FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OP CORN. 
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Table XXVI. — Tillage practices with corn in Alexander County, N. C, showing 
depth of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is 
used, and normal yield of the crop. 
[In columns 4, 5, and 7 to 11 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.] 
.1 
o 
p 
o 
p 
<s 
p 
Tillage after plowing 
and before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
In 
o 
A 
Si 
M 
o 
CP 
Harrow. 
CO 
O 
< 
o 
A 
o 
o 
i 
"ft 
Cultivator. 
Total culti- 
vations. 
p 
CP 
Farm No. 
r co 
s 
o 
o 
1 
'p. 
U2 
1-horse. 
2-horse. 
1 
CD 
cp ,• 

w 
CO 
1 
Ph 
a 
CP 
O 
CO 
I 
p 
3| 
CP 
> 

A 
op 
■<*1 

CO 

00 

m 
[3 
a 
"A 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
1 
8 
8 
6 
5 
7 
5 
6 
8 
6 
6 
% 
5 
8 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1,2 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 

2 
2 


1 
1 
1 
2 
lto4 
1,2,3 
...... 
5 to 8 
4to7 
lto4 
2to5 
4 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
3 
4 
6 
4 
4 
3 
4 
4 
4 
5 
8 
7 
4 
5 
3 
5 
8 
4 
6 
3 
4 
4 
4 
6 
28 
2 
15 
3 
25 
4 
1 
..... 
...... 
1 
20 
5 
1,2,3 
25 
6 
1 
1,2 
"i,2' 
2 to 5 
1 
15 
7 
1,2 
1,2 
3 to 8 
2 
2 
50 
8 
20 
9 
1 
3 to 6 
2 
55 
10 
1,2,3 
20 
11 
1 
1 
1 
2 
lto4 
20 
12 
"o'l 
1,3,4 
1,3,4 
2to6 
2 
2 
15 
13 
15 
14 
1 
1 
30 
Farms using, per cent. 
Average 
"6" 
35.7 
14.3 
78.6 
i.i 
50.0 
71.4 
35.7 
7.1 
7.1 
50.0 
4.1 
5.1 
25.2 
o Weeder. 
This land when properly treated is very productive, but when 
organic matter is not supplied the crop yields are low. No set rota- 
tions are followed, but an intertilled crop is usually followed by 
small grain, and the small-grain crops are followed by corn or cot- 
ton. Tobacco is grown on a few farms, but not so extensively as it 
was a few years ago. The leading money crop is cotton. Enough 
corn, wheat, and oats are grown for home use, and some wheat is sold. 
Considerable rye is grown for grain and also for green feed in the 
early spring. Very little fruit or truck is grown except for local 
demands, and few cattle or hogs are kept. 
In preparing land for corn, about half the plowing is done in the 
fall with a 2-horse plow. In the spring, before planting, this fall- 
plowed land is rebroken with a 1-horse plow and the rest is broken 
with the 2-horse plow. After plowing, very little preparation is 
given before planting. Usually the land is harrowed once or twice 
with a spike-tooth harrow. A few farmers use a disk harrow. The 
corn is planted level and in drills 4 feet apart, with one stalk every 
2 feet in the drill. Most of the planting is done by hand. A few 
farmers use a 1-horse planter. 
