2 
3 
4 5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 14 
15 
1 
5 
5 
6 
6 
5 
6 
8 
6 
4 
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6" 
71- 
7' 
6 
5 
7 
6 
6 
5 
6 
6 
6 
5 
6 
1.2 
1,2 
1,2 
2 
1 
2 
1,2 
3,4 
1,2,3 
1,2 
2 
1,2 
2 
2 
1,2 
9 
1 
2,3.4 
2 to 5 
1,2,3 
3 to 6 
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3 to 6 
3,4,5 
2 to 6 
lto4 
3,4.5 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
3 
2,3,4 
■"oi" 
1 * 4 
25 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
3 
4 
3 
2 
3 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
2 
2 
3 
9 
1 
1 
"2* 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
3 
5 
4 
5 
4 
6 
4 
6 
5 
6 
4 
35 
3 
25 
4 
1 
. 1 
2 
25 
25 
6 
1 
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1.2 
1,2 
1 
1,2' 
2 
2 
1 
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20 
8 
40 
9 

30 
10 
1 2 
1 1 
1 
1 
4,5,6 2 
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3 5 
25 
11 
1 
...... 
1 
3 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1.2 
1 
3 
3 
3 
4 
3 
4 
4 
4 
6 
4 
25 
12 
25 
13 
40 
14 
28 
15 
30 
16 
1,2 
2 
2 
5 5 
4 6 
4 5 
4 4 
5 6 
4 5 
3 4 
3 4 
4 5 
3 6 
25 
17 
1,2 
1 
3 to 6 
"i,2 
2 to 5 
2 
1 
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1 
1 
1 
1 
3 
30 
13 
1 
2 to 5 
3,4 
2 to 6 
30 
19 
3 1.2 
2 , 1 
2 1 
2 1 
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40 
20 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
35 
21 
37 
22 
2,3,4 
2.3,4 
2 to 5 
35 
23 
40 
24 
1.2 
25 
25 
2 
1 1 3 
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1,3 2 4,5,6 
25 
Farms using per cent. . 
Average 
5." 9" 
100 
53 16 
2.' 3" 
76 4 8 
96 , 16 
80 
3 7 
4.8 
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a Disk cultivator. 
SURVEYS IX ALEXAXDER COUXTY, N. C. 
The soil around Taylorsville, X. C.« where the tillage records 
(Table XXVI) for Alexander County were taken, is mostly a red 
sandy clay loam with a very stiff red-clay subsoil. This region is 
very rolling and in some places the topsoil has been washed away 
until onfy the clay is left. Xo tiling is necessary here, but numerous 
surface ditches and terraces are required to control the surface water. 
Few of the country roads have been macadamized, and during un- 
favorable weather hauling is very difficult. 
Less than half of the available land is under cultivation. The 
cultivated fields being small and irregular in shape. 1 -horse culti- 
vators are principally used. A general type of farming is practiced 
on most farms. Very little labor is hired, because most of the farms 
are worked by the owners. 
